The Bass Geek

So I did indeed get the new Radiohead downloads, and they left me . . . pretty much as I expected. Not bad, but I’m still not a Radiohead fan per se (by contrast, Roger and Zapp get yet another spin today). I did shell out some actual cash for another pre-order download today, though. Saul Williams has a new album coming out next week, and the combination of his work and Trent Reznor’s production is a little too intriguing to pass up. The album is available for free, but I upgraded for the $5 mp3 files at a better resolution. I doubt this gets near as much attention (who remember who came through the broken door second?), but it’s another step in a good direction.

Not cheap music, mind you, but artists controlling their own music and setting their own price.

I’m also curious to hear how Reznor’s production works here. I’m fascinated by the technological aspects of his work, but more often than not the songs themselves leave me a little cold. With Saul Williams, he gets a very charismatic vocalist with a larger-than-life delivery, so it’ll be interesting to see how these mesh.

I should also note at this point that as much as I love the new Reason, I’m still just creating ringtones instead of songs. Said ringtones, however, kick much ass.

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