| Show The results are in for Rainbows Rainbows' i Brittany B Berg rg Contributing Writer On Oct 10 the British band released its seventh album In Rainbows Rainbows' The band decided to avoid commercial record companies and andt t distribute the album themselves The album was released on the their r com corn and fahS is pay could o ld Pay whatever the they felt was appropriate appropriate- for fori th the songs Now the results are in It has recently been announced by that six out of ten people did not pay for the album is a data agency that measures measures measures' online consumerism consumerism The agency reported that only 38 percent of fans did pay for the songs The Web site was visited 12 million times within the albums album's first 29 days of availability Of those 12 million visits 17 percent of visitors paid under 4 for the album 12 percent paid 8 12 and 4 percent of fans paid 1220 1220 1220 12 20 T 1 pa six pard d dS S for the album At least this way 1 I know 1110 my money is going to a band I really like and want to support said Brandon Marquez a former student reaped several benefits by eliminating the middleman did not have to deal with any sort of deadlines They were able to edit and finalize the album themselves and have free reign on the songs sold By also eliminating the middleman gets percent of the profits The band has yet to release the official earnings for the album but it was reported by that the band would release the sales figures by the end of 2007 Since the online release of ofIn ofIn ofIn In Rainbows has signed with British indie label Recordings to release the album in stores on Dec 3 |
