Really? Free Music, Lars? Really?! Written on May 13, 2008, by Jeff Nordstedt.

Admittedly, we are jumping on the free music band wagon. I read the Long Tail, watched the Radiohead experiment with fascinated eyes, listened excitedly to stories of Jill Sobule using her direct connection to fans to fund her next record, and I jumped on the band wagon. I pitched the band on my grand plan [...]

The Halcyon Days of Napster Written on May 13, 2008, by Jeff Nordstedt.

We were just getting going during the heyday of Napster, but we definitely experienced an uptick in notoriety due to the file sharing service. I am sure that our album, shared among other known bands gave us cred. It got us high-paying college gigs and a cult following that we still benefit from.
Truth is, this [...]

What is music worth to you? Written on May 12, 2008, by Jeff Nordstedt.

Back in the heyday of Napster, I took some songs. I exercised a strange kind of arbitrary morality. For instance, I once owned a tape that had Van Halen’s “Fair Warning” on one side and “Women and Children First” on the other (Damn that was a good tape!). Tape being tape, I wore it out. [...]