‘Piracy Isn’t Killing Music’ Says Ed O’Brien Radiohead’s Guitarist

Re:‘Piracy Isn’t Killing Music’ Says Ed O’Brien Radiohead’s ... by leviathant on Monday January 25, 2010 @10:42AM (#1075277)

Hopefully Ed's told Jonny that moving away from the CD is a good thing. When In Rainbows came out, I was really put off by the band's attitude toward digital distribution.

"How would you respond to complaints about the sound quality - that 160 isn’t a high enough bitrate?

I don’t know, we talked about it and we just wanted to make it a bit better than iTunes, which it is, so that’s kind of good enough, really. It’s never going to be CD quality, because that’s what CD does."

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/10/10/r...

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Re:‘Piracy Isn’t Killing Music’ Says Ed O’Brien Radiohead’s ... by rms on Monday January 25, 2010 @11:05AM (#1075340)

I think someone probably did an A/B test or education session with the band about how 160 isn't good enough; their subsequent online release These Are My Twisted Words was an MP3 at 320 CBR.

It's available for free download directly from the band here. http://www.waste.uk.com/Store/waste-radiohead-twisted+words....

Also, the release of In Rainbows was a promotional stunt for the conventional release of the album. For the next LP, I expect that online distribution will form a more core part of their release strategy.

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