JOS Torrent released!

Hi all,

JOS have released their Torrent for their new album 'Ad Nauseum' on isohunt.com.

You can find it here

As promised, I asked John why he wanted to release their album as a Torrent here is what he said:

HBCH: Hi John, Why you are using torrents (normally associated with piracy) to distribute your album? 

JOS: I'm treating it purely as a pragmatic exercise. Whatever my feelings towards file sharing the fact is 95% of music is now downloaded illegally. As JOS are an unsigned band looking to get as much exposure as possible do we try to appeal to the 5% of people who still download legally? Or the 95% who use torrents? Releasing 'Ad Nauseum' via torrent makes perfect sense. The internet has changed how people consume music so artists must change how they provide it.

I think John has a point. If you are a band trying to launch yourself, you can't get a bigger audience than torrents. Its quick, easy and you can get quite a bit of publicity. It's also a slightly different approach and that's what we need right now. It's blatantly obvious the current way albums are marketed and sold needs overhauling what with DRM and other protection methods only seemingly affecting people who obey the law.

It is getting better, but I think it's always worth trying some different to the mainstream.

Thanks for reading,