Trent Reznor - Nine Inch Nails Ghosts Film Festival

Trent Razor is another major artist who's dropped out of recording company control. Similar to Radiohead, he released Ghosts I-IV in editions ranging from free downloads to a $300 box-set. Now Reznor has asked the web at large to create music videos for the album at YouTube. Here's Trent explaining the ideas in a YouTube video:

We'll be gathering the entries we feel are particularly exceptional and highlighting them. There are no rules to this - be as creative as you like. Create a music video, or a short film, or something completely abstract. Use only one track from the album, or use multiple tracks. Join this group and add your video to submit it to the film festival. Some tips and guidelines for video submissions:

• Prepare your content in the highest resolution you can, and hang on to the original files, in case we want to use your video for something beyond the scope of YouTube.

• This project will be going on for quite a while (in 2008), so take your time. Please don't just submit simple image slideshows.

• This isn't a place to submit your musical remixes or vocal performances that don't include any video content - if you have audio-only creations using Ghosts music, please contribute those to http://remix.nin.com

Winners chosen by the band will be featured in a special YouTube section in the coming months.