Be Trent Reznor

I kinda wanted to post Trent on that "will we ever see another Frank Zappa" thread. He may not be as prolific as Zappa (what like 60+ albums over his career?) Trent has drifted into enough obscurity that he can do whatever the hell he feels like musically, has the financial means to do so; Also, has the drive and talent to do it. I think his new ep every six months thing could get really interesting.

It's a trilogy of EPs so he probably won't keep this thing but I believe big man Reznor will keep releasing stuff after that.

You're right about the ep's we're getting now. It's a trilogy. However, he keeps saying in interviews it's not worth the time to make a full length album given how people "consume it and forget about it in two days." I think if these eps workout for him that's how he'll continue to release new music. He also mentioned wanting to work with orchestrated music and exploring different avenues there. Whether or not he will, remains to be seen but he's definitely thinking about it.

Ah shit Trent talked about orchestrated music. Idk how he would fit that in NIN. But nothing can stop him now.

Guys where do i go from here?
I've listened to all his albums, HTDA and movie soundtracks
I'm looking for bands with interesting premises, i'm listening now to Death Grips and Blanck Mass but i don't want to listen to nu-metal bands or industrial-rock-metal bands like Ministry, where do i go from now? I really love synths

"What makes you hopeful about music’s future?
I still feel like a student who has more musical places to go. I’m in awe of the compositional possibilities still out there. When I work on new music, nine times out of ten, I feel like I’m tuned into something I haven’t explored before. And working on films with Atticus [Ross] is teaching me so much. I’m interested in learning more about traditional orchestration; there’s harmonic exploration I want to do. There are a million rhythmic things I want to explore. My optimism comes from the possibility of expanding my musical brain."

Copied the relevant q&a from the vulture interview I was referring to previously.

Radiohead

Listen to Alessandro Cortini's bands like Sonoio and Modwheelmood and his solo work.
Listen to Atticuss' other soundtracks like Almost Holy etc.

this is the dumbest fucking post ever and yet I still fucking laughed

Also listen to The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! if you haven't. Trent produced a lot of it.