# Featured Indie Rock Artist Offering Free MP3s: The Octopus Project

- Link: https://indierockcafe.com/2008/08/featured-indie-rock-artist-offering-free-mp3s-the-octopus-project/
- Published: 2008-08-27T06:48:00-04:00
- Author: Max Hammer

[[I’ve always believed that if indie rock artists and bands want to attract a loyal
following, one of the most important things they need to do is offer free, no-frills
MP3s for download on their official website.

Evidence that this approach works follows a path of logic and a huge demand for 
such a service by music lovers searching to discover new bands.

During the past year, popular rock bands like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails have
offered for free to anyone a full download of their most recent albums. The response
to both has been overwhelming.

Not only does an indie group or a more ‘established’ rock band get plenty of positive
publicity for
offering their music for free download, but they also build and solidify
coalitions of loyal fans whowill often promote the band via the irreplaceable WOM(
word of mouth), purchasing merchandise, buying their other music and attending their
shows.

We all know how much that can cost, especially after TicketMaster and LiveNation
often charge in fees up to, and more, than half of the original price of the concert
ticket itself.

Over the next year, IRC will be featuring artists and bands, ranging from indie 
rock to ‘mainstream’ rock, who offer free MP3 downloads of their music on their 
websites, whether individual songs or entire album downloads.

In the first installment, IRC spotlighted NIN’s newest album, The Slip. After announcing
that the entire album would be available to anyone for free after a simple registration,
the album has been downloaded tens of thousands of times on NIN’s official website.

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Here is that story and information on how and where to download the album in MP3
format.

[[This installment features the popular Austin, Texas indie rock band The Octopus
Project. While there are no full album downloads, nor no free downloads for their
latest release, individual tracks from all of their albums dating back to 1999 are
available at the following link:

Download Free Octopus Project MP3s:
[http://www.theoctopusproject.com/mp3s.html](https://indierockcafe.com/wp-content/uploads/mp3s.html)

Enjoy.

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