Trading Boobies for Tunes

So I came across this article the other day and thought it was interesting:

This musician is asking for naked selfies instead of money for his new album - Alternative Press

Basically, the gist of the article is that this artist, sick of music sharing and illegal downloads, is releasing his new music only on cassette tape. It will not be available in stores. Instead, he asks that you send him a nude picture, and in exchange, you'll get the tape. If anyone leaks the music, he will release the nude pictures.

This is a big old whoa to me.

I've never heard of this guy before, so obviously this is a no for me, but it got me thinking. What if one of my all time favorite bands did this? Would I trade a nude for a never before heard Cure album? Or some new Against Me!? My answer still probably ends up being no, but it's a much more difficult decision.

I think this is kind of a douche move on the artist's part, but I'm sure he has some die hard fans that jumped on this right away.

What do you think of this trade? Do you have any bands or singers that you would consider trading pictures of yourself for?

 

I would send any one of the readily available selfies from the world wide web.

 

I don't see how the guy could be certain the "selfie" was actually the person receiving the tape. Our estimable colleague Bodkin has hit it right. Imagine the prank: send a pic of an ex, then leak the tracks and watch her horrific reaction.

 

Umm, I'd figure something out if it was The Cure. My love for them runs deep.

 

The only good thing this stunt will result in is a discussion around what all this says about file sharing and privacy.

Otherwise, it's just a publicity stunt.

 

According to the article, the naked selfie had to had the name of the album written on your body somewhere.

 

This, because its about as least a cunning plan as I can think of. Even if somehow you were able to 100% verify every picture was the person getting the tape, some just don't care. It would have to be an equal and big risk for everyone involved for it to matter. Its an excellent LOOK AT ME idea though.

 

That is doable with GIMP/Photoshop/etc. I can make make a tattoo appear believably on someone's body with a minimal amount of effort, how hard can adding an album title be?

 

On the "talking about it" note - we certainly are, but I also have not opened that link in the original post. No reason not to, but also no motivation to view it either after reading the short description. Admittedly I am a bit curious as to what type of music he makes but just discussing the idea here is enough for me.