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Posed towards Trent: You've made clear that you've been disappointed with the "tip jar" method of music release. What hopes do you have for change in distribution models in the future? Streaming services like Spotify have proven to be great alternatives to piracy for consumers, but apparently far less profitable for artists. Anything you can share with us about Beats Electronics new music subscription service and how it will be different for consumers and artists?

So glad to see you back, just saw you on tour at mountain oasis in NC. Best concert I've ever been to, and it seems you all didn't even have all the bells and whistles out in comparison to the rest of the tour.

Any word on Year Zero, the HBO miniseries? Or any other format that may be surviving in?

Speaking of year zero, I miss whatever team was responsible for the year zero ARG. As an ARG addict, I can confidently say that it's the best one I've ever had the joy of experiencing. Not really a question, but we're all secretly waiting, wherever we are, that someday we'll get a new voicemail message. You all did mean you were going dark for quite a while, but not forever, right? Miniseries promo? The album drops you all did with HDA were cool, but it's just not the same. Art is Resistance!

Any thoughts on remix.nin.com? You've said in the past you'd like to redo it, any plans in the work? Or could remix tools be built into a certain 'game changing' service you can't talk about (and which I may or may not have reserved a username on yesterday)? If so, just answer something cryptic. We love cryptic around here.

And beats. I look forward to it, anything you say is game changing I'm willing to give my attention to. But why beats by dre? Why not an independent venture? It seems like an odd choice. Not to bad mouth your choice of sponsors, just wondering what connection put that ball in motion.

You are my favorite person. That is all. I'd like to say I aspire to be you in life, but I'm more of a Sheridan type. He should come do an AMA on his own sometime. Speaking of which, need a new NIN.com developer? :) Rob's probably reallllly busy. He could use an understudy right?

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