For the past decade there has been an idea that you make money by SELLING your music. With the common practice of downloading and sharing music over the internet this has made it nearly impossible to do so. There are some bands that are now taking the initiative to find a way to still make money making music but, not necessarily through selling their songs.
One band using the methods discussed is a band by the name of Suicide Silence. They are prime examples of giving away special edition packages. The cheapest package for their new CD came with the CD and a special edition shirt, only available through this package. The next package came with a color pressed vinyl, a different limited edition shirt, and a special edition artwork CD. And to top it all off their final package included the vinyl, another t-shirt, special edition artwork CD, and to top it off a full color printed skate deck all completely limited edition. They also had a deal where if you bought the digital download you got 2 special cover tracks that they recorded.
check out this band at www.myspace.com/suicidesilence
