The title of this post alone solidifies it. I am a big nerd. But there are bigger.

This week, Nine Inch Nails released a remix album of their latest studio album, Year Zero. There was some hubbub surrounding the release of Year Zero. The band is not happy with their label anymore, but are bound to a contract (for now). They let loose flash drives containing the album tracks prior to the official release, to the chagrin of the label.

To add insult to injury, this remix album – halo 25 for those counting – contains a dvd-rom of the multi-track recordings of every song on the original release. The purpose is for anyone and everyone to make their own remixes of the songs and share them with the world. The liner notes suggest the user upload their recreation to remix.nin.com, but in a blog posting from a few days ago, Trent Reznor has advised that website is not yet operational. More roadblocks from the label, it seems.

Now, of course I bought the new cd & dvd-rom on the release date earlier this week. I even bought the vinyl version (remixes only, obviously) this afternoon. It was not until this evening, however, that I ventured to make my own remix. It only took me an hour, but I offer you my pared-down version of the hit (?) single, “Survivalism.”

I made this using Goldwave, which has always been very handy to me when making my own samples. However, if it is made for multi-track mixing, I haven’t been able to figure it out yet. So, I may have to find some other program so I can make some really clever mash-ups or what-have-you. I do own the MTV Music Generator software which I bought years ago, but I’m not sure if it will run on this advanced version of Windows. (I’m only half joking.)

P.S. 11/29/07 remix.nin.com is now up an running. I am a geek and have uploaded my “mix”. This may become my new obsession.