Josh Freese’s DIY, Variable Pricing, Etc.

For those who aren’t in the know, Josh Freese is a drummer and member of A Perfect Circle, The Vandals, and Devo, as well as being a member of the Nine Inch Nails touring band between 2005 and 2008. He is getting ready to self-release a solo album and has been attracting some attention because of the unorthodox pricing model he is employing.

The highlights of the various permutations are as follows:

$50

• Signed CD/DVD and digital download.
• T-shirt*
• THANK YOU phone call, from josh, for buying “since 1972”-You can tell me what you like about my new record you purchased, or what you thought sucked…
• Ask whatever you like” Is maynard really that weird?”or”Which of Stings mansions has the comfiest bed?”or” Are DEVO really suburban robots who monitor Reality, or just a bunch of Dads from Ohio?”or “Why dont the Vandals play more stuff off the first record?” It’s your five minutes to yack it up- Talk about whatever you want!

$1000

• Signed CD/DVD and digital download.
• T-shirt*
• Signed Cymbal, Drum head and Drumsticks.
• Josh washes your car OR does your laundry….or you can wash his car.
• Have dinner with Josh aboard the “Queen Mary” in Long Beach, CA
• Go to “The Pike Bar and Restaurant” in Long Beach and have Josh’s signature drink “The Dirty Mature,” and afterwards cut each other’s hair in the parking lot of the Long Beach courthouse (filmed and posted on youtube of course)

$75000

• Signed CD/DVD and digital download.
• T-shirt**
• Come out on tour with me for a few days.
• I write, record and market a 5 song EP about you and your life story.
• Take home any of my drumsets (only one but you can pick which one)
• Take shrooms and cruise Hollywood in Danny from TOOL’s Lamborgini OR we play “quarters” and then hop on the Ouija board for a while.
• If you have a band, I’ll join it for a month….play shows, record a CD together, have a swim party, etc…. or none of the above. We could also just sit in yer basement and jam old Van Halen.
OR
• If you don’t have a band I’ll be your personal assistant for a month (4 day work weeks….10 am to 5 pm) and then we take a limo down to Tijuana and I’ll show you how it’s done (what that means I can’t legally get into here, right this minute). If you don’t live in LA but are in the USA I will come to you and be your personal assistant/cabana boy for 2 weeks.
• Take a Flying Trapeze lesson together in the San Fernando Valley and then Robin from NIN and his wife make us raw lasagna.

It should be noted that there are only five of the $1000 package still available. Below are the two parts of an interview Josh conducted with radio station Indie 1031 about the project:

While I have to say I love the spectacle that this radical price structure is causing, I have to say that it all seems to be a little bit over the top to me. Do you folks think that this over the top version of the variable model is actually viable?