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# Indie Band Pays Fans To Download Album
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/indie-band-pays-fans-to-download-album/
- Published: 2009-02-18T07:37:58.000Z
- Updated: 2009-02-18T07:37:58.000Z
- Description: As part of a marketing campaign motivated by tough economic times and a cluttered music marketplace, Indie rock band Officer Roseland is paying fans $1 to download their new album. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/02/indie-band-pays-fans-to-download-album.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Marketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![Officer Roseland](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2011278f92c0a28a4-100wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2011278f92c0a28a4-pi?ref=hypebot.com)

As part of a marketing campaign motivated by tough economic times and a cluttered music marketplace, Indie rock band Officer Roseland is paying fans $1 to download their new album from the website [MyStimulusPackage.org](http://mystimuluspackage.org/?ref=hypebot.com).

The band will offer fans two option: The first called "TAKE" pays $1 to download the album Stimulus Package. The second "GIVE" donates that $1.00 to the charity Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation. In either case, the fan receives the album at no cost to them.

Formed in 2000, Officer Roseland is a 4 piece independent rock band from Philadelphia, PA. The band has recorded 4 studio albums, has had music featured in independent films and animations and toured internationally.

Stimulus Package is an album with a distinctly satirical edge, skewering the commercialism of the recording industry – and of American society at large – with a warped sense of humor that is the band's signature. "We were definitely aware of the thematic tone the album was taking on pretty early in the writing process" said Daidone.

**UPDATE: [Band Responds To Criticism](https://www.hypebot.com/indie-band-responds-to-1-promo-controversy/)**