Fans asked to vote on tracks for teen's new album

Teen rocker Teddy Geiger is leaving the track listing and final release details of his new album, due in September, to a consensus among his fans. Billboard reported Tuesday that the album, tentatively titled The March, will be comprised of eleven songs pulled from the thirty three he has recorded for the album. Fans will be able to simply listen to the tracks and vote on them or buy the songs individually for 99 cents apiece from his official website.

Per the website now, fans have the option of buying all 33 tracks, which may be a stronger marketing tool than the eventual CD release, but Geiger is apparently "not worried about whether the promotion will cannibalize album sales when The March comes out in September." The singer told Billboard that he's "just happy [fans] have the music" but noted "they're still buying the music, so that's nice." The album's final tracks will be determined by votes from fans, but also what songs are purchased most.

Despite the promotion's promise of giving fans total access to what Geiger has recorded for his new album, at the end it still says that money and profits are driving what the musician and label executives want for the music. It would be an entirely different story if the teen rocker only offered streams or even free downloads for the votes and final track listing, but asking fans to buy digital downloads and later a CD comprised of the most popular tracks says quite the opposite.