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Originally Posted by OilKiller
Sorry, but this sounds like quite the copout to me. The industry is evil so people can obtain the product any way they want.
Most of the artists who give their stuff away simply are unable to "sell" their stuff. If you could play more in public, would you not be making more money? Or are you going to tell me you will play in public for free as well? If that's the case, then your band is in the minority from everything I've ever encountered in the industry.
I spent more than 8 years in broadcasting and another 5 years managing in the industry and I met hundreds of intelligent, creative and excellent musicians.
They should be compensated for their efforts.
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Good for you, aren't you now managing a cell phone store? What happened?
Are you telling me that Radiohead (who give you the option to give it away) or Trent Reznor (who criticized Radiohead for offering up crappy quality digital copies) are unable to sell?
I like to think about what John K. Samson of the Weakerthans mentioned when asked about the recording industry.. most musicians are popular largely due to luck. There are so many talented people that will never be heard by anyone, and the lucky ones are the ones we know about.
But I also like how you ignored the part about how musicians hardly make anything off of album sales (think a couple of cents per album) and that most of the money comes from touring. Even artists themselves know this and THAT is why I think that sharing music is a wonderful thing.