brianna

yes, the record industry's greed is a threat to the music industry and it's a threat to artists and listeners a like and I hate the corporate behemoths that benefit from and perpetuate this problem. unfortunately, the fact that artists are at the bottom of the food chain means that the large largemajority of the money that I shell out for a cd goes to people I hate. I have no way to protest against the industry and still pay for music. (there used to be a website that let you send money directly to artists if you downloaded some of there songs.. anyone got a link?).

I feel lucky that almost all of the bands that i love put out music on independent labels who most of the time i'm pretty happy to give some money to. If artists are upset (as they should be) I don't think they should head off to washington, I think they should take matters into their own hands and step out of the cycle of corporate greed: join an indie label, start your own label (hello miss difranco!), resort to only playing live shows and playing them differently every time (see mr jerry garcia and his buddies on that one). and if listeners are upset we need to be active as well, make an effort to seek out music that isn't on the major labels and go out and pay for it-- do something, change the system, play the greed i garentee the labels will eventually follow the money

*edited cause i'm a dork who hasn't mastered the complexities of cut & paste.