Music shouldn’t have to be a means to make a living. It also shouldn’t be the meal-ticket for every huckster wishing to exploit and use some artist’s work. Which is all you and your ilk do, Mr. Simmons. You pretend you’re on the artist’s side until you sign them and then it’s nickel & dime time.

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To the pampered artists-to-be:

I don’t feel particularly boo-hooish for someone who thinks it’s a cool ‘career’ to make their money from being a musician. While a nice thought, it more than irks me to hear musicians whining about their loss of means… No, buddy you lost a cushy lifestyle. Get over it, get on with your life and get a job. The rest of us have one. Why can’t you? You don’t have to live under a bridge. By doing that, you’re just regressing to the first phase of your wanna-be rock-star entitlement, which was holding your breath and starving until you ‘made it’.

I write music. I DJ as well. I release for free on torrent sites and host off my own servers. I don’t have any expectation of wealth and would eschew it if it came my way. I am VERY distrustful of offers I can’t control the outcome of. My music is quality, because I am writing for myself and no one else. I can’t be manipulated or coerced.

Musicians wanting to live off the appreciation of others oughtta try busking for thirty years… Those same people who dropped change into your case last week, won’t do so for thirty years. And that’s with taking into account the whole poverty angle. Eventually, they’ll tell you to get a job. So what are you waiting for?

Soon all that will be left to d/l will be quality music for music’s sake. Not money’s sake. And I will be thee contributing happily.[/quote]

I agree ive found better music given freely than i ever could of bought