>But nevertheless, there *is* a cohort of independent musicians who >have found the new circumstances to be ruinous. Another example: > >http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/features.php?which=340 >
Thanks for the link. I'm by no means saying that musicians aren't losing out here, I just dislike how the onus for ripping musicians off has shifted onto the illegal downloader, rather than the label who has always maintained the upper hand (Albini's 'The Problem With Music' is still an excellent read: http://www.ram.org/ramblings/philosophy/fmp/albini.html). >So maybe Alastair and Campbell Kneale are has-beens who need to get >with the times, but this new music consumer heaven is hurting someone >other than Metallica. And perhaps their nostalgia mirrors yours: you >play well by paying for obsolete media containing files you already >(even legally) have, which is a little bit irrational. Irrational when I already own it, yes - but it's *lurve*, and like Campbell says, "Nobody's going to love a puny uploaded file". And, surely much less irrational than setting out to make money by making music - there are much easier ways I can think of.
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