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RE: Free Music
>Metallica or Britney Spears (2 of the most traded
>mp3s)
Haha, that's another reason why I support the free music cause. Hopefully,
when people realize that Metallica and Britney Spears albums are now
singles
with about 80% filler to make a full CD, they'll start to look for artists
who make "art" rather than "commodity for sale".
>To top it of, Lars says: "We take our craft -- whether it be the music,
> >the lyrics, or the photos and artwork very seriously, as do most
> >artists," "It is therefore sickening to know that our art is being
>traded
> >like a commodity rather than the art that it is."
>
I remember hearing somewhere that a short while ago, the RIAA was actually
going to try to start charging radio stations for playing music by
RIAA-involved artists. After all, the radio stations were profiting off of
other peoples' art and the "Artists" (Record execs) weren't making one red
cent from radio airplay.
I was crossing my fingers and hoping that they'd actually do it. That way,
independent musicians (who still have to earn their fan base) could have
offered their music to radios for "free", thereby destroying the music
industry as we know it.
Matt
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