Who says you need to buy gear and studio time to make music, People put
their heart and soul into making music with their voice and anything
they can find. You can play basketball without nikes... its up too you
how successful you are at it. I think a lot of musicians are kidding
themselves if they think p2p is keeping them from being millionaires,
the only artists that are truly losing money are the pop stars who are
already rich and household names. I for one know that I would not be
into electronic music today if it weren't for mp3s, and the main reason
I use p2p, when I see setlists, tracklistings or top track lists on
messageboards (like this one I just signed up for 3days ago. Hi!) ill dl
some songs on p2p, then ill buy the record if I like them. Theres no
way in fuck id buy records if I didn't spin btw... and since you cant
really download vinyl (not including final scratch etc...) p2p helps me
spend more of my money on whiney bitches, and lets me listen to your
jaded music at work. Regardless of all this, I wasn't even into music
before I discovered edm... Nothing on the radio interested me, and I
didn't know about anything else, and 5 years ago the only way to know
about this form of music was to either have a friend in this type of
scene or be in it yourself. I don't know guys... this argument is old
and just another excuse for musicians to bitch about making money. Were
you making money 5 years ago and then have it suddenly drop off? Doubt
it.