quoted 6 lines Why all the rage against record labels? Is it just because people want>Why all the rage against record labels? Is it just because people want
>things for free?
>
>I don't know about you, but I like living in a society where artists can
>sometimes make a living just making art. I'll chip in a measly $12 for a
>CD, if it means I'm giving an artist time to be prolific.
That's great, but the printed/painted art world experiences the same thing
as the music world -- oversaturation, and lots of crap. When's the last
time you purchased an original piece of art that was the only one of its
kind?
The argument against music-as-art is that, sure, there are people who do it
purely for artistic reasons, but there's no real limitation to the music
itself. It's pressed and there ya go, as many CD's as demand or our
pockets allow. While I'm all for giving the artist money, I also
understand that for the CD to get in my hands as a non-unique item, I have
to pay everyone else who made it happen. Rarely is it just the artist, but
sometimes it is.
When you buy music from a chain of people that are agreeable, like most
small labels, you don't feel ripped off if you pay $15 bucks, especially if
it's good music. When you buy something from a large corporation that
churns out hundreds of artists, well, you might like the music, but you
know that the artist is getting a few cents on the CD, if that, for your
purchase.
So it's not so much that people are anti-label. They're anti-evil-label.
derek
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