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The Music slam download culture

Rob Harvey feels disillusioned by the digital revolution

Fri 05 Sep, 2008

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I totally agree with him. Im in an unsigned band and while it's fine for bands who have had success pre-file sharing madness who can afford to tour, record and promote themselves, without a deal this becomes almost impossible. And while I appreciate that music has in some ways benefitted from the fact that people with real drive are the only ones left, it does mean that we have also developed a culture of gimmick bands, one hit wonders and unstustainable careers. I still applaud radiohead for having taken on the majors and saying... fuck you, we're not gonna bow to your water tight contracts which screw us financially anyway. For small bands this is just a really hard time to make records. My bands just spent £8000 on a modest recording, working on a really tight budget with a proper producer, not everyone can record in their bedroom. But we've done It cause we believe in it and want people to hear it. Musicians just have to seek other ways of making money now. And as such I can only think that ultimately music suffers. If people look at the industry and say... its all shit. You have to ask yourself before you download the next free thing on limewire or whatever... am I fueling it?

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