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Well, I'm neither ultra-rich or shitty and I don't like Napster, so don't go gettin' all high and mighty.
Let's say all my music is available for free. Where do I make money? Not on record sales (or very little), not on performance or writers royalties from ASCAP because nobody will have an ascap license. That leaves live performance (which does not contain any RESIDUAL income) and theatrical placements. If every artists were looking for those, 95% of us would be ass out. So that means I get to live on the road for the rest of my life in order to make a living?
Unless you'd like to supply me with about $120,000 a year to support myself, I'd rather not hear any more of you "I want everything for free" bullshit. Tell you what..I want you to come and paint my house and I'm not going to pay you. How's that? Remember, labor=money. If I'm going to spend the hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars it takes to record a record, I damn well want a return on my investment and compensation for my labor.
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