Reply #16: this kills me

[idgiehkt]

I've done searches on you tube that have led to me buying so much shit online. People I've never heard of and wouldn't know of if it weren't for youtube. Most of the songs I've bought lately have been marked down; without youtube, and people like swag starting these threads on sites and people getting turned onto it by others, this stuff wouldn't even been selling. It's like a free fucking commericial for crying out loud.

I mean, now the record companies are PAYING these school kids money to run around marketing this stuff to their peers, and here we are doing this shit for free. It can only help. It sure as hell may not help the newer artists, but with the shit the industry is churning out (think Lohan and Hilton, who are already millionaires anyway) they deserve to go bust. I don't have any sympathy for the industry when it comes to this because they have kicked ALL of the artists from the 80's and early 90's to the curb, like they always do in search of the 'next big thing' to quote Bruce Springsteen. Look at Joan Osbourne. Besides that stupid God song that album is one of the strongest I've ever heard in my life, yet they dropped her like a stone after mis-promoting her with that retarded song, yet someone like Norah Jones is a mega-star. I say power to the people, let us decide who WE want to promote and to support, and let the industry moguls stumble over their own stupidity because they can't figure out how to keep up with technology to save their lives.

All these artists need to get and keep control of their music rights and start marketing direct to the consumer through sites like youtube so they don't lose profit to these sites; but I wouldn't shed a tear if moguls are the next dinosaours.

I love what Ani DiFranco said about it:

"No I don't prefer obscurity
but I'm an idealistic girl
and I wouldn't work for you
no matter what you paid
and I may not be able
to change the whole fucking world
but I can be the million
that you never made
yeah, you're looking at the million that you never made!"