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I guess all I'm saying is that even if you buy records, you're not really alleviating the situation. Really, Greg Ginn had to be in one of the most influential hardcore bands of all time, and then start one of the most influential independent record labels of all time to earn a decent living. These types of opportunities don't come around for everyone. Even if its not the way it should be, it's the way it is and it totally sucks. I'm not saying people do this day job/music thing out of choice, but they obviously dig their band and what their passionate to relegate it to a money losing hobby, right? If not, they wouldn't do it.
Really, if the situation is going to change, then major record labels need to disappear. They're the ones who have a monopoly on taste and culture and steal business away from people that actually care about what they're doing. If all the people that bought Lady Gaga's AND Miley Cirus's new CD put all of that money into the indie music scene, then I think we'd be having a very different discussion here. Obviously, that's not going to happen, but we ought to recognize who is hurting independent music, and it's definitely not the people who keep it alive.
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