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Certainly sometimes music is damaged by being a commodity, or at least it has been throughout time.
However, I think the current economic collapse of the record label economic model and relatively inexpensive means of independent (and I mean that on a personal level not "indie" level) production and distribution, make this the time to stop musing so much over the old problem rather than start.
Any one of us, for very little money can make recordings that sound pretty damn close to what was once considered "professional quality" and put them in the ears of people around the world at next to no personal cost. Who needs to sell your soul to the record label in that environment? Nothing against those that do so to make a living, I really love the music of some of them. It's just not necessary anymore, which in turn gives new freedom to those who do work within the old system. It's a lot harder for the big label to tell you how to sound (or dress!) if you don't need them to get your music recorded and heard in the first place.
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