(a rant)

simple.fucking.formula.

i'm sick of seeing the same ol "lay down UR hard-earned cash so artists can keep doing what they're doing" bullshit. as far as i'm concerned, artists can make their money offa selling their product themselves online and at LIVE shows (which is where the real proving ground is, and also where artists got the potential to make lifelong fans who WILL buy their shit...if it doesn't suck ass, of course). it's a fucking LIE that everyone buys everything that they love anymore, so can we stop acting like this is some ideal we as music aficionados have to live up to? music is out there everyfuckingwhere. if i can expand my knowledge and palette via downloading, then fuck you i'm not gonna let some half-assed pride bout how things used to be done stand in the way of that.

why should i or anyone else in this day n age follow that old annoying mantra of "PAY FOR THIS or u are a tyrant who is killing music"? we all know it's not like that anymore. actually to ME it seems like the pressure should be on the "artistes". are u putting ur foot into ur work? does it sound GOOD? FINE then i will either purchase or think about purchasing and most-definitely see you live. drop some doodoo and demand fan-loyalty and compensation? u can go fuck urself. musicians don't have a monopoly on self-righteous pay-me-just-becos-i-do-art douchebaggery. if we wanna take a chance on ur shit, we will. but nowadays...we have OPTIONS, and that's pissing ppl off. i think more than anything it's the fact consumers have some power in the way things work now.

i feel like, ok everyone rails against labels and SUITS for turning music into a business devoid of passion or originality or any of that touchy-feely shit we associate with so-called "real" music. but im fuckn sick of artists who are clinging to the same old system the suits enforce when they say shit like this. the game's changed forever dude, we hear ur shit whether u like it or not. and the only way i can see it benefiting artists, is if their shit don't STINK. the onus is on artists to deliver, otherwise WHY the fuck would anyone drop some cash on it? unless ur an artist/group with a huge fanbase (commercial or underground) with ppl ready n willing to spend on whatever new product thats available (due to a good rep that's usually built up over time due to constant release of GOOD MUSIC). but even then, we'll still be downloading becos u just never fucking know anymore what's gonna move u and what's not. if we got that luxury as (cash-strapped) consumers, why wouldn't we take it? and if ur an artist who's worried bout making ends meet? GET A SECOND JOB. holy shit, we're not automatically programmed to support all ur asses.

"taking a chance" on something doesn't cut it anymore. i used to take plenty of chances that cost me $30-$35 a pop. now it's been almost 3yrs since i last bought a physical album on CD cos i got duped too many times (HOW many times have u heard this line or something similar to it? cos it's the fucking truth, not some whiny excuse: TROOF).

i mean isn't it time this debate EVOLVED a little? are artists just scared that consumers are gonna freely obtain their shit without blindly buying off the strength of one or two good singles all the time? and what about indy artists re-iterating the same tired industry shit about consumers = evil & musicians = entitled? how the fuck does that compute in an indy setting? are we sposed to buy out of sympathy? lol. i mean cmon. no artist out there is ENTITLED to ur money. CONSUMERS, on the other hand, are entitled to NOT PAY FOR SHITTY MUSIC.

thoughts?

V.

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