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Originally Posted by no ssl yet  It's perfect if you want to totally devalue music. Giving away a few million records is not the forumula for selling records. It may sound like good publicity, but it's a bit silly. |
Again, this depends.
I make instrumental electronic (or ambient ) music and a large part of my income is from publishing and use in TV and film. I am printing my own CD and will be giving half away as I want people to hear it as they may then use it. I don't have a major label pushing my product. I am however in control of my own music. If it makes sense for me to offer it free because I will make more money that way, how can that be wrong?
I would LOVE to sell a million CD's but am just being realistic about my potential these days and I NEED to earn a living, so I go about my life my way.
As an artist I will (and do) certainly make more money from the use of my music than the sales of my music.