Obviously I'm listening and paying attention...I started this thread. Perhaps the title i gave the thread was somewhat inflammatory but here we are discussing this. I am all for innovation. What frustrates me is that in the panic/excitement of it all, the mainstream press and the public do not stop to think critically about the various experiments happening. Both Radiohead and Trent Reznor have stated specifically that their moves are not meant as/would not work for the general industry and especially new artists. Reznor learned this first hand with Saul Williams. When the world is flooded with yet to be successful artists giving away millions of mp3's then in the public's mind it becomes an honor for the artist just to have them listened to at all, never mind paid for.
At root though you and I fundamentally disagree on a number of issues as as I believe that:
1) An artist should be able to sell recorded work.
2) Not all music is equal
3) Access to high quality recording is important, though not most important
just a few things- i'm sure there are more.
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Originally Posted by Sui_City 
Anyway, some people are listening now. Others, like Minipoddle, not yet.
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