[narcoman]

Originally Posted by Bob Olhsson

Live revenues are growing simply because heritage bands have watched the bottom fall out of their royalty checks over the past decade so they are setting up tours with immense ticket prices that no young artist could ever hope to command.

I worked for a small "art" label that Napster killed dead within a couple years. Artists who used to be able to eek out a subsistence living from recording and performing their music were forced to stop most of their musical activity and get day jobs.

Make no mistake about the fact that it is the small labels and most creative niche artists who have been MOST devastated by illegal file looting. I wouldn't be wasting my time posting about this issue if it only hurt the big labels and stars.

so true.