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Originally Posted by Sound Devastation
if the album is on an honest independant label who pay their artists well.. then buy the CDs!! not from HMV (label get about £1.50, band get less) but from the label or the band direct. SUPPORT INDEPENDANTS!
also, if its the bands you want to get a fair deal.. buy CDs from shows. the bands on our label get paid in CD form, its up to them to make their profit by selling their albums themselves at their gig. they probably won't make money from the show itself, but everything made from merch goes to them. this only applies to bands on tiny labels but hey..
ps. i'm very anti-mp3, but i'll never moan at anyone for downloading stuff from SonyBMG!
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Actually smaller bands on major labels tend to be worse off than bands on independent labels because the overheads are higher.
I suggest you read Steve Albini`s state of the music industry page.