GET REAL!

I've been subtly working on an article I will look to get published some time in the near future(next year or so) regarding downloading music. It will cover everything from record labels' thoughts, as well as artists thoughts on the matter. Hopefully I will be able to draw some conclusions about the social constructions it defies and the future of music as a profitable commodity. I've long since felt that there are only a handful of bands who can truly live without worry from their record sales alone, and there are things happening now that both validate and nullify my belief. Music has seemed to cave in on itself, and though this isn't a recent phenomenon by any means, it has caused an undeniable paradigm shift in the way we value art.

In an effort to get real about the subject I've been asking artists about how it makes them feel. Here's a few of their responses.

Castanetes: "[Downloading music] is a fat of life, like this shitty P.A."

Everybodyfields: "We'd appreciate it if people bought it, its pretty much gas money"
"It bastardizes our art"

Panther: more or less... "It's interesting the way people consider it their right"


I've got a lot to say about the matter, but in an effort to collect more opinions I ask you... what do you think about downloading music? Is it our right? Does it 'bastardize' the art, or is it something we should accept... like Sam Bonds' shitty P.A.?


P.S. no names or anything necessary, although if I know you... leaving your name might be good grounds for conversation next time we see each other.

p.p.s. My ID... might be done for.