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BlahBlah:
I was trying to do one of those "hey, I heard this really good band called, err, Sidewalk, the other day" posts, but evidently failed.

Funk Thompson:
Yeah, but lo-fi works for some things better than others. 

Chesire Cat:
Britney Spears for instance needs the high production values.  And you might argue that the music is shite, but who are you do decide who gets to enjoy what kind of music.

Albatron:
Right but think about how she became popular, big money from big record corps. Sure its possible she might've became famous without all that since some people only like shite music, but think about the awesome artists that have to quit music and work at Starbucks because of puppets like her get all the attention from the sole path to stardom, giant record corps.

BankHoldUp:
Large record companies generally don't see their artists as artists at all but rather as investments. They find a marketable individual or group (or create such an individual or group) and spend a few million dollars hyping the shit out of their "next big thing".

In the first few weeks of album sales and touring, they've made their money back and then some. They'll continue selling their product until the public is no longer interested, at which point they've got another "investment" queued up and ready for the hype machine.

Hence, why Net radio and web downloading are so threatening: it provides easy access to alternative music sources that would divide their market. Sure, they miss out on "potential profit" from people who download albums instead of buying them, but I feel their deeper concern is that their control over the music "market" is diminishing as more people use Web-based music resources to find music they like rather than what is sold to them.

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