I find it sickening that I am not surprised

[packbat]

Courtesy of baxil, Lol's first law:

If your behavior overtakes The Onion's satire, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

(Two guesses as to who we're talking about. No, not him, think 'greedy businesses'.)

Comments

[feech.livejournal.com]

I hadn't even thought of that particular aspect of it until you brought it up-- the big names founding their own record companies. I happened to be thinking of small beginners who would like the opportunity for their music to be heard and realize that contracting with large record companies means their promotions, tours, all of it are at the whim of managers who might decide someone else in a slew of competitors is the more interesting prospect at the moment.

[packbat.livejournal.com]

That's probably a better point, now that you mention it – Paul Simon, for example, isn't going to be playing forever, and if the next big hit is a group who everybody has heard because their music is online, well....