I agree but I like to think that my modivation for making music is more than money. That is what separates us from them. The major record companies, napster, eminem, puff, and the others who play the mainstream game have only one modivation for everything they do, $. I think it is evident by the quality of music played on the radio these days. The good news is that it won't be around very long, where as a well made track can outlive our kids. I do agree that the artistic value of a piece is compromised when flaunted around the net for free, but it is harmed even more when another person is selling it for their own profits. I would be a fool to be ingnorant to the fact that musicians need to be re-embersed(sp) for their work, but the true gold a person recieves for his/her work is the ispiration it instills on it's listeners. From that standpoint free music can be viewed as a blessing. I can relate to your comment about losing you soul to the mass media. That is why vinyl is so value, I am a strong believer that the true soul of electronic music lies in the analogue sound. Analogue is the true language of sound where as once it is copied digitally it is then translated to an unhuman form that somewhat loses the essence of the emotions and feelings put into it. Its like listening to an old Miles Davis track on CD then listening to the vinyl. There is something much more real hidden in the clicks, pops, and spaces of the analogue recording. I think that is where your soul lives, not in the digitally copied and copied again tracks distributed via internet.
Sevn
