thieves and pirates

[DVNT]

I've had three records released in my life. The fact that I got paid for any of them was frankly just sugar on the top. I have never made music with a desire to get paid for it. For me it's reward enough that someone thinks it's good enough to get pressed and / or buy it.

I appreciate that for some people making music is a career - and fair play to them. Frankly though, the state of the industry (not to mention the whole world) being as it is, you have to face certain realities. Very rarely does a release (particularly a vinyl release) recoup costs these days - unless it's either a well known name or it really is plowing a godforsaken MOR cheese canal.

I'm not saying that work shouldn't be rewarded, I just think that making and releasing music isn't a bankable profession anymore - if it ever really was outside of extreme cases.

This has good and bad points. On the one hand, perhaps there won't be as much music around. On the other, perhaps the only people making it will be those who will only ever do it for the sheer love of it. That sounds like a pretty good state of affairs to me.

Have you indeed? And where are my copies? ;)

[RDR]

Have you indeed? And where are my copies? ;)

+1!!