yeah, but how are people going to find someone who is new? they find you because you play out and have a lot of records out on established labels, which have in the past made an assessment of your work as of sufficient quality. rightly or wrongly, people still use labels to filter that quantity. i do it. if i see something with the mobilee label on it, i can be pretty sure it's the kind of minimal i like. i don't have unlimited time to go to everyone's website and listen to all their tracks critically. i might go to yours, but i already know who you are and what you are about, through your previous ties to labels i know and trust. :)

but i do agree with you that the "business model" is not really workable.