Why should I feel sympathy for anyone who signs a deal a loan shark? they talk about us taking “food” from their mouths … BUT isn’t the industry doing that to them already? From legal fees to producers fees to costs of manufacturing thier CD to … to … in the end they get maybe 10% of what was initially doled out by the label and the record company gets the rights to the music and a musicians soul.

I’m getting sick of hearing this line of BS, it’s not true (just like sales of cd singles went down because of p2p. Reality was cd single sales were on the decline BEFORE napster was even an idea in the programmers head) and wonder why musicians feel they must continue to be the big industries puppets? Wait nevermind … new CD is on the rack they needed some promotion ….

They will NEVER control distribution, give it up and meet p2p users halfway.

Unfortunately, because they are “eclectic” they won’t appeal (in their current form) to a wider audience, so Big Music is where they DO NOT belong.

I saw them live (so I paid for a ticket), I bought their CD (at a music store, so they got, like, nothing almost). If they had had CD’s available, I’d happily have handed this guy $30 (Cdn) for an autographed copy.

But they had a record contract by then, so they’re not allowed to pirate the “record company’s” product by selling privately…

So pump up the record company, the CRIA(A) and hope the added publicity helps because you just released a BRAND NEW CD (or your record company did) and you hope this time to pay off the loan which carried you from your last Big Music advance….

So, I’ve ripped my copy of Jacksoul’s first CD, and I’m listening to it on my iTunes player, and I’m wondering, gee, I wonder if these guys have recorded anything lately…

The CRIAA brought him in from somewhere (who cares where) to do an advertisement opposed to filesharing.