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Originally Posted by [Sandbag]
I still can't see how that affects young/new bands though.
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very simply. Radiohead had the convenience of doing what they did. they have made more money than any of them will ever need. they can afford to appear charitable and only in the game for the "art" of music but the truth is they would never be as big as they are now without the benefit of their past singles and album sales. Yes touring made them money but that was only fueled by the former. New, young bands come now at a time where the infrastructure wherein they could earn a living off of recorded works has been eroded. free downloading is to blame, accelerated by bands following Radiohead's example. I know the industry's tiers of big earners were fucked up and unfair but at the very least, bands still got to make a living from their own recorded works.