Payment?
I'm not sure what the answer is here.
On the one hand the artists should get paid, even a total freetard like me doesn't argue about that, but on the other hand the music industry has become so consolidated over the last decade or so that the majors seem to have no interest in up and coming artists when they can control the whole career of some X-Factor type and heavily promote them into stardom.
It occurred to me as I watched the Super Bowl half time show that my father hated the music of my youth because it was loud and nasty and angry, but I hate the music of my kids' youth because it's so bland and corporate.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
