not so easy not to buy records.From a moral point of vue i mean
One of the band Carolus8 pointed me to, gives away full concerts to download,and they have they own label.It is just only fair to support them,cause i really love them.I got most of they songs on AudioG,but i fell i have to buy they records
I found another band who gives away they 2 albums on free mp3.And not only 128kps,but vrb 192kps if you want.Beside this you can buy they cds.I will not cause i have the postage on the top of it,and i am not that mad about they music.You can also send them money.I sent them $5 in a letter
But there is a kind of indee-bands i will never give money to: the ones who sell an auto-produced cd at Tower price,means $15 -$18.This ones i will keep the downloaded mp3 from AudioG,and,beside it i will say around me that they music is no good,even if it is not true
On the top of it,there is another problem.If you buy your music from a private shop and many stop to buy because of all the mess with label.This shop will close one day or another.And you will have to buy all by mail.Not a problem for you in USA,but for people like me yes it is
Two years ago i found most of my want list on Ebay,one by one most of the time
Now you can believe me or not,BUT IN ONE YEAR I SPENT MORE ON POSTAGE than a Tel-Aviv-London-Tel-Aviv ticket fly.I mean on El-Al,not a charter.....
A question:i would like to buy some stuff from mp3.com.Do you know if the bands really get money from it?Or it is just a rip-of?
I ask because i have friends,Useless ID, who never get money from mp3.com.In an other hand they do not have music to sell on it,so i do not know if the system is fair to artists
By the way,if you download mp3 from IUMA[?],the band get 5 cents for each download.In principe,they get money as well for the same on mp3.com.It can be fair to check for a band on both places before running a Napster clone