| There are two truths that we have been
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| | really needs the music industry? The
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| faced within in the present day of
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| | average musician has to pay tons of money
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| digitalization. The first is that the
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| | just to get into a recording studio, and
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| love of music is a life-long pursuit. The
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| | less than 5% of musicians tend to profit
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| second is that the love of free music is
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| | from their music anyhow. So who's making
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| not.
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| | all the money?
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| With the age of Napster, the ability to
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| | The fact of the matter is that no matter
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| download music, and to do this for free,
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| | how rich or poor people are, they are
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| was like a godsend from heaven. Suddenly,
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| | going to continue making music, simply
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| we had all the music we could ever want
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| | because they love to make music - the
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| at the touch of a button. The problem
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| | first truth. One only needs to look at
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| however was that the music industry
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| | such examples as the blues which came out
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| started losing money (which no one really
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| | of impoverished New Orleans back in the
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| cares about), and then the bigger problem
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| | 1940's following the Great Depression, or
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| (which we all cared about), that
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| | the newly 'discovered' music in Cuba,
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| downloading music for free became
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| | portrayed in the Buena Vista Social Club.
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| illegal.
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| | Certainly those guys weren't expecting
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| So Napster fell under, and the age of
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| | large royalties throughout their lives,
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| free music was lost forever. No big deal,
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| | nor could they have ever dreamed that
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| although it was nice while it lasted.
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| | they would actually get the chance to
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| Still, the impact this change has left
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| | play in Carnegie Hall. Many of them died
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| upon music and moreover upon the music
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| | before the money even came even, but that
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| industry, it seems, will have
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| | didn't stop them from making music.
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| longstanding consequences. Formerly
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| | So as both technology and the times
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| spoiled by the high prices for CDs, the
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| | change, the music industry needs to
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| music industry is slowly being forced to
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| | change with it, and as far as I'm
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| offer music at more competitive prices.
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| | concerned such a change would be for the
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| Although you can't get free downloads
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| | better, even if it means that musicians
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| anymore, at least not legally, you can
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| | of the future will be limited to home
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| get music at a much cheaper price, and
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| | recording studios. Most musicians
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| even make your own music with such new
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| | probably have some kind of computer
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| developments as free music software,
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| | driven studio anyhow, and the fact that
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| through the blessings of advertising.
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| | we're not hearing their music isn't a
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| Most people dislike big business houses,
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| | fault of bad music, but of the obsessive
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| at least, if they are not a part of it,
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| | manner in which the music industry still
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| and this definitely includes the music
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| | wields control over what we are able to
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| industry. So when we now hear the
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| | listen to. So with the coming of the new
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| industry complaining that it is losing
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| | age, hopefully we hear more music, less
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| money or in some instances that it may be
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| | commercialized, and at prices that we're
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| forced to change its methods or shut
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| | all happy with, including the lone
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| down, we tend to face such comments
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| | musician.
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| either with apathy or antipathy. Who
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