But no longer. We _never_ buy music anymore unless we can buy it directly from the artist. And even then, not if it’s RIAA music (RIAA Radar). No iTunes, no Amazon — and really, not a whole lot of new music (much to my frustration).

If the music industry’s intention was to kill the music industry, they’re going about it in just exactly the right way.

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and we do it for free. imagine if they had to pay for all the publicity they get from bloggers?

it is like matthew aka song by toad says, it’s a crying shame that we are the ones who are alerting the publicists that this is happening.

anyway, it makes me sad that you won’t be posting all the music you’d like to from now on. i’m going to keep on living dangerously for the moment and post (mostly) what i want when i want. maybe it will blow over (she says with her head in the sand).

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Seen Toad’s post about this new Shockhound website? Paranoid as it may seem, the fact that they’re just starting up now and providing downloads from artists all signed up to the Big 4 – artists who featured in a number of the posts being yanked for no reason – may prove to be a coincidence too powerful to ignore.

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CMGD – Nice analogy.

SSG – Rage Against the Machine is probably on one of the Big 4’s labels.

Chris – You’re dead on about the free rider problem, but trying to fight them is like playing whack-a-mole. Music bloggers buy a lot of music and try to sell a lot as well.

Angel – Thanks for verifying my suspicions!

Ariza – I’ll still introduce y’all to music, just smaller bands.

Gypsy – I love me some righteous indignation!

Joe – I don’t know an industry that treats their customers worse. Actually, maybe the airlines.

Xbox – Mine eyes have seen the glory…

Well said.

I gave to say though, I think it’s great that you’re shifting your attention to the “little guys” now. There are myriad great artists out there for you to choose from and showcase, and I’m honestly looking forward to reading THOSE posts.

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This really upsets me. I’ve never really visited a music blog that held itself in check with as much respect for the artists and labels as you have here.

I have made several purchases since finding your blog. Artists I had never heard of before until being introduced to them here. So now I guess my future purchases will be even more important because you’ll be introducing me to small, more deserving choices!

Andrew’s comment is dead on. If you hadn’t provided samples of that music when you posted about it, I would never have purchased it. I don’t see how they can continue to piss off their paying customers.