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Re:The saddest, stupidest sentence I've ever read by rms on Monday March 24, 2008 @05:38AM (#144444)
Thanks for the examples. Those are all good points. Maybe if the market trends keep going and there's less of a market for session players, Abraham Laboriel will be more likely to tour...
Re:The saddest, stupidest sentence I've ever read by tjr on Monday March 24, 2008 @06:10PM (#145074)
Perhaps. Would that be a good thing or a bad thing?

I for one would happily pay 20 USD or more for a really well-produced album full of good music. Sadly, that's a pretty rare find. While I suspect that some musicians will continue producing quality albums regardless, and hopefully listeners will support them, it seems that more than anyone else the recording industry as a whole is destroying itself by producing lousy albums.