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Re:EMI music is sold to Universal. We're down to three majo... by colomon on Friday November 11, 2011 @06:01PM (#3226490)
The problem with this is it assumes you can reasonably get to their concerts. One of my favorite artists is playing a gig on his home ground next Wednesday. It's 1,500 miles away from me. To the best of my knowledge, it's been years since he last played within a thousand miles of my house. I haven't seen him perform since 2006.

Also, I don't know about you, but the idea that you should support musicians by buying "gear" (I assume you mean stuff like t-shirts) just seems very, very mixed-up...

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Re:EMI music is sold to Universal. We're down to three majo... by mortenjorck on Friday November 11, 2011 @06:34PM (#3226590)
It also assumes the musicians perform live. My music, for instance, doesn't lend itself well to live performance, so I don't.
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Re:EMI music is sold to Universal. We're down to three majo... by minikomi on Friday November 11, 2011 @06:42PM (#3226610)
This is why I love bandcamp - pay as little or as much as you like is a great system. I, and others I know, have downloaded something for free, liked it, and gone back an given the artist money (along with a bunch of new sales through recommendations).
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