I see both points of view...
Generally my opinion on this topic is that if a band makes good music that's all that counts. I don't really care what label they're signed on to. However it does suck when the ticket prices go up... Like last year I tried to get a hold of a Modest Mouse cd and it took me forever to track it down. Now you go to HMV and they's a big poster and like 200 "Good News..." piled up buy one get one half off... makes me NOT want to buy it.
Music should be considered art not a commercial thing, and all these companies are trying to rip us off as much as they can, that just pisses me off. Plus the fact that an indie band has control over all the music, merchandise and interviews/articles that come out, when they sign to a major label no matter how much "artisitc freedom" they promise the label is going to influence the musician.
I could write a lot more about this from both points of view.
After all the artists need a job too, pay rent etc...
so it's hard to say... Major label = good or bad
What do you guys think?
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