its increased the quantity of bands and fans.. and made it easier to find alternative music... everything that Urban said. its benefited most fans on a personal level.. and has initially benefited bands and labels.
however its decreased the credibility of music and the health of the music scene. there will be a point where the benifit crosses the line and its TOO easy for **** bands to get popular and TOO easy to get hold of music. people need to buy albums or bands cant continue and labels cant either - theres no other way to go about it. tours do **** for small bands... most have to PAY to tour and PAY to have merch. getting your friends into small bands through gigs and the net does NOTHING for the band if they then dont buy the CD.
i may be slightly biased as an owner of a physical-releases-only record label and a CD and Vinyl lover.. but i think it has had a bad effect overall.
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AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album]
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