Well I'm glad we've found something we can agree on at last mate.
I'm well aware of the "tossing money" element of companies, but the only negative I see in it, is building up the hopes of the artists instead of giving them realism.
At the end of the day though, they walk away with their record. Many of us would be quite happy with that. (It's not about the money)
Having someone pay for your record is HUUUGE. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I'm aware of the bribery that would go on too. Companies bribing guys like you. But that was supposedly justified as a "marketing expense".
As too the profit margin, a band I was in were getting $3AUD per CD. For America it was half that. There were four of us, plus a manager taking a slice. Had we a producer they would have taken a point or two as well. So, $1.5 divided by 5 = 30c per CD for me? Less taxation of course, and only presuming the record budget was paid off.
But rock and roll. 30c is better than the NOTHING mp3 thieves leave us with.
Anyhow mate, on a different tack, check out this song
http://www.hughwilson.org/images/Her...o_2004mix_.mp3
I wrote it a while back, but recently added live drums, and rerecorded guitars last week.
Let me know what you think.