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1) Record labels keep most the money that artists WOULD make. 2) Except for some rare ones, most albums only have 2 or 3 songs worth listening to - and the rest is filler. 3) You're selling to so many people that even though not everyone is paying for your music, you're still making a lot of money. Radiohead knows that, and so does the guy above calculating how much money they made.

I know how it would be from the artist's perspective. But in my perspective you artists are taking it from behind from record labels, and if I *steal* music, I'm doing more damage to the corporation that takes all the money for things they didn't create, rather than to the artist. Besides,the reason you should be playing music is for music itself. For yourself, for the fans, for the way it connects everyone. Of course you need money, but I'm not into artists who only learn to play music so they can be rich. That's not how good music is made. But... I suppose it's better than being a rapper... they all get rich and they're the most untalented group of people you'll find.