Pure Cash Magazine

The short answer is “No,” but as time goes by, I’m starting to think that independent artists deserve a better response than that. As a keyboardist in a New York City glam/synthpop band, I’ve heard people blame everything from Napster, Kurt Cobain’s suicide, the economy, the subway, and the sound guy. In the end, however, who can we really “blame” when the RIAA threw their hands up long ago, Radiohead handed out their album for whatever their fans decided it was worth (and have been monumentally successful as a result, to add to the puzzle), and the big studios are all closing? Read more about The Changing Landscape Of The Music Industry: If A Tree Falls In The Forest, Does Anyone Buy CD’s Anymore? …