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not sure what I think about that bit where he says its more of a lottery now for bands to make it, surely it always has been a lottery, in the past it was very unlikely a band would get signed and enough magazine exposure to make it, now bands can atleast bypass that and get a bit known but still only the lucky few will be able to make it financially (always thought if anything its been more of the mass proliferation of bands rather that has made it more competitive rather than the downloading), the bit about paying back debt from recording certainly true for many bands but on the other hand bands can also record pretty professionally for a fraction of what it used to cost with developments in home recording. Do agree about listening to music in less depth nowadays I certainly dont get to know albums as well as I used to but the ones I really love I do, so if im spending less time trying to make do listening to albums that are just ok dont see that as a negative. Still think the last decade or so have been a golden age of indie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6inAugDrGU&ob=av2e

Not for Sean personally (for obvious reasons), but for Sean starting threads that include the phrase `killing music`.

(As an aside, anyone who thinks the internet has been bad for music as an artform or for people who appreciate that artform is utterly clueless).