I don't applaud the theft of music. But I do believe that the equalization of distribution, meaning that you or I can distribute at very little cost to ourselves ($1000 puts you with a hundred CDs and digital downloads on all major digital distribution points), is WAY more affordable than the effort to go through the old model of distribution.

I'm guessing Vince Gill is a nice guy as well. Sorry that the fart app costs the same as his song.

But none of us can really complain that we can't get our CD published any longer. Marketing doesn't even require record labels any longer.

-Scott