on iTunes it's $14.99...and the actual CD is $18.99.
So, considering that almost every band signed to a major label is continuously in debt by millions to that record company for their albums and the debt just carries over from album to album (see documentary ARTIFACT about it), these jacked up prices are going to the record label and not the artist, I refuse to dole it out to them.
What I woudn't give for a world where a fan could give the artist the money directly and say "I love your music, here I'm paying you for being able to listen to it. Thanks for making great music".
Amanda Palmer's Kickstarter album/tour was the first win in that fight to get there, but it seems like it's going to be a slow road in which record companies will get more and more belligerent and gouging as they get more and more unseated by artist - fan interaction on a monetary level.
If I could give any band advice it would be that when they are finally off contract from the major labels (bands that have an at least established fanbase), it would be to crowdfund the rest of their career. I would much rather my money goes to the artist creating the art, rather than a faceless corporation out to screw bands and fans alike.
/rant
This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 25 September 2012 - 03:15 PM