Thanks sidmel and jamestox ,

Love the Florence Ambrose comment.

So you're a music writer, sidmel.

I bought a few CDs--used CDs.
The cost a only a few bucks (I understand that the record companies would have re-selling records banned).

Anyway, the music has given me 10's of hours of enjoyment.

I'd like to reward them, but how and who.

Deliberately buying $30 CD's don't seem all that efficient--and I refuse to carry credit cards.

Consider, again,My Bloody Valentine:

http://www.irishmusiccentral.com/mbv/videos.html

The band has long since broken up and the company that invested, from what I understand, $1 million on the album Loveless, long since went bankrupt and was bought by Sony records (long before I developed an appreciation for them).

Maybe the producer had a role in the production, and though I haven't heard any recent stuff, it might be far less than what their product was a band.

How do I express my gratitude for the music?


Take 13th Floor Elevators: according to them, they were "screwed" by their record company. There music has also given me 10's of hours of pleasure since I first heard them in 2002.
The band broke up in 1973 and the lead singer is a drugged-out pauper.

There are attempts to correct this.

http://www.rokyerickson.net/roky.htm

http://www.rokyerickson.net/

It seems they aren't too positive about "file swapping," but they don't seem to be as condeming of it either--and it might also be a legal thing--positions of record companies and bands might differ.

Further one member, in an interview I read several months back, seem to endorse pirating--though that was likely before the whole internet thingee.


I'd be interested in your comments on the issue.