I believe that there are several aspects of the monopoly of the record business. One is that a record label with all the tools it has can turn the spotlight on you in a second, while doing it on your own through the internet is a task that takes lots of luck regardless of value and talent. And since the monopoly dictates the rules only a handful of artists (usually the multi million sellers) can live of off their music, recorded or live (merchandise included) .The second is how music which is a form of art, an expression of beauty, is enslaved by people that only have profit as their only concern, ending up destroying music and artists, framing their own customers and charging expensive for half baked desires. The labels, where artist is treated as a person and not a cash machine is in fact much needed for providing the artist with more time by taking care of the marketing part of the music business. But the independent labels are really run down by force , by the big 3. Let's see where it lead us.
