The small companies I know of are doing well because they can get the music out on the web. Before the web it costs too damn much to be an indipendant artist. There was little hope without touring your ass off. MP3s sound like crap like mentioned. I don't care what you do to them. They work well on computers and to an untrained ear. I can't speak for all small record companies but the 3 I do have connections with are doing fine. Don't get me wrong. I think the huge assed napster type trading has hurt some. But it isn't the whole problem. Song writers should LOVE the mp3 thing. They make money on airplay and that is directly related to popularity on the web. There are pros and cons to all of it.
I don't know what I just said but I said something..............
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