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Originally Posted by xxxjay
I agree with this 100%. If you like the band or not, I'll use Rush as an example. They didn't have a "hit" album to 2012 and that was their 4th release.
If it was today the wouldn't have even made it to "Caress of Steel" (which I rather like)
But, the label stuck it out till "Moving Pictures"...can you imagine how many private jets, houses, eight-balls, and golf courses that thing bought and that was just for the suits? LOL
Digital piracy ruins art. It's a fact.
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Very true. Another example would be Pink Floyd. They had a small following in England and got some local support at first, but nothing major until their 3rd or 4th album and even those weren't big hits at first. They have sold a lot of copies since as fans discovered them later, but at first they were pretty obscure. In today's market they would have been dumped (if they had even gotten signed) and we would have never had The Wall or Dark Side of the Moon.