well the smart people will only use the major label to distrube the record and thats all and license it from YOUR record label.

many artists do that now, and as a result you get a far bigger cut of sales..

the role of labels has changed though. If people want to read a world wide audience and have a following it’s far easier due to the web

as for paying £12 for an album?!?! thats madness

use http://www.find-dvd.co.uk (and the music compare bit)

as for people saying the disc costs 50p to make.. musicians also need to eat and pay bills and remember they do that as a JOB also (studio equipment isn’t cheap).. not everyone is a multi millionare due to music. So if peole DO support an artist and just take their stuff.. thats more ironic..