Skavau
Ode to the Forgotten Few
That's not how so many bands operate anymore though.True, lots of artist (christians especially) don't mind if their music is stolen or if they themselves stream it for free because its spreads awareness of the music. For a christian it gets the message of God out. For non-christian groups its free advertising. This way when they make a second album they can charge for it and their fans will buy it.
The bottom line is the internet, piracy and streaming taken into account has been so good for the majority of bands because without it they'd have no way to gain any effective publicity. Bands in niche genres are now able to gain an international following when 15 years ago they'd have been nothing more than a local cover band or folded before even releasing an EP.
What really hurts the big bands is that people have less reason to buy their stuff because every other option is so much more accessible.
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