This is fun. Musicians at all levels of the business are becoming increasingly incensed at the devaluation of our work by people with money, and in the culture in general, and are becoming vocal about it. I can’t copy the text of this artist’s response to a TV person who wants to use his work for free, so you’ll have to follow the link to read it. I highly recommend that you do.
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