Go Buy Some Music You Deadbeat Streamers!

Sorry to report, streaming is now essentially the only way I seek out new material.  Whatever tiny royalty the players or composers now get from my streams will have to do.  At least it's something.  You got to remember, too, that buying used vinyl doesn't give an artist a penny.  When I put one of my already-bought CDs or records on, they don't get a penny, either. We're once again in the old days, where musical artists have to be paid studio time or perform at venues to make a decent living.  The era when a musician could sit in their house in Laurel Canyon and just wait for a check to arrive in the mail (and I knew many of them), is largely a thing of the past.  You also have to shed a tear for the musical infrastructure, such as the managers & accountants, that kept track of the flow of cash.  Ah, the good old days of resids!