It's one thing for an established indie artist like Lars Frederiksen to rant about major labels, but it's different when you happen to be signed to one, as Fuel is to Sony. Yet Scallions's stand is clear. The musicians are the ones allowing these people to have their jobs, and yet many of those people don't care about music at all. They're only interested in the reflected glory and the money, and they're willing to fuck you any way they can. We've established ourselves and we still haven't made any money off our records.
Records cost a lot.
It's all recoupable, and it takes a lot of time to make that money back, which is why something like Napster, though great in theory, represents just another means of our not getting paid. I think we have a right to expect that, even as working musicians. Write to Nicci.