Does this make me a jerk for downloading albums for myself and refusing to share 'em back? Maybe. But maybe I'm also encouraging physical sales or in some cases digital sales. I'd rather the artist or label get some cash so they can afford to release more awesome music my way. It may not seem likely, but I do attempt to get my hands on pretty much everything that I discover online, and that I fully enjoy. If I don't enjoy it, I just hit the almighty DELETE button and never hear it again. No harm in that, right? Right. I'll continue to post purchasing links to sources as direct as possible to the artists themselves or their labels at least. Yer not gonna find some Amazon or HMV links here. If that's where you choose to shop, fine by me, I don't care, but again, I'm trying to do right by the artists and labels by spreading the good news about their music and products. I think the download links are counteractive to that. I'd like to believe that the majority of people out there are like me and see downloading as a source for previewing music, movies, etc. But, that's just not the case and the majority are just outright thieves. They don't give back, hell they don't even share, they just take. Lame.
Anyway... no more download links, which means no more cross-blogging (no letting you know where I stole it from), but you'll get a streaming preview, links to MySpace and links to purchase the music once you're satisfied with the preview.
Enjoy.
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