To give one example, there's Brad Sucks http://www.bradsucks.net/about/ http://www.bradsucks.net/about/ , who has always distributed his music online for free.

To give one example, there's Brad Sucks http://www.bradsucks.net/about/ http://www.bradsucks.net/about/ , who has always distributed his music online for free. Over ten years, he's built a following and been able to switch from having a day job to being mostly a full-time musician.