If you belong to a good private (or maybe a public one, too) torrent community, you'll likely end up finding more artists than the radio would help you find. J

If you belong to a good private (or maybe a public one, too) torrent community, you'll likely end up finding more artists than the radio would help you find. Just looking at new uploads, looking at top lists, browsing by tags, and going through by genre yields new finds. It's easy to listen to new/unfamiliar artists risk free, and most passionate music lovers do find a way of getting money back to the artists. At least in my own experience this is the case. I'm sure there are people who are 100% freeloaders, but I wonder if they'd have bought anything ever anyway.