Not sure if serious... Music labels have always sold what is popular, they don't care whether it's good or not, they're a business. For a while, they were quit

Not sure if serious... Music labels have always sold what is popular, they don't care whether it's good or not, they're a business. For a while, they were quite good at it, but then they started to suck at it and then the money dried up. Now all they have left is investing in "sure bets". Filesharing simply accelerated that process and showed the underlying error more quickly. Look - Art is hard. For a little while, there was a lot of money in music. Droves of indie musicians missed that train and now they're jealous of the success of youngsters that you really shouldn't envy for a nanosecond. It's particularly sorry that they blame their fans for it. The reality is: Their music is only good enough for a little filesharing. And that's why they don't get signed. Most "good" musicians who are also reasonably popular have worked their asses off day and night for decades. Success in art is about getting the privilege to translate your innermost into something that can be shared and then seeing it resonate with people so much that they want to share it forward. Translating your innermost into art that resonates with people is frigging hard and takes years and years. Having it resonate with more and more people so you build momentum takes years and years again. Either you're with that, or don't go down that road. There is no manna raining from the sky and there is very definitely no guarantee for manna raining from the sky that is unfortunately wasted on those you think don't deserve it. That's petty and self destructive (hey, indie musicians). If you think you deserve something, but somebody else who doesn't deserve it gets it, you have a lot of soul searching to do. Especially if you're that bitter in your early twenties. As Stephen Fry said: Self Pity (as a superset of hate) will destroy everything except itself.