> I'm sorry, but if you can't survive, as a band, for 3 months by playing live gigs or temporarily getting a different job, then maybe....it was never meant to

> I'm sorry, but if you can't survive, as a band, for 3 months by playing live gigs or temporarily getting a different job, then maybe....it was never meant to be? I specifically mentioned that as an option - hence why this is a much larger concern for labels than artists (though I'm sure it's a concern for artists as well). Also keep in mind that a live tour takes months to pull together. Apple hasn't given artists that sort of lead time. And all of that having been said: in what other industry is it normal to say, "Well, if you can't handle a full quarter of decimated revenues dropped on your head with weeks notice it was never meant to be"? Many SMBs couldn't weather that storm. That doesn't mean they're fundamentally broken.