I've been questioning the value for value model, not just within music, as a whole. I'm coming to a personal realization that if the 'value' is set to $0.00, most listener's will add $0.00 value back.
That isn't sustainable. It's a broken model that, IMO, requires a revision.
If everything is 'free' it really isn't 'free' as someone used their time and money to invest in a 'product' and time is an invaluable yet highly tangible thing.
I'll let Gene Simmons point of few things out (if he knew of value-4-value, he would rightfully laugh all the way to the bank).
Silvie
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