What music have you bought lately?

[Maynard]

Think about this though k1d. If you BUY s local/unsigned/underground band's record at the record store, it WILL help their career. Nowadays, everyone and their mother is making albums at home. And having them printed and distributed. Now, if you download said local bands record, you are making one less album that shows up on their sales sheets. if 10,000 people download instead of buy, thats a huge dent in their sales. Now, if I'm a record company, looking for unsigned talent, I will certainly take a look at their sales. If they sell 10,000 records as opposed to 1,000, then maybe they're worth a shot.

By downloading from a small band, you may just be taking their shot at being signed out of their hands.