No one's saying don't download. Just be smart about it.
There are tons of great bands with websites that offer free mp3s and even some big name artists who stream their album (free) online before it's physical release. Even Fleetwood Mac did this.
The problem lies in the fact that millions of people do this every day--they download entire albums, or they burn enough so that there is really no reason to buy the actual album at all. And then, it doesn't matter if the band is wonderful because they won't have generated enough sales for the record company to consider another release.
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& i see you doing
what i try to do for me
with the words from a poet
& the voice of a choir
& a melody...
nothing else mattered
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