No flames here - every artist should create their own website and let fans download sample copies of their music free in the hopes that these fans will purchase their music for about $2 per song.
Also artists should do what Metallica did in the early 80s - they went straight to their audience by playing live.
RIAA can go screw themselves. CDs cost less than 50 cents to produce and then they try to sell them for damn near $20 when there's only one or two good songs on them. Bastards.
"every artist should create their own website and let fans download sample copies of their music free in the hopes that these fans will purchase their music for about $2 per song."
If the artist got two cents per song that would be better than the deal they have today.