This is powerful talk the business of music is changing so fast people really don't notice people download music that isn't even cd quality just smash encoded degraded sound mp3's etc....businesses are being shut down labels etc it's truly a money game the balance and equality of competition is so warped it's sickening are small business artists next I should think not as long as they can perform as long as those 1700 stop sweating the main stream artists and work with the ones that are working with them and spending money it adds up to a whole greater. Pay attention.