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I agree with Dead-Air here. Whether we can truly escape capitalism in creating art is debatable, but ironically, at a point in history where capitalism has reached such a global dominance, the creation and distribution of music seems less hampered by it now than at any time I can think of. I increasingly have less time for artists signed to large-scale commercial labels (be they 'majors' or so-called 'indies'), not necessarily because of the direct effect it has on their music, but because it's unnecessary. OK, it gives their music a higher media/store profile and potentially generates more income for them, but if that's all it really offers, doesn't it just show how ego and money obsessed most artists really are?
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