B-Sides Rock and So Do I

Downloading music from the internet has been an issue that has been plaguing the music industry for quite some time now.Programs from Napster, to Limewire to ingeneral Torrent Programs have allowed people to share and distribute music from their computer to all over the world. But is it really a plague? Many people would say that this is wrong, and that over time, it will indeed bring an end to the compact disc; which has already begun with the evolution of Mp3 Players/The Ipod/and Itunes over the years.

this is an article I am across in regards to New Found Glory's Album Leak
http://www.killyourstereo.com/news/0/2553/new-found-glory-guitarist-addresses-new-album-leakage/





New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has addressed the leak of the band's upcoming Epitaph debut "Not Without a Fight", due out next month.He explains as follows: "As far as the leaking thing. If my favorite bands cd came out early online i would download it to. For instance the new Morrissey record. I dont think it comes out for another 2 weeks and i've had it for like 3 weeks now. I will still buy it though because when i love a band or singer i gotta have the album artwork. It is a bumm out that some of the anticipation is lost. the whole building up to release date loses a bit of its excitement but to be honest the fans that would go out of their way to download it are the true fans that go out of their way to buy merch and post online about how much they like it and are the ones that will know the words first and sing every song at the show. You are driven to get it because you like NFG so how can I be bummed at that! So to all that have it. Spread the word if you like it and get people to go pick it up when it comes out! Not even for our sake but for epitaphs to. They are so passionate about NFG and our fans. They are true music lovers and they try to always put together cool and fun stuff for fans of this genre of music."

Having said this, I am no hypocrite, I have an ipod, i have itunes, I download music and yes... i enjoy every minute of it. You can call it selfish, you can call it inconsiderate of the artists, but to be honest, when it comes to this, I don't care..and it'll tell you why. I, similar to most who probably do this, are the fans who have gone to an insane amount of concerts, have bought countless band-tees and band hoodies, and are the ones willing to get an elbow in the face just to fight to the front row to sing-a-long with bands or mosh it up in the pit. I may not purchase every piece of music that I own, but I damn well appreiciate it.

just because:
http://bsidesrus.blogspot.com/
http://wewantleaks.blogspot.com/

if you agree, everything you could ever want and listen to and then some.