I’m with Akhilesh, I like the used music stores. We do have a say in how much things cost and how much people are paid. If you don't buy new music there are no profits for recording industry and those artist. Go to local concerts instead. I’m not too crazed with the some of the pro sports salaries so I boycott the events for the most part. Everyone has there threshold of ‘what its worth’ to them.

There is a point about the whole Napster situation in that. Do you think all the younger people that downloaded millions in RIAA revenue would have gone out and paid for the music? Have sales now seen huge profit gains.

In my mind if you are NOT signed with a majopr studio DOES NOT mean you are not talented. In fact, I would say, they are often a lot more talented than some of the schlock the major studios release.
I am just sick of supporting anything these majotr studios do, and will from now on ONLY buy used CDs on ebay or used music stores, or buy from these sites like cdbaby.com or directly from the artist. I will end up with a lot more CDs and a lot less tube amps...a good compromise in my opinion.
Thanks for the tip on Mosaic. I'll check that out too.
-akhilesh