I agree with these points 100% - Its all true, record companies do not even care about the artists they sign. I am a smal underground label and intend to stay that way and i sell cheap the music and still i am giving more cash to bands i sign, compared to major labels! Labels are killing music. They do not wish to promote it!
One reason: The freemassons are in this industry has well, and their modo is: chaos!
Did you know? - well I do not lie. Why would i?.
The main thing for an artist is to get known by any means! So of course if at first they do not make money, at least the name is out there! Mostly because their is so much ompetition out there, its cosmic!

My advice to you pirating cd; you may do it! why? because you are being robed! If pressed CD were Affordable (like they told us it would) we woul buy them! Why? because pressed cd last longer!

Dan