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Absolutely! I gave us a real warm and fuzzy feeling inside making more money with cheap, mediocre quality tshirts made in Thailand with unknown working conditions, than the actual music …

Ironically, in the time of the sacred internet, cutting a limited edition on Vinyl is still more profitable than any other digital form for a lot of small artists :)

I'm not complaining though, because I refuse to look at art as plain business and rather earn nothing at all than compromise doing what i love for a better ROI.

I think people should value money less. The artists/label on one hand, and the people who are too greedy to spend a few bucks on something every once in a while, because they can get it for free on the other.

Update: And i do believe that the current time is probably the best ever to make music, from a purely artistic viewpoint.