Kristin Hersh, formerly of Throwing Muses, has been writing frequently in her blog about the trials of a being a career musician without the support of a large record label. Her current band, 50FootWave is offering up their latest recording as a free download. Aptly titled, Free Music, the ep includes 5 tracks from an October recording session.
From 19 September 2005, Kristin writes:
...after many years as a signed artist, with large advances at my disposal, way more people heard of my band without ever hearing the actual music. That band is dead now. My new band is finding it harder and harder to find the small audience we require to sustain ourselves. I find it hard to care about file-sharing when all I ever really wanted was for people to hear, not buy my music.
Even if you aren't a Throwing Muses/Kristin Hersh/50FootWave fan, if you are a music fan you should reading Kristen's blog. She writes unabashedly and intelligently about music, family, and the relationship of the two.
And while you are at download Free Music!
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