MA 260 / Week Two Discussion: What's Wrong with Big Labels?

       Big labels control the music industry like the mafia controls the community and state. They have made CDs obscenely expensive. They determine what music can reach the market. They exploit the musicians because they have a monopolistic control of the music business. However, the Internet, especially, crowd-funding platforms, has started to change the game. Tell us your music consumption experience. Do you find big labels objectionable? What do you think about big labels' domination of the music industry and their "gangster" behavior in John Travolta and Uma Thurman's movie Be Cool?