Why signing a record deal ain't necessarily a good thing

[Garp]

Originally Posted by semi-pro waster

Record companies aren't all bad (capitalism seldom is that clear cut) but nor are they the poor souls doing it for the love of the industry either most of the time.

I'd say the majority of labels aren't bad, it's just that a very small number of them control most of the market (EMI et al), and those ones are bad.