we don't need to pay attention to what the 'music industry' is doing. turn off the tv and don't download. buy your music from real record shops (i ring coda records in edinburgh (folk country, roots) friendly service and next day delivery)and get to as many live gigs as possible. don't use amazon. or ticketmaster. as artists can't rely so much on sales they have to tour tour more -hard work for them but good news for us. our wee town has a small arts centre (150 seats) where we have seen spiers and boden, eliza carthy,michael mcgoldrick, kris drever, lunasa etc -all in the last year. big names in the folk world who i have also seen headlining at the many (smaller, friendly) festivals available for those of us no longer interested in what is currently popular or mainstream. musicians are still making real, good music we should support them and have nowt to do with those who want to steal it, sanitise it, package it and sell it back to us.