Just a quick note to say props to Bandcamp.com (the pre-eminent musicians-selling-their-wares-direct-to-the-fans site), who’ve just published a note to show that they’re significantly profitable and have been for four years. This is the context of a music industry of diminishing sales, shrinking margins and even Apple suggesting that they’re going to get out of the music download game.
Just goes to show that it’s not music sales that are broken, it’s the music industry that is broken.