Re:just how much will each artist make? (Score 2, Insightful)

I didn't even read everything what you wrote, but people are doing it for the money. We all know if you sign with a label you'll be closer than the rest of us in becoming a millionaire. When buring your own CD or getting yourself on iTunes makes you a millionaire overnight, artists will then switch. In order to fight the RIAA, boycott their music (not easy, includes not buying / listning to the radio, mtv, or buying any CDs.) Once a few people make it big doing it the independant way, only then will the record companies have to succomb to the freedom of music.