By: Connor

a2f2a.com is a blog launched by UK musician and activist Billy Bragg and Jon Newton from P2PNet. The site is dedicated to the concept that “artists need to be paid and fans want to pay them.” Keep an eye on it!

“The internet has huge potential for artists to make a living on their own terms. Previously, they’ve been forced to rely on the recording industry to fund recordings, manufacture and distribute their art and collect money for them. Without industry help, it was almost impossible to find enough fans to support a career.

Fans have also had to rely on the corporate recording industry to provide the music they wanted to hear. They listened to the radio in the hope of hearing the artists they loved, they bought weekly music mags to find out where and when their favorite bands were playing, and they went to record shops to get the music they wanted.

Read the whole thing at Hypebot.

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