Or, he could mean, "Because they are refusing to publish in a format that most of their audience can easily play, get it here so you can actually listen to it."
For instance, I have nothing that can play vinyl. I can't even detect a difference between 128/256 bitrate MP3s due to ear infections I had as a kid, so vinyl is pointless to me.
If the album was up on Beatport/iTunes/Amazon, I'd buy it after I listened to it. It's very frustrating to hear something fantastic on Pandora, and upon attempting to buy the damn thing finding out that it's only in vinyl or not available digitally anywhere.
I've got almost a thousand dollars in iTunes/Beatport purchases. I really wish more publishers and artists would make it user friendly for me to give them my money.
Absolutely, I agree with you. I suppose I was coming from the 'support the artists' side of things. The majority of music that I listen to is made by artists that probably struggle to make ends meat just making music. This isnt because they are bad at it, its because the music they make isnt main stream and isnt marketed that well. They do it purely because they get a kick from it.
I just think its important to support these people. I always buy the music I like. If I dont like it, its not worth my money and it gets deleted.
