Blog: The Pop Cop

The most perilous amount of popularity a music artist can attain these days is any level above obscurity but below fame. Put yourself in their shoes - if nobody has heard of you, you'll happily give away your songs to anyone and everyone to build up a following and increase exposure. If you're a household name, Joe and Josephine Public will be picking your CDs off the supermarket shelves and dropping them into the shopping trolley along with the fortnightly messages. For anyone stuck in between, the chances of shifting enough records - legitimately [...]

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