We're not this frivolous rich band. People think that we're insanely wealthy. I live fucking paycheck-to-paycheck just like everyone else and I work really damn hard. Our band works damn hard and we just want to insure that releases are paid for, not by the listener, but that the expense is paid for. It's not free to record a record. That time isn't free to get all the stuff done. Mind you, we're a hands on band, so things are still pretty affordable for us to do things. But we do everything ourselves and make sacrifices. But the label still has to pay for manufacturing, they have to pay for promoting, they have to pay for their staff making it visible and available. Regardless of how flawed the aging dinosaur that is the music industry is, there is still a base of consumerism that drives it. And you still need to be able to participate in it a little bit. Or it just becomes complete chaos. And nobody wants that. They would say they want that if they were fourteen years old and living in their parents basement, but they wouldn't say that if they had something to lose.
-Jacob Bannon
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