Anyone who loves PBR and rock-rappin' midgets is all right by me. So, as I usually do, I've got to agree with Kid Rock: there is definitely something to be said for artists withholding music from iTunes.
People do indeed want to be able to get there content anywhere; however, artists also have a right to create the content as they see fit. Think about it. By the logic of giving people the art they want however they want it, wherever they wanted, shouldn't the Mona Lisa also hang in the Flickr? It's no longer the Mona Lisa, it's a picture of it. Worse, what if were just her smile on Flickr? That's not the Mona Lisa, it's only a part. And that's what putting music up on iTunes allows for, people downloading a poor representation of a part of an album, legally.
I'm not saying any of Kid's oeuvre lives up to DaVinci standards. Clearly, it exceeds it. Red, white and Pabst Blue Ribbon--come on--brilliant. At the same time, let's remember that artists still have the right to create something as they want, and control how it's viewed or listened to or experienced. Isn't that one of the things that makes art art?
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