an artist plea

The intelligence of new artistry is to link the idea that some finished work is worth something with the idea that the first thing to be considered is the work, not the something.
We can all understand that the most simple something we can give in return is some money. It could also be an advice (sometimes worth millions) or some help in some field (web, image, video, programming ...).
Of course, each of us doesn't have money, advice or help to give all the time, that's fair enough. And that's what streaming is here for now. Or "name your price" download. you can give 1$ for a whole album or 0, or 10.
But you have more to give than you think.
You can leave a comment, or share with friends. That's what the web is about. And that's quite some worth to artists. I you get 10 tracks for 0.00$, and tell 10 friends you love the stuff and share a link, you HAVE given the artist's work a worth.
You know the real aim of a real artist is not to be loved by millions or become a billionaire; his main objective is to be nearly absolutely sure that he will be able to create his next work. That means being nearly sure that he will get : some time, some money, some material AND some feedback.

So what if next time you listen to some music you stumble upon and really like it, you take a second and think "those were definitely 4 really unusual minutes that music brought me !" and drop a note on the comment box. Or copy/paste the page address you're on, and mail it to your best friend ever saying "let's say you owe me 4 minutes of you life ! Go & listen to this and tell me if it did something to you. If it did, let's try to find out why tonight !"

Well, you can do exactly what you want of course, even nothing. But when you come to think that mankind can only survive through consideration, you quickly realize that consideration only takes a second. In the street nowadays, a look, a smile, 10 cents, a handshake, a joke, a "you look tired today ?", a "thanks" is worth billions.
I don't want to think that in 5 years time, the streets will be crowded with silent people, plugged to their iphone, listening to the latest happy tune sang by the latest happy star who doesn't even know who wrote the song. I do hope that in 5 years time, all the mp3 players will have 2 headphones inputs (or 3) and that people will not be silent anymore. That out of 24 hours, they will give 1 hour to considering. People are not nothing. We are not conditioned robots with automated smiles. We can give billions to someone with the half begun stretching of a ripple near the eye.
So please, take, share, talk about, criticize, download, send, ask for more, steal the time, please, consider.