Time for a little rant

Today I was trying to listen to HIMEKA's (Catherine St-Onge) song Asu e no Kizuna on the Sony Music store. The audio file kept freezing. Then I was told in Japanese: We're sorry you are not allowed to view this file (or something like that). I ended up watching the video on youtube.

Why can't musicians like Himeka, Angela Aki, Olivia, or Puffy have the ability to have their music on itunes? I think it has to do with the Japanese record labels. They are so busy trying to concentrate on their market by putting music on Japanese Ketai (mobile phones), that they fail to see a potential market for people living outside Japan who want to listen to their musicians. It is really frustrating not being able to find the musicians I want to download on the Japanese itunes.

I refuse to download them illegally. I would rather pay the musicians 100 yen for something they earned doing. I am an artist too and I would like to have someone pay for my work.

I am not a music lawyer so I don't want to tackle all of the stuff.

I just want a way to listen to music on my ipod without buying a CD that will just take up space. That is all I am begging the music companies to do.

"Kami-sama, boku wa nihon no uta wo kikitandesu. Onegaishimasu.."