When I couldn't sleep last night I thought this through for like two hours and I have to say that I am less and less comfortable with my previous stance on this. Mostly because of her stance against the music industry for doing things exactly like this. She's basically created a kickstarter so that she can do away with the music industry involvement in her music, but for what reason? So she can be the one fucking over the proverbial 'little guy'?
I guess I could almost understand if she came out and said she made a mistake and she thought it would just be interpreted as wanting to have a few fun songs with her fans and that she didn't even think of the money and it was totally all about having a good time with people who enjoy her music.
But that isn't what she did.
She explicitly defends her actions with how she spent the money, and don't get me wrong the numbers that she quoted do shake out, I'm just saying it looks more and more like she didn't quite get all of her ducks in a row and then just decided to say, "Fuck it, there are tons of people out there that would love to play with me and they'll do it for free beer and stuff."
And so, she's taking advantage of these people in the exact same way a record label takes advantage of people; and that is a terrible thing for someone with her reputation to do.