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Getting signed is the quest for most upcoming artists and bands, especially newcomers to the music industry. This shows that the Recording Industry, despite it's many complaints to file-sharing, is still very powerful and an influential market . It's important to note that the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) is still on its own quest to crack down on illegal file sharing and pirated music. It's most notable legal cases are with Verizon, Aimster, Napster, MP3Board, MP3.com, and iMesh.

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But what this means in relation to getting signed is that digital is the way to go when it comes to getting a foot in the door. The more the RIAA fights it, the more it will become popular. The good news for the RIAA is that they have slowly but surely began to embrace MP3 and file sharing technology. Artists interested in getting signed should keep up with the RIAA and it's laws because it usually shows good signs of where to go to get music heard by large amounts of listeners.

While getting signed is a lot easier than it was four years ago, it's lot harder to get signed and get an album out. The common misconception is that all matters are solved - once you get signed to a major label or record company. This is far from being true and is proven in so many recent cases.

The larger issue with the quest to get signed is still the fight to get an album out so artists can connect with fans, go on tour, and collect royalties from CD sales. When this purpose of getting signed is not fulfilled, artists are quickly headed back to square one. At least twice a year there's a story about artists signed, but do not have money and have to wait three years to put out an album; at which point the release of the album is determined by other factors that may be more important to the company at such time.