I can see as one of the greediest moves in recording music history was the increase of price of CD's over Casette's, even though they were cheaper to produce.
ITunes would do well to offer low priced access to their collection, and dole out their revenunes based on what was downloaded. Start off with a low price... like $0.10 a song, and get everyone getting their music that way, then increase the price slowly to increase their market share without intimidating 80% of their potential customers.
Sure, make money on tours... but in the current climate, it's costing more and more to tour, and bands are making less and less. The margins are slim, if not costing the band to work. It's not sustainable to be a band, and something has to change... ticket prices/attendance/merchandise revenue... those are the only things bands make money on. And the money which flies out of your pocket on tour leaves Slim Pickins' for the vast majority...
Not sour grapes... it's just ridiculously challenging to a) exist as a Canadian band (especially full time earning an income), and Getting American Bands to come to Canada. Ultimately the loser is the music fan...