I know how to fix the music industry.

Become not-for-profit.
Lets look at why this is awesome.
Only the people that are in it for the music will be involved. Sure, you still get a salary when you work not-for-profit, but that salary could be huge, I just feel like it would be a very variable part of the budget. Who needs money anyway, there's a chance that soon, it won't be worth anything, so you had better invest in something that you love (because that's all that you'll have left).
Next - people can just download your music. They would still have to pay, (maybe not, but bands going places still need money, because gas is expensive)
blah blah blah, here's the goal
Live in a house, with a recording space and a rehearsal space as well as a venue space also gallery space. big haus. Create a company, not-for-profit as a space where bands/people can:
Practice for free (with limitations, "for the sake of fairness". Maybe multiple practice spaces?)
Performance space with low cost shows, as well as housing for bands and artists.
Gallery space, for gallery like things. You know, like a gallery?
Thinking now, money would need to come from somewhere, so it might have to be a little more costly to use, but I guess the point is to make everything work with whatever you have.

This is starting to sound like I'm confusing myself, so I will let this sit and revisit it later.