Maybe I need to state my definition of "released". When I see that word I think of "not on a label that nobody has ever heard of, like 'Mustard Yellow Records', in the hands of every radio station on the planet so they have the opportunity to play it, and available in Walmart, K-Mart, Sears, Best Buy......" . Making CDs in the home studio to sell at gigs or on CD Baby is not what I am talking about, given my definition of "released". That was the original question, if you should release a CD yourself. If you are connected enough in the 6 Degrees of Separation game where you can do that, great. Most people can't do it without the machine behind them.

I am using the new 1040XTRAEZ form this year. It has just 2 lines.

1. How much did you make in 2023?
2. Send it to us.