Okay Matt,
I'll say it then.

Music SHOULD be free to all listeners. Truly. Read the thread about how good music is for you, even just listening to it.

To support my feelings, I suggest that you turn on any radio station playing the music of your choice. Listen away. Is that music *truly* 'free?' Of course not. Royalties are paid to musicians, and advertising pays to pay the royalties.

Try Pandora. By the way, you aren't listed on Pandora, you ought to fix that.

However, if you want to to listen to a specific song, or a specific artist, there are various other ways, including buying the CD, downloading .mp3 tracks from authorized distributors, or paying for a service, such as Napster or iTunes. All of those involve money, but TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch). Was I one of those people who used certain peer to peer networks to download, and steal music? Yes I was. Not any more. With the deal I get from Napster, it isn't worth my time, I have over 5,000,000 songs I can download and play, and paying a measley $15 a month to continue that indefinitely is worth it to me. At my age, with my hearing, .wma is good enough.

When I want the best, I buy a CD, just like I've bought from you and Bob Roeteker, and several hundred others.

However, 'MUSIC' should be free to all listeners, and that includes making it yourself.

Now that I've had that say, I'll ask you this. Do you know how the Napster or iTunes, or Rhapsody thing works as far as you getting some amount of money from them? I know they can't compensate you for every track of yours that I listen to, but you must get something.

Gary

I'm blessed watching God do what He does best. I've had a few rough years, and I'm still not back to where I want to be, but I'm on the way and things are looking far better now than what they were!