Hi Gary. We're not in disagreement here at all. The world needs 'music' of all kinds, all the time. I have freely shared my music on your site. I also deeply appreciate that you bought my CD and continue to recommend it.

My comment was meant to be taken only in the context of my posts in this thread, that someone has taken my CD which is for sale and made it possible to download it for free. Stealing in this way is illegal, and I appreciate the help in stopping that.

It's very likely even a musician such as yourself might not know about the current payment model for music unless you are directly involved in it, so I appreciate your asking. While I don't claim to know or understand everything that is out there, Yes, I do get paid when people download or listen to my music on Napster and iTunes (and Amazon and about 40 other legit places at the moment). Your Napster example is perhaps the best known of an illegal file sharing service changing its model to a legitimate one. I also get paid when my tracks are played on the cable TV music channels, or even get used as music on hold during a phone call to a support line at a major company. It takes months for the accounting to work, and It's only a small amount each time (more for sales, less for streaming), but small amounts add up. It also takes a lot of work to get on some of these sites, and Pandora is a great site but it does not accept everyone. I need to get working on that one, thanks. I am on similar sites, like Last.FM.

Since there does exist a model that allows artists to be paid, and the price people have to pay for commercial music has become modest, I believe a few people who steal and encourage others to steal should not be allowed to take away the livelihood of an artist and discourage them from continuing to make more music, and make a living by doing so.

Like you, I'm a big-time buyer of music. If you can figure out a better method to subsidize artists (like Lorenzo diMedici did) who could then share all their music for free, then we would all be happier.

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