so you can put in the cd ed2k

tanks sonoro Portugal

We can hope. But in the ten years since Napster the lesson seems clear, you either have the industry and their investments behind you (RadioHead, Reznor) or you go into apparel.

Selling t-shirts.

Respect doesn’t exist between fan and artist as it once did, but you can stand up for your rights and I suggest you do.

Sincere good luck.

Again, I do understand your message, and I understand the value of working hard to obtain the goals I’ve set for myself. I hope my fans will mature with me so that when I start releasing music that I only want to charge for (as in, no free releases), they will support me by buying it.

Value yourself and value your work and realize that the value you will receive from others will directly reflect how much you value yourself in the first place.

Giving your work away for free on a network as huge as the internet is not a path to “making it big” Keith and your studio will not come “for free.”

Create good work, sell it for a fair price but the highest one the market will bear and you’ll gain respect and an income you can live on and grow.

But give it away and you, yourself, make the public statement that your best is still not worth actually purchasing. And once your “fans” have it once for free, they will never, as a coherent group, ever believe you are worth paying for again.

Never.

Do your work. Set your price. Take your chances in the market as we all do. But require from everyone that you get your price for creating something they want. Every fan, every time. True fans put their money where their mouth is. Always will. All the rest are leechers.
Mark my words.

Sam I Am
NYC