I think the free/donation route is putting a little too much trust in people. Personally I would like the option to download individual tracks and the entire album at a discounted per track rate. In other words if there were 14 new tracks available on a "virtual album" $1 is reasonable if I only want a single track or two but I don't think I would pay $14 for the 14 tracks when I am doing the extra work of downloading & burning versus purchasing the outdated way. Also, downloadable artwork for slightly better looking homemade cd's a definite plus. John Wintemute -----Original Message----- From: orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:orb-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of angry troll [OT] Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:12 PM To: 'What were the skies like when you were young?' Subject: RE: [Orb] The State of the Union This is interesting ... The thing about internet bull junk Is that suddenly the monopoly that the music business enjoyed in distribution and promotion has whittled up shit creek.. Now they are pooping their little panties trying to get a stranglehold round the internet market/ copyright laws / licensing hence apples new store and rumours of a buyout of universal which is one of the biggest MF satan sucker music companies... They need pampers for men... Would you pay more money than a normally priced record if you knew it was independent and going straight to the artist? Would you subscribe to the site of a musician to receive extra shite like dj mixes unlreleased tracks n junk Like an annual junk bullshit fee? I was contemplating making all my tracks available for free And then just let people donate an amount If they got some mileage out of em.... Do you think that would work? Would you rather d/l albums / ep's Or single tracks ? How much would you pay for a single track Etc etc et cc cc c blahblahb Standard price set by uk mcps is something like 1 pound per track? Or is it one dollar.. fuck Yeah I can check that if youre interested The pho list is most informative on all this shite :) Later K