Wow,
You folks make some great points. Like I said earlier, I don't have the answer, but I can see some stuff coming down. I can't help thing about the history of it all. If go back far enough you realize that creativity fueled the technology. When you think of it as a better way to communicate, it's mankinds vision to do something bigger, better. Thus, the telegraph, the telephone, the cylinder recorders, acetate, vinyl, tape, CD's/DVD's, and finally a totally digital realm. Our creativity drove all that. But guess what's changed. The technology is now in the drivers seat, with us in the back. The tech world has made it so easy to act like a star, sound like a star, and so on. Without the technology there would be no karaoke, band in a box, backing tracks, all of it. I'm not slighting anyone that takes advantage of that stuff,that's why it's here. But those of us that are old school, have to preserve our places while the download generation figures out, they need us. I'll tell ya who I think is in real trouble, the recording studios. If I take the time, I can produce recordings from start to finish, with my little puter. In 1994, I purchased a small recording studio, complete with ADAT 8-tracks and all the gear. $50,000 worth of equipment. I can now do anything I did there, from the comfort of my little chair with the help of this puter. I realize this is slightly off topic, but it does come full circle, to what's gonna happen with radio! I can't help thinking that radio will survive in spite of itself. The advertisers need the medium. If not, they'll find a way to get their words into what is now free stuff. Either way, nothing that is free can last for long, without someone figuring out a way to cash in on it.
There, I've said my piece.

Peace,
Steve

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