[Sir Kenyth]

Yorick, you and I just have a different perspective is all. You (rightly) have passion for your art and see it much more deeply. I'm just a lowly consumer, but as a group, we support your art. You have to take into account our needs and wishes whether or not you like them. Just as we have to accept the music that's available to us. I don't meant to insinuate that full albums won't be made or sold. I just mean that the market for singles is going to increase dramatically with the internet and flash memory. File transfer of data is going to be the way of the future. There's no physical resources to cause overhead per sale. Do you know how much software isn't even distributed on CD anymore? A word on music quality. MP3 compression is controlled by the bitrate as is the quality. You can make the music quality match the available storage space. Flash memory is alive, kicking, and becoming cheaper by the day. It's compact, it doesn't skip, it doesn't get scratched, and it's totally reusable. You can archive your old music for later and tote around your new music. A chip the size of a postage stamp will hold a dozen songs or more. The CD as a medium of storage is on it's way out period. Perhaps even mini-DVD's will find a niche, but I think flash memory has them beat out for primary portable music mediums. So go ahead and make albums, just don't disregard the market for singles. Can you imagine a music store where you put your flash meory chip in a docking unit and purchase your favorite selection of different songs? The ability to do the same thing from home? I know the piracy issue is the main fear with this sort of thing, but the technology is already here and pretending it isn't doesn't help a thing.