RichardSmith wrote:I wouldn't quit either Bruce! I just wanted to help make folks aware of the info. i'm out on the road playing live, that's how i make a living. You can't stop progression like the online music business, you just have to run with it and figure out how to make it work for you
I know you're right Richard.
You and Tommy Emmanuel will always do well, because you can do the road without worrying about health issues and so on, and the demand is there for you. But, there are some great pickers who cannot do the road (health or family situations or not enough bookings), and making money online could be key for them. Perhaps, as you pointed out, they could do okay by cutting their own CDs and selling through their own websites, but they still are fighting "free."
If I were to quit making videos entirely, and even if I took down all the existing videos (not even thinking of doing that), it would make No difference in the competition with "free" that many pickers have to live with. So, I guess I could rethink my position of not adding any videos beyond 83. I am still really conflicted by this, though. There was a time, in my very early 20's, when I could have become a studio musician, and I suppose I would have done okay at it. As it is, I went the route of becoming an engineer. But, I can picture myself "in some alternate universe" struggling in my later years because "free music" whooped me.
Thanks again Richard.
All my best
Bruce