At Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 17:20:43 Kerry wrote:

>To Michael and every other artist here who is hanging their hopes
>and dreams and putting the lives of their families in financial
>danger

Here we go with this shit again....

And working at McDonald's for minimum wage doesn't put one's family in 
financial danger if that's the path you've chosen? Or on a GM assembly line 
making $32 p/hr but the union can no longer guarantee someone a job making 
it likely the continued downsizing of the North American automobile industry 
could cost you your job and your family's financial security?

EVERY job puts people in financial danger - including lawyers, doctors and 
stock brokers (all considered "legit" jobs) because the bottom can fall out 
in a the blink of an eye....talk to all those families whose financial world 
was devastated on 9/11 for instance. The days of a secure career are gone. 
My own example of being bought out by an amalgamated government agency was 
case in point. When I got the job with the City Of Scarborough I was told 
I'd be there for LIFE....guess what? I was swept under the rug 12 years 
later.

>because they feel they're "not meant" to work a 40-hour week day job, all I 
>can say is you've >gotta live with the choices you've made. No gun was 
>placed to your collective heads forcing you to >take such -- to me, anyway 
>-- outrageous, and, frankly, dangerous risks.

Now you've crossed that line between opinion and judging what it is I, and 
others, do. I work a 78 hour week at my *irresponsible* job. So don't preach 
to me about 40 hours somehow being the magic number for a "normal" day gig.

I employ 7 people. THEIR livelihoods depend on my ability to convince YOU to 
buy music. Just like that restaurant owner who has a staff of 14 and counts 
on the public to buy food. It's all relative and has nothing to do with 
music as a career choice.

We all have widgets to sell. My widgets happen to be compact discs (and soon 
MP3s). The only difference is that my widgets are hand crafted by some fine 
artisans (not artists) and are one of a kind. And one of those artisans 
happens to be me.


Jaimie Vernon,
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