>  Thanks for posting the link for the video clip, Michael :-)

Yes, thanks Michael!  I've seen a video from the same session for a way
cool version of "Shake" (originally by Sam Coooke?).

>  Point being:   again, if we're talking about new music models,
musicians are all now mini-entrepreneurs and they each know their
individual situations better than we do.

Good point.  And one suggestion I would just throw in the mix here to
all bands (especially those I like!) is to please, please, please bring
some product (CD's, DVD's, t-shirts, whatever) to ALL of your live
gigs.  I can't tell you how many shows I've been to where band members
don't have anything with them to sell or promote themselves.  There are
 numerous bands that I've been turned on to, simply because they had a
cheap $3 demo tape for sale.  These days, it's really easy to put
together CDR's to sell for a couple of bucks to introduce fans &
potential fans to their recorded music, that will most likely result in
their continued support or interest going forward.  Without it, they
may remember the show, they may not...

Be seeing you,
Bill