> A DJ with no tracks to play is an unemployed sound engineer. Maybe even not that. But to put it another way, an artist not sampled and remixed by DJs is a forgotten artist? Many of the best DJs also produce their own tracks. I think we all agree that what money goes into the music industry isn't very evenly distributed at the moment. I'm all in favour of paying artists so they can continue making music, but with the current system it seems the vast majority don't make a living out of it, even if they do have a recording deal. A tiny minority make a great deal of money. I think the libre software community has plenty of ideas which would be of benefit to musicians generally - just throwing in a few here: release early release often be clear about copyright acknowledge your sources freedom in licences work together without egos Cheers Daniel
