Hey Bob change the dollar sign to a pound sign and we are about the same. Seems crazy that I should make double for doing more or less the same as you. However I hear thing are much cheaper in the USA like clothes, houses, fuel, groceries etc etc. So we probably even out. One thing it took a while to get my head around listening to you folk is the cost of a demo. Here in the UK most studios charge around £35 per hour $70 or so that includes an engineer. A good musician laying down a part costs about the same. Start adding that up. I might be cheaper flighing out for a couple of days and doing a few demos. LOL