Finger-pointing and lambasting aside, I agree mostly with Brian on this one. If I have to pay to have my stuff played on the radio, then I guess I'm just not going to have my stuff played on the radio. I understand the world ain't 'zactly the way it's s'posed to be, but that doesn't mean I'm going to participate in something that ain't right just because it's there.

Ideally (and I know it's not an ideal world--you don't have to tell me), one's talent should be sufficient to get attention--and airplay. Paying for it removes talent from the equation as thoroughly as the Nashville beancounters did. And I won't go there.

If I told my fans at a concert that the only way I could get played on the radio was to pay for it, and I wasn't going to do that, they'd yell, "Hell, yeah!" and buy more records. Maybe I should start doing that.

Joe

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