Yup. I'm "one of the few." Actually I have quite a few really good friends who make their living solely off of writing and/or performing. It's all perspective. We don't give our stuff away for free, that I'm aware of. That's not to say we don't do some things to help increase fan base.

Yes. That is my song. One of my many songs. No, I'm not all one niche. It happened to be something that happened and I took it and ran with it. I had another songwriter/producer friend come to me to do something similar under another name and it's starting to run the same way for a much bigger sport.

I also license music to film trailers, movies, and TV shows [ http://www.jpfolks.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/978295/page/1#Post978295 some of the TV stuff from two quarters ago ].

Recently finished up about 70 songs that are off to registration and copyright for my library. A library of around 725 songs that I have network deals with.

I've toured. I've done radio. I occasionally write for other projects.

I'm in the middle of finishing the next batch of songs for my next artist release. Going through final re-writes and arrangement tweaks - likely have it all tidied up by mid-december. I have a business plan put together for going balls out BIG with it. Plus I have other interested parties looking to see it do well.

I see the business for what it is. A business. I see the people that love my music for they are - awesome people willing to part with hard earned cash in order to purchase it.

Thus I have a very vested interest in seeing copyright and royalty law upheld - not wiped out. I fully understand there's no way to stop pirating or thieves. But those aren't fans. I can't worry about them. They don't support me. I worry about the ones that pay and who do support. I also worry and speak out about businesses attempting to reduce my livelihood via crap financial business efforts.

Want to keep bashing and questioning me?

I won't tell you, you can't make music for your living - you can. It's a lot of work.

[Time for lunch and then back to lyric re-writes and re-records on one of the demos.]

p.s. - it may not have cost you a cent, but I still get paid for it. Not as much as I should, but I get paid.

Jody Whitesides
A Funky Audio Lap Dance For Your Ears!
www.jodywhitesides.com