Hi Kids! In reference to Don Firth's comments I would like to say that I too have wondered in amazement at some of the incredible music that just was never captured. Many, fortunately, realized the importance of capturing the moment. Among them ,Jimi Hendrix, who did his best to record everything. If you study the recordings, you begin to gain insights of how his mind worked as a musician. Invaluable stuff. Another, Sammy Davis Jr., who with his passion for photography, captured his era on film.
And now, here we are in the digital age, where the computer has become an all-in-one recording studio and distributor. The next time anybody who is reading this is thinking, "Well. maybe I should record," check out the book by Chris Anderson(Editor-in-Chief, WIRED magazine) called THE LONG TAIL.
The book will show you why the three most dangerous jobs in the world right now might be: 1/ Bomb Disposal Officer, 2/Test Pilot, 3/Record Company Executive...(who in one bloggers quip, "are being measured right now for their coffins") The book is about the economics of the digital age, where all that we knew as "The Record Business" is undergoing it's most profound change in history. Ah yes, the mp3, no shelf space required...
In a nutshell, what they are finding is that the demand for music, the niche market, is insatiable. That is to say, if you record it, somebody will buy it. Maybe not in large quantities, but your music will find an audience. The hits will always be there. But, The Long Tail of millions of digital recordings are THE source for people searching for interesting music around the world.
We can only dare to imagine what the world would be like if this technology was available at the time of the pyramids. Wait a minute, maybe it WAS available, didn't like what it saw, and went back to the Mothership, and let us humans fend for ourselves. Maybe that craft was piloted by some intergalactic Folksinger, who knew "The times they are a changin' WAAAY before Bob..."

:~) another bob
p.s. Don't forget to buy my album on iTunes(pick a country)
Rhapsody, Amazon mp3(soon), eMusic, Napster, Sony Connect, HMV, Virgin Digital, Zune, (get yer ringtones on GroupieTunes), and as soon as I finish this madness, it's back to work on getting the ole bob into WalMart, Best Buy, AOL mp3's, Billboard, Barnes and Noble, Y Music, somebody HELP me!!! This Folkslinger has gone wacky bananas!!!Or, has he??? BooYeah! Has the lightbulb gone on yet? Have you figured out I'm INTO IT? I have one last thing to say: Mac, Logic, Triton, Internet....