My tongue was in my cheek (mostly) with the make vs. cost remark - however, when the kids start going on multi-week, multi-state tours, it gets to be an expensive pursuit if the gigs aren't bringing in at least gas money.

Ron, I totally agree with your "we have no idea what it's going to look like" comment; quite true.

Greg, the new technology is already enabling - especially when it comes to kids who don't have our generation's "bad habits" of thinking about who & how to get stuff recorded and "out there."

Guest wordy, I don't quite get your point? We make music because we don't know how NOT to make it. What we're talking about is sharing it, first & foremost, getting paid for it secondarily (or at least getting it to pay for itself), and filtering out nowhere. Everyone does their own filtering, and the more stuff that's available through more sources, the better are the odds that worthwhile stuff won't fall by the wayside. I think.