At this point in the 21st Century I still continue to follow the 1970's punk/indie ethos
of artists selling direct and cutting out all middle men...

In a tiny niche market like ours it's a point of honour and integrity
not to rip off our friends and contemporaries...

Though for practicality, there needs to be sufficient reasonable flexibility
for our music getting heard by potential buyers
without petty officious loud mouthed knowalls getting all bitter and over-legalistic...

I'd be surprised, no.. disturbed, if any of us had expectations of getting a mansion and rolls royce off of music sales...

Ed Sheeran has fleeced all that spare money out of the punters.. he's got your share...