MP3,Hmmm, Well let's see, I think that it is a bit too early to tell right know. The fact is that the internet is much slower then runnin down to your local CD/tape/record store (oh yeah 8 track). If you live in a remote location I think it would be nice for those people to take advantage of. The second positive aspect is that if you have a home studio and can promote your music from a web site instead of relying on a record company. The really positive part of this is that your band would be free to express itself in a more open and a much more free way than traditional big name studio producer would pay for. The more people are set free the more we are able to see and the Internet is just that. The problem is that digital may last longer and be much clearer but to alot of people it does not sound as good. The other problem that I see is this, I am from Southport CT. and there is a really cool place in Westport Sally's' Place that sells old, rare, hard to find jazz, Blues, Folk, and rock ect.Well you can go and just buy but I would go and talk to Sally about music and life and this and that. I think that this is only available in person and in a store. Blake