<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/30/2004 1:00:50 PM Central Standard Time, joe-frank-list-request@armory.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Joe's work was all public, or at leat 95% of if was, due to the<BR>
dilligent efforts of his fans, who collected, stored, and supplied<BR>
bandwidth to distribute it.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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When he left KCRW, Joe Frank specifically asked that we stop posting MP3 files, as it was clear that it hurt his sales. Since the MP3 trading has stopped, he's sold more CDs. That's pretty simple to comprehend.<BR>
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So, while in some kind of nebulous "long run" Joe Frank may gain from people trading his product without compensating him for it, in the "short run" he has rent to pay and $75 an hour for engineering at 10-20 hours per show as well as other costs- cost of any actors he uses, etc. So if you think he should pay to produce these programs somehow out of his own pocket for your continued entertainment and enlightenment, without any remuneration from the listeners, then I'm sure you'd agree to come over once a week to clean my apartment for FREE (no pay) because in the "long run" you'll make money. That's how it works, right? Kind of a "Karmic trickle-down theory" - a cross between Ronald Reagan and the Dali Lama.<BR>
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I think for young artists who just want to distribute their work to become better known, and who have day jobs anyway, that "free MP3" model is great. But for anyone who's made the commitment to focus their energy ENTIRELY on their art, with no "day job" to fall back on, I don't see how the current day-to-day expenses get paid by "in the long run" economics.<BR>
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You know, if someone is a PROFESSIONAL artist, in any media, then that work is ALL THEY DO, because it takes ALL THEIR ENERGY to do it properly. If you have someone like me who paints but who is really a CAB DRIVER, that's called "AMATEUR." I'm not willing to make the LEAP INTO THE ABYSS of doing painting full time, because I'm afraid I'd become homeless within a month..... probably a well founded fear, but still, if I were to REALLY commit myself, I'd take that step. Joe is a PROFESSIONAL, and if you feel his work is valuable and fine then why would a few dollars matter to you? <BR>
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After seeing him live, and listening to him 24 x 7 here on this pirate station (I understand the pirate has Joe's permission- ) I am going to buy as much Joe Frank stuff as I can. I am also going to write letters to NPR and tell them they ought to give direct, unqualified support to Joe!<BR>
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(FYI Joe Frank is still being heard at 87.9 FM here in Chicago 24 x 7, no announcements or interruptions. The signal area got a little larger too it seems, I heard it at Fullerton and Cicero the other day and also it could he heard sporadically in the near-north suburbs of Evanston and Skokie.)</FONT></HTML>