What you are failing to comprehend is that I am a technologist with very open and liberal views.

I debated taking you to task for your inaccuracies. Your naiveté and assumptions about how loyal a fan/customer/music journalist I am misses the fact that I have purchased ALL my music since the first 45 rpm record in the early 60s. I am very supportive of an artists right to be paid for their music. Yes I am a Spotify customer (and they are paying artists and the labels). I draw the line at music piracy. I do not nor will I ever pirate music. I know the cost of software piracy full well as an ex-Microsoft employee. You have never heard my speech on piracy to EVERY student I have ever taught and that numbers in the thousands.

I respect the RIAA but reserve the right to question its authority and over reaching tactics.

Digital copyright is rewriting the artist and record label landscape. You might be surprised to learn how many musicians support the Electronic Frontier Foundation and our InterWeb freedoms, beginning with Michael Stipe, David Byrne and Eddie Veder for starters.

“For the times they are digitally changing”

You do realize that the tech industry views music as a speed bump on the road to empire building. Don’t you?

Unless you believe recorded music has no value and is simply an incentive to sell concert tickets and t-shirts, being a member of EFF is an affront to most of the musicians you write about here.

Thanks for agreeing. I wanted to write more about Jac Holzman and Elektra Records but I haven’t gotten or read this book yet, http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Elektra-Story-Holzmans-Visionary/dp/1906002290 Hopefully I can get it soon and get more informed about what Jac Holzman accomplished.

Unfortunately I made him start late by fainting in the bar area and was so glad he didn’t start until I stood up and the paramedics were gone. I don’t wait in those long lines for the tables anymore; I get there about 2 hours early and stake my place at the edge of the bar. But even people who stand around the perimeter railing get a great view. Stephen is a special favorite of mine. He’s listed as #28 on Rolling Stones’s Top 100 Guitarists.

If you’re interested here’s my video on YT of him on the keyboards doing Ole Man Trouble. It’s not a great video but it’s OK.

Also, if you’re a fan of his 1970 solo album, I was the first person to put the song Church (Part of Someone) on YT. It’s a photo only tribute. I like every song on that album.

Glad you enjoyed the show too–everyone around me did too. There was so much respect for him from the audience.