[markbernstein]

Here are a few of my favorites:

Tom Smith
Ookla The Mok
Seanan McGuire
Steve Macdonald
Three Weird Sisters

[markbernstein]

Hi, JoCo,

You might want to ask this question of my friend Tom Smith. It’s taken a few years, but he’s actually reached the point where he can pay the bills each month. (Granted, it’s a lot cheaper to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan than in Brooklyn.) He doesn’t give away as much as you do, and has a lot more CDs to sell, but in other ways your models are similar.

And you’re just beginning to tap into Tom’s main market – science fiction fandom. I heard your stuff for the first time just a few weeks ago. I was at Filkontario, a weekend-long convention in the Toronto area devoted to science fiction music. At the open sing Friday night, Tony Fabris, who had come to the con from the west coast, did both “Skullcrusher Mountain” and “Mandelbrot Set”. That, combined with enthusiastic plugs from Rand and Adam of Ookla the Mok, was enough to get me to order both CDs. And those were good enough to bring me to this web site and get me to subscribe to Thing a Week.

I’m really looking forward to meeting you and hearing your set at Confluence in July. Bring lots of CDs – they’ll sell. And ask around about contact info for the folks who sell CDs at conventions.

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