I'm not a musician, but a music cheerleader. I write an online music recommendation weblog , and started sharethemusicday.com a long essay advocating a voluntary compensation model for musicians and other content creators. Check out my dlist playlists! Favorite singers: Kishore Kumar, Simulacra, Eli Fara, Elena Apina, Mitchell Froom, Siti Nurhaliza, Sun Yan Zi, Irina Allegrova, Liu Wen Zheng, Angelique Kidjo, Red Elvises, Kristin Hersch, Nautilius Pompeius, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Selena, Andrew Sisters, George Strait, Zemfira, Spice Girls (some sort of fetish), Leos Janacek, Anton Bruckner, Philip Glass (my god), Carpenters, Barry Manilow (seriously!), Serena Matthews, Geeta Dutt, Irish tenor John McCormick, Leadbelly, Bobby Darin, Shaggs, Sidney Bechet, Many Birthdays, Praga Khan, Peggy Lee, Suzanne Vega, Erik Satie, Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng (a girl!), David Byrne, Agata Kristi, Patti Rothberg, Ioana Radu, Kathy McCarty and Minh Tuyet. If you are a musician, you might find my Tipping for Musicians: A Fast and Easy Guide . BTW, don't click MORE on this note. Apparently, the website only lets you view one note at a time, and the MORE will simply show an earlier draft of this same paragraph.