Hey Bob:

First of all I have to say I’m a fan of your news letter.  Terrific insights as to where the business of music is heading.  I recieved email from a couple of friends who heard about my video United Breaks Guitars  from YOUR newsletter even after I had released the news to them myself which I find kind of humorous.  As of right now the video has been hit more than 4.5 million times in 3 weeks and I’ve experienced the chaos of being thrown into a media frenzy.  To those people who suggest the web carries no ability to lift or launch a career, I simply say:  WRONG!

United Breaks Guitars is a quirky Country song that was topical, catchy and unlike most of the songs I’ve written but it has drawn hundreds of thousands of people to my site and introduced them to my other music.  My cd sales and performance fee have spiked and I’m receiving offers to work around the world.  United may have broken my guitar but YouTube broke my career!

Cheers, Dave

(Dave Carroll/Sons Of Maxwell)