Darkislander: I don't know why that is...there are a few bands from the UK that I'd love to see (Queen Adreena being a big one) that just don't play over here. I'm sure it boils down to economics and profit. I have been in several bands, and I did a tour once...we played about a dozen dates, and after all the money we had to pay back (rental fees, promotion, fuel, lodging, advances, etc), I think we made maybe $150 in profit. Unless the band is absolutely huge and known worldwide (Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand being good examples that you gave), it's not always financially reasonable to tour outside of your home country or whatever. It's unfortunate for the fans, but honestly I can understand the monetary situation that a band is typically in (the record labels tend to take about 75% of a bands' profit. When you see a band on TV that seems to be rich and have it all, most of that stuff is bought with "advance money" from the record label, which is usually supposed to go towards studio time and recording the next album. That's why, when a famous musician falls off the charts, they often lose almost everything they have...it was all bought with loan money from their record label.) That's also the same reason you'll see a lot of well-known musicians working as "studio musicians", basically hired guns...when they do that, the money they make is theirs and doesn't belong to a record label. And residuals from previously-released albums or songs really isn't that much.

MacHummel: That's awesome! Once you get it down, you should post an mp3 or YouTube video or something, because I'd really like to see that!