Some of you maybe aware that I am in the web business as well as the music one. I built my first website in 1998, it was rubbish but you have to start somewhere I guess, I got in to commercial IT for  a while and then began  freelancing.
I currently host about 35 web domains. What is interesting to note is the parallel between web design and development and music. Everybody can buy a computer and get a free web site and put music on the internet. they can do this very cheaply and along with perhaps millions of other songwriters, and they can also try to sell their own product.

The problem with this is everybody wants it for free

• Everybody knows how to click a mouse => This makes them an expert on the web, E commerce and social networking…..
• Everybody has a friend who is a brilliant singer songwriter=> if you you can only join their fanclub, or vote for them or support the gig they are doing with ten other bands at the Dog & flea pit, its only a fiver to get in and the bands only payed £10 to play there in the first place.

• Everybody has a friend who builds websites, => so you don’t need web developers  or designers and there is always the free webs too, all of those beautiful   templates.

One million ways to syndicate pictures of your cat on the internet.  Imagine that, maybe we have dumbed down just a little too far?