I share Jeff's desire for wanting high fidelity recordings
of vintage bones players. In fact, I would really like to
see a top quality audio CD of Brother Bones or Ted Goon
records from the 40s and 50s that a hard nosed audiophile
would love. Wouldn't you?

But as someone who sold "Globetrottin' With Bones"' CDs at
Bones Fest X this summer, and who is gearing up to launch an
online musical bones store that will offer the Globetrottin'
CD (hopefully before Christmas), and who is working on a
special promotion that includes the Globetrottin' CD, I was
somewhat dismayed to hear a less than perfect review of
the CD.

Mind you, I have no complaint about Jeff or his report. In
fact I applaud him for sounding the alarm about any issue
that is important to our bone playing community.

Since I am now in the business of selling musical bones and
products, I think you might agree that it makes sense to
offer this rare CD to my customers. And as far as I can
tell, this is the only Brother Bones CD in print. So last
year I contacted Acrobat Music in the UK which specializes
in "Collectables and re-issues from the 1920's to the
1970's." They gave me a list of their US distributors.
Unfortunately, few would talk to a little guy like me. They
required a commitment of $1,000.00 or more in sales per
month which is totally out of my league. Luckily, one
smaller distributor would work with me. Okay, the profit
margin is not so great. But at least I can now offer the
Brother Bones CD to my customers at a competitive price.

So if you can download the sound files and burn your own
Brother Bones CD without violating copyright laws, then I
say more power to you. But for the rest of us, the
commercially produced CD with liner notes in a handy jewel
case ain't too bad a deal for 15 bucks.

All the best,

Scott Miller
Saint Louis, Missouri

http://rhythm-bones.com
"World's oldest musical instrument"

http://bonedrymusic.com
"Hard-to-find Musical Bones and Products"

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