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I get worried when I can’t pay for things. Maybe I’m in the minority here and you can dismissively shake your head at me. But, how do you plan on monetizing all of these internet ventures? Not everything is about monetizing, but if you’re running a business or creating or supporting a product, I suppose it is. Will you evaporate after the venture capital is gone? Will I be left high and dry?

And it was this giving away of the music that was Corey Smith’s tour support. They didn’t need a nickel from a label or a fat cat. Because once people heard Corey’s music, they had to see him live.

Which they did. In 2007, Corey Smith grossed $1.7 million. This year, not even half a decade into Marty’s management of the act, Corey’s going to gross $4.2 million. Free music built the base. Fan rabidity blew the act up.