Having been a musician all my life, I've found my fellow progressives don't like paying cover charges, copy my CD's and give them to friends, and generally want a whole lot for very little.  At the same time, when there's a fundraiser for a cause, I'm always asked to play.  Once after I had received a $13.23 check from ASCAP, I went on Napster to see a song I had written with over 200 hits.  My daughter, the electronic musician, told me I was old fashioned, and didn't understand how things worked in these modern times.  Maybe you're having the same problem.  I'll ask my daughter.  

By the way, as long as you're taking suggestions, perhaps a little more on the problems facing rural America and uh...guitar players.