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Yeah, I've thought of that too. The difference between the press copies sent by a major record label (most "indie" labels as well) and those sent by individuals is that labels often have several stages of criticism, review and quality control involved in the process of making a cd. Not only do they only put out albums by a tiny fraction of the bands that send material to them, but each cd released by a band is only a fraction of the material they would've recorded at home during the same time span. Half of a producer's job is to critique the work as it's being made. By the time a cd is sent to reviewers, they've already fixed most of the things that would be brought up about an individually created cd. (I guess this is part of the reason that CD-r's don't sell as well as cd's.) While we don't all have the money (or desire) to hire producers, it might be a good idea to get the honest opinion of someone familiar with your goals while you're determining what's going to be on your cd. I've done it on my last cd, and it was really valuable to hear opinions on the music by someone who didn't have a hand in making it. I cut a few songs that sounded too repetitive or not complete (and I never would've noticed it by myself). Matt _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail