It is notoriously difficult to make money in the music business. For every U2 or Billy Ray Cyrus, there are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of equally talented and/or deserving artists who will never score even a regional hit. For the most part, the Ma and Pa record store, the small music publisher, and, most of all the independent specialty record label, are gone. The only indies left are so small that the big labels apparently don't consider them worth the bother. And that, for better or worse...