Many artists also use the Internet, some singing its praises, and others seeing it as a new way to get business done. I have never done anything musical with my computer or the Internet. To me they are like the phone, just tools to use in the information-intensive world we live in. I run a business and manage a mailing list and it only makes sense to use a computer. E-mail is the least intrusive way to send messages, and it is very egalitarian, since a schoolkid can send a message that looks just like one the president sends.
Content is all that matters, and there isn t much form, which is both good and bad.
I also have several P.O. boxes, phones lines, fax machines and answering machines and voice-mail, which many musicians have, and I use them as best I can also. I would rather play guitar. E-mail is a wonderful way to communicate when I am on tour, though I rarely have time for long sessions. I no longer have to watch TV in a motel in South Dakota. I am not particularly enamored with the magical Internet, a lot of people just seem to see it as a way to get more publicity without buying ads or stamps.