You are a contrarian and an opinionated one at that, but extremely bright and articulate with an emo streak. So whatever your true chemistry the some of the parts is an interesting one and keeps me reading and listening.

I know I speak for many when I say there are times when I feel like saying Dave, how did you know exactly what I was thinking and say it so much better than I could have? So keep working your gift my friend.

Serving yourself and any listeners is far more important than searching for money before there’s even content. This isn’t old media…as you say, the capitalization costs are so low (zero to basically zero) that raising capital pre-distribution simply isn’t a requirement.

And I agree that if someone is interesting, the eyes and ears will stay, and then opportunity presents itself financially, in a myriad of ways.

If you think I’m saying you aren’t credible, I didn’t write it clearly enough. I’m saying two things.

1) The vague “many people say …” is weak stuff, the crap of current bad journalism. It’s not a verifiable claim and it is not accountable. That part is on you.

2) When people are making that claim, those people are not credible. I have yet to see anyone say “podcasting is dead” whose word I take on anything. They could be out there, I haven’t audited every statement on the subject. But “People aren’t making as much money as they’d like” is very far from “podcasting is dead.” As a medium of expression, I think it is healthier than ever.

So, I’m not saying you aren’t credible, I’m saying the “many” saying it aren’t.

As for my claim, I don’t need to defend it. Having authored a book on podcasting for profit, I get emails from people who say (and I’m paraphrasing), “I almost gave up on podcasting, then I read your book and now, I see that there IS a way to make money with this thing.”

To say that I’m not credible because I make that claim is to say that your entire blog isn’t credible because you have an opinion on various issues.

Anyways, still luv ya

BINGO!!!! Great line. Thanks for writing that