Canadian rocker Bif Naked has checked in with the following blog:

"Namaste and Sussreekall!! Bonjour all you Beautiful, Perfect People. May you be feeling blissfully hopeful and satisfied. Om Hare Om. Perhaps you are reading this from work? Or school? Or on your hand-gadget?

I have put this above photograph of a typical rekkid store shelf (this was in an airport, somewhere). And I was thrilled to see The Promise among the CDs for sale! Thrilled! But you know, that is simply not how most folks buy music anymore. I have seen all the changes in my very fortunate, fantastic 20+ years in the biz.

When I started we sold cassettes off the stage! LOL! When my first rekkid came out in 1994, it was the first CD I had ever put out. Serendipitous times! Ahhhhh……and the years that passed, the internet really caught on. And that was that. Music became free. This, of course, was a great opportunity! One’s creations became available for discovery all over the planet - in an instant! Amazing, really.

I was veryveryvery lucky to be able to make fans all over the world. I am so fortunate!! So blessed! I was able to tour and tour and tour to support records that came out in those places! But you know, there was not too much money to be made (unless you were, say, JLo or Snoop).

I am very lucky I have been able to enjoy a wonderful career. REALLY lucky. And REALLY grateful! I had food, had a place to live, had happyfatpigletbabydogs, had tour support. LUCKYGIRL, MOI! But I just don’t know how a young band today could make money or carve out a living creating their art. People don’t buy records anymore. Even off of the music-for-money sites. People buy 'singles' and that’s cool, but how does a young band eat? How can they tour? Record companies rarely foot the bill to fly them anywhere anymore. They have their own problems. How can they even do 'development' deals with young bands? Their existing rosters require their promotional attention. It perplexes me.

What do you think?

I’ve never been in it for the money as you know, and I am confident MOST bands are not. At the end of the day artists/bands just want to play for you. It's actually quite a beautiful thing. There are a lot of bands that come through my town, and the shows are usually sold-out…because we want to go see them. There are a lot of bands who don’t tour. Or who can’t. I think I would personally like to make more of an effort to go out (past my bedtime) and see bands. Support them. Encourage them. Enjoy them.

You, too?

I kinda feel bad for bands that are booked in Vancouver during The Olympics because a lot of locals will avoid going downtown due to travel + parking restrictions. Poor bands! But, if we are creative + patient we can get down to gigs and not even notice any inconvenience from Olympic fever. Right? Other than that, there is nothing to stop us! I am always interested to hear new stuff.

New music is intoxicating!

And, yes, Lovies, our new secret side project rekkid is completed! (Yep. You will get details sooooon!) And I am curious to see how it shakes out with releasing-timelines. Musicmusicmusic really is and becomes the soundtracks for our lives! I love that!

But as far as touring goes….I will keep you informed as I have some new projects in the works It is already shaping up to be a busy year. Like a bee buzzing I am ever becoming what I’m supposed to become. We each are. Fuck! That’s cool! And I’m still not interested in money-as-reward. Communication is priceless! And your friendship is pure gold.

Eat good food, be kind to your body, and go see a band!

Love energy and positivity to you, as ever."

Love,

Biffy