Dear Colin McCaffrey, I hope you enjoy the dime

2010-05-13

Dearest Colin McCaffrey,

I don’t suppose you’ve heard of me

Nor had I heard of you before today

I found your tunes on Spotify

And listened to them, by and by

So thank you for the pleasure that they gave

But Spotify, I hear them say

Ain’t a business model to really pay

Much money to the artists that it streams

I sure do hope the ads give you

Something approaching revenue

But frankly, what I ‘paid’ won’t fuel no dreams

I wonder how things are for you

In Vermont, when the check comes through

Do you tear it open, in case it’s your big chance?

Or is it to your bank account

Where an electronic small amount

Registers without a backward glance?

So Col, here’s serendipity

I mis-spelt someone’s name, you see

And I might not have done, another time

But if I never “listen again”,

I’ll remember I once did, back then…

I’ll think back to the words you wrote,

The sugar blues and guitar notes…

And whether you did benefit

From all that clever Internet…

So with all my sincerity

I wish you luck and finally…

I hope that you enjoy the dime

I hope you enjoy the dime.