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Well first off the major labels have to gettheir shit together and work with the Internetinstead of against it. Charging adollar per song on iTunes is ridiculous,and the RIAA suing its consumer baseabsolutely has its head up its ass. Peoplewill pay for music if there is a reasonabledistribution method, and a reasonableprice being charged for the product.As far as the impact that the Internet hashad on music, it's a really tough question.Many lesser-known groups have had aneasier time getting their music out to thefans who want to hear it, and at the sametime many groups have lost money due tomusic piracy. From my perspective musicis art, and shouldn't be made with thepromise of financial reward in the firstplace. The minute the integrity of thegroup is compromised for the sake of sellingmore records, is the moment whereartistic vision and creativity are strangledand destroyed. So in that frame of mind Ialmost see sucking money out of the systemas a good thing. Obviously it would befantastic to make a living off music, butthat's difficult to do without ignoring theartistic aspect of the music. So I havehope that the Internet may inadvertentlyrestore some sense of integrity to modernmusic.Can you give us some details aboutyour distribution deal with CDBaby ?all your songs, who are your biggestinfluences in terms of vocals? Also,which bands inspired you start makingyour own music?My biggest influences on vocals wereprobably early Arcturus and Ved BuensEnde. At the very beginning of my creativeventures back in the early 90s, my influenceswere probably Sepultura, Megadeth,Slayer, and Primus.Having heard the new demo, CarrierFlux again seems to be expanding itssonic palette. Where do you expect tosee your project in 5 -10 years?I really have no plans other than to keepmaking music. I want to keep the projectunique, but not try and force originality atthe cost of writing cohesive music.Are you involved in any other projectsat the moment ?Right now I'm working with a thrashband, and an industrial group. I've alsobeen dabbling with a few different stylesother than those, but carrier flux remainsmy primary focus.Any other cutting edge metal outfitsyou would recommend to our readers ?I do recommend CDBaby to independentartists. They've been easy to deal with andhelp a great deal with online distribution.Basically they sell the CDs you've pressed,and distribute your album to online subscriptionservices, and grant you a veryreasonable Cut of the profits. Ultimately Idefinitely prefer working with a label,however CDBaby is definitely a good option.Will Carrier Flux ever expand into theband format, and is there a possibilityof this metal madness ever being takento stage?I don't like to speak in absolutes, but fornow the plans for the project are only torecord as much music as possible. I mayincorporate other musicians but it will bea while before any sort of live act comes tofruition.Given the excellent variety of vocals on