[romwell]

>How many rock bands have you heard going out to the community and passing out sample CDs?

I've got quite a few CD's like that. So I'd say - plenty.

[scarecrowbob]

Same, I play a lot of original folk music and most songwriters are giving away their CDs in about a 1/3 of the transactions I've seen. The other 1/3 of sales are more like tipping for service workers, and the other 1/3 is genuine "folks want the music and they want to pay for it.