The Tom Woods Show, episode 1247.

Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.

Your daily dose of liberty education starts here, the Tom Woods Show.

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contra Krugmanbook.com. And I am the narrator of the audiobook version. And you can get that for

free when you check out the audible offer at tom woods audio.com. Hello everybody. Tom Woods here.

I'm joined today by Rick DeJesus, who is the lead singer for the hard rock band Adelita's Way, which was formed in Las Vegas in 2006,

and they have quite an interesting story to tell. They've had considerable mainstream success,

charting numerous times in the top 10 on Billboard, reaching even number one. And their story is,

well, first of all, they, turns out they listen to the Tom Wood Show, which, of course, makes the whole story all the more glorious, doesn't it? But what an interesting case of people who decided to go off on their own. They signed with major labels, but came to the conclusion that this was actually not in their best

interest. And what they've shown is that in this day and age, it really is possible to go off

on your own. In music, as in many other areas, technology has made possible for you to regain

control over your own destiny. And it's a great story. Rick, welcome. I'm very happy to be here,

Tom. All right. Well, geez, I mean, you guys have a pretty interesting story. You guys have

recorded with some major labels, and yet these days you've turned to what we might call more

modern ways of financing recording. I mean, ways that were unthinkable,

basically. Well, I can't quite say 20 years ago, because I believe a year or two before that,

Marillion had the very, very first crowdfunded album ever on the really, really early, early internet.

They didn't even know what the internet was, really, but their fans did, and their fans

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