Hey, I'm not too fond of the RIAA either. Just sayin'! But here's my bottom line:

I'm an artist that makes a significant part of my income from the playing of drums. I've worked hard to get here, and I don't own a lot. I'm not secretly wealthy, there's no Rolls in the driveway, and I rent. A cottage at the beach, but that's neither here nor there. I'm just like you in that I work for my bread.

Granted, I'm on the bleeding edge of this stuff. For two years I had given these tracks away as a favor to whomever needed them. I've been "the cool guy" and now it's time that the universe "gets me back". It's not too much to ask for a small pittance for the years and hundreds of thousands of hours I've devoted to creating these small offerings for your bidding.

My demands....

Haha! "Thou doth protest too much, Mr. Ray!!" No really. Here's what I expect. For reals.

• Please, don't steal from me. When you steal from me you're robbing a young kid of his education fund e.g. "whatever I can give him to go see the world when he shoves off". A kid probably about 10-15 years younger than you, and I know you can remember when you were that age. Second-string rock stars don't have a long shelf life and especially Rock'n Roll drummers like to explode ala' Mick Shrimpton. So please, think of the cheedren. Think of your not-yet spawned brood and get back to me. Or, if you do take my shit at least give me credit...You're really be surprised at how short peoples' memory ends up being. People can be real assholes sometimes and eventually bad things befall them. But You.... definitely won't do nefarious things, right? Cool! You're my new BFF!!
  
  
• Please, don't pass this track around like it's a gift. The very small amount that I charge for my ramblings is kinda like saying "This is MY PROPERTY". Be proud of what you own! It's like owning a Rolex, dude! You don't go giving out little Rolex copies JUST SO you can have all your friends say "Yo, man my guy gave me this copy of a track he bought. Be nice, the karma flows all ways. Help me help you. The more of these I can sell, the more time it frees up for me and I'm able to produce more and TAKE REQUESTS. These tracks. They are like your toothbrush. Do you want someone else using what you paid for?
  
  
• Please, if you do something with this, treat it as "Bill Ray came into my studio and played these drumtracks; also we had to call the plumber." It's really nice to get credit for appearing on a project, and it is an even better thing when we can "put steam" behind something! This is the new music business and the more of us who are unified, the farther we can go.
  
  
• Finally, The big one. Please, If a project that you included my tracks on actually "does something", I'm asking the universe to allow myself a "tip" after the sale of 500,000 digital downloads and/or physical units. Becoming your drummer would definitely be a possibility and don't worry. I'm housebroken! (And my passport is current)

That's pretty much my "terms of use". It ain't rocket science....just common sense and decency.

TL;DR Please don't steal from me, please don't share your property purchased from me, please give me credit, and if you make a million dollars, think of the fact I have a kid and could use either a little monetary bump or even a gig. :D