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William F. Aicher is the Director of Web and Marketing for online sheet music retailer, Musicnotes.com and the founder of and previous Editor-In-Chief for online music review website, Music-Critic.com. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000 and holds degrees in both Journalism and Philosophy. He lives in Madison, WI with his wife, Hope,and sons, Liam and Nolan.


My book, 'Starving the Artist: How the Internet Culture of "Free" Threatens to Exterminate the Creative Class and What Can Be Done to Save It' is, from this point forward, free FOREVER as a PDF download.


Yes, it sounds ironic – but if you read the book you'll understand the point here. I wrote Starving the Artist. It is mine. I alone have the right to determine how much it should cost. And now,...

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Songs of Joyful Devotion, of Which the Words May Scream (Poetry)
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Description: A collection of seven poems written long ago, and nearly forgotten about.
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The Trouble With Being God by William F. Aicher
" I thought this book had a unique take on the multiple personality phenomena. There was one Steve (albeit a prick in his own right) that was inherently good even though he was a harassed, harried journalist. However, at night, he became what he rea... "
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message 3: by Zetta

Zetta Hello fellow AWaY mate!


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Joan Hi William,
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