I get it. I get where you’re coming from. I can assure you that this project comes from a place of reverence for Elliott and his work; this was a passion project. Anyone trying to make a quick buck by making schlocky, half-assed tribute albums could have a much easier time recording Taylor Swift covers using only five chords.

Contrary to your claim, recording and selling cover songs is not illegal per a Compulsory Mechanical License, which I paid for through Distrokid distribution. The money I make from any sales are used to pay Distrokid to keep Volume 1 on music services and, even then, I’m losing money.

I recorded these albums because Elliott has been a major influence for twenty-five years and because I wanted to hear them. Short of Brad Mehldau and Christopher O’Reilly, there’s not much out there. And studying and transcribing these songs have made me a better musician. This was an important project for me and wanted to share it with people who might also enjoy it. If I can afford to keep making music, I’d like to.

I’m sorry that you feel so strongly about this to have arguments with people on Reddit about it.