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"It took the wind out of us and it took the spark out of the record as far as having a release date. As soon as they had it, there is no release date. The record's months and months away from being released and everybody's got it online."</div> <div>       Mr. Shon explained that Internet song-swapping programs like Napster are finding loopholes in copyright law and is surprised that major record labels "like Sony, that have zillions of dollars, aren't more on top of it than they are."</div> <div>       Mr. Shon suggests creating one clear copyright law that pays the performers and labels no matter how the music is put out. </div> <div>       He also said that the public doesn't realize that Napster "affects us in a major way." There tends to be an over-glamorized perception about the income of musicians. He explained that artists only receive about $1.50 on a $15 CD and being in the 40 percent tax bracket means making much less than one originally anticipates. </div> <div>       "You end up with so much smaller than what the big picture looks like," he said.</div> <div>       The Napster hurdle was a small bump in the road for keyboardist Jonathan Cain, bassist Ross Valory, drummer Deen Castronovo (Bad English), Steve Augeri, and Mr. Shon. The band is enjoying two singles from <I>Arrival</I> -- <I>All the Way</I> and <I>Higher Place</I> -- receiving radio rotation. </div> <div>       <I>Arrival</I>, a Columbia release, was originally titled <I>Avatar</I>, a word meaning "new beginnings" and the name of the studio where the album was recorded. Mr. Shon was attracted to that title because the meanings applied to the state of Journey as a band. With the arrival of new vocalist Augeri and new drummer Castronovo, the album itself was a new journey. </div> <div>       "We have a new band... a new line-up. I thought that it (<I>Avatar</I>) made sense," Mr. Shon said. </div> <div>       But, in the end, Journey went with the label's title recommendation of <I>Arrival</I>. </div> <div>       "I liked <I>Avatar</I>, and Sony came back saying they didn't like that and suggested <I>Arrival</I>," Mr. Shon said. "We didn't want to go with something that they didn't like."</div> <div>       Journey fans may be surprised to discover that the current vocalist, Mr. Augeri, is Journey's fifth lead singer. The four prior singers were Mr. Shon, Greg Rolie (former lead singer of Santana), Robert Fleishman, and Steve Perry. </div> <div>       In addition to sharing the same first name, Mr. Augeri and Mr. Perry share nearly identical vocal tones and ranges. </div> <div>       "Augeri is able to emulate the older material so close that it's scary. But the new material, you can definitely hear him in it," Mr. Shon said. </div> <div>       Mr. Augeri was discovered while Mr. Shon was listening to the radio in L.A. At the time, Mr. Shon was in Bad English and Mr. Augeri in a band called Tall Stories. </div> <div>       "I thought that he sounded like a more rocked out version of Journey," Mr. Shon remembered. </div> <div>        He wrote down the band's name for future reference. </div> <div>        After <I>Trial by Fire</I> and Mr. Perry's departure from Journey (due to health failure), the band was without a vocalist until a guitar tech handed Mr. Shon a demo tape with Mr. Augeri's phone number on it. Mr. Augeri auditioned for Journey and won the band over with his voice and personality. </div> <div>        Mr. Augeri first recorded with Journey in 1998 on the single <I>Remember Me</I> for the <I>Armageddon</I> soundtrack, which went to No. 1 on the Billboard charts. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>