New instrumental rock album, now available

My new instrumental rock album; "Music from the Outpost" is now for sale in the U.S. on CD-R at the Jackson Records web site. Full-length (lo-fi) versions (as well as 20 second hi-fi samples) are also available for free listening. Give a listen, tell me what you think.

Musical groups and their "popularity"

Situation: Two equally talented bands are putting out music; band "A" and band "B". Band "A" is getting gobs of airplay and expose in the media, band "B" is not.

Theory: I don’t think "A" has to be any more talented or popular than "B". Simply that band "A" is receiving more exposure. Why (how)? Band "A" (or someone associated with "A") is spending more money for marketing and distribution; therefore more people are aware of "A". Once the money being spent on the marketing wanes, so does the "popularity".