While we here at YYR don't think it's any of yern business how the fiscal cogs interlock and turn here inside the doors of Fort Yaala, we do want to state categorically that we are a non-profit venture. Great care has been taken to keep our costs absurdly low so that whatever meager profits we might realize from our upcoming releases will be kept for the artists themselves. We have agents in Mali who we trust to disburse said funds (when they arrive) even though we know enough about Mali to know that this will be a comical and perhaps absurd venture! It is our sole hope that more people in the world hear this wonderful music from rural Mali and, of course, that these musicians are able to benefit financially from our efforts.