I don't get to crazy with rules. I'm an honest guy, so I'd expect the same. But here are a few things that I do just because I've found this works best and sounds best to me:

-DAO (exceptions to this are possibly those artist who are strictly song bands/but there's not much worse than being in the middle of a tight jam and having a sudden stop come out of nowhere, so ask me first)

-I have been using TDK lately, of course I haven't had what I'd call a serious problem with anything I've used yet. Fuji is also something I go with often. So long the show doesn't skip or pop I'm cool.

-I try to have trades/B & P's in the mail as fast as possible. Which normally goes like this: 1-6 discs = next day, 7-12 = 2 days, 13-18 = 3 days, etc. Weekends might differ because I have more time. But I'm not going to get cranky if you have a problem, just shoot me an email and let me know what's up. If I think of anything else I'll put it on here, but I haven't had trouble yet and I'm pretty easy going so if you have problems with that then too bad.

As a side note: I respect the request of the artists who have made their shows available for purchase (in particular Phish and Townhall), and therefore will not trade such shows.? i.e. LivePhish Downloads.