"Tether" was chosen since I started the project by doing aggrotech inspired electro-industrial, and so confined myself, or tethered me down to a specific genre, unlike my other band "untied" which was free to roam (though usually in melancholy).
Lately though, Tether has become much more experimental and the name is now more related to the STS-75 space shuttle , nicknamed Tether, which was also the first use of Linux in orbit (I use Linux to create my music).

I haven't played live with Tether as such, but many of the songs go through an evolution on the dancefloor as I try them out while DJing.

It's changing it fundamentally. The days of the rock or popstar are close to counted as everyone has access to everything now, and have the option to listen to new music before buying it, legally or not, and is more likely to buy an album out of enjoyment instead of out of an artificially introduced commercial "longing" for it.
Whether there's still money in it, time will tell - I hope micropayments will prevail whilst fans will still buy hardcopy products, in one form or the other.

If they share my vision for how management should be done, and aren't "evil" then sure, it's all about getting my music to those who will enjoy it, and if they can help, no problem.

industrial, noize, ebm, electro, 8-bit, big beat, acid, trance, techno, industrial rock, classical - whatever plays on my speakers.

I use a laptop loaded with Reaper and a huge amount of freeware synth plugins and self programmed manglers.