I would tend to agree with you Colin. In the songs I listened to, are mostly very much like there is already a lot of. Some were in the vein of the "Zac Brown" band, but not quite as memorable.

When we listen to songs here, we are basically listening for those things that really ZING us and stand out from most of the other things we normally hear. Most songs are not nessasarily good nor bad, just many things very average. In today's market, it is not that people are listening to songs for anything other than what they don't already have a lot of. These mainly fall into that category.

Industry people, publishers, pluggers, artists, producers, are really listening to the first few lines, see if they hook into the chorus, see if the musical patterns drive us to listen to more, and that just didn't happen here for me. And it doesn't in many songs.

There's not a thing "WRONG" with them Brian, just not a lot that stands out. The lyrics do sound a bit older than most of the artists out there that would be in the running for some sort of deal or that they are writing themselves.

And that is ultimately the deal. People are always quoting about "The crap that is on the radio and how their songs are as good or better than that.' And that might be true.The problem is that they are usually writers on that material or have some tie to it, through their companies, their friends or their personal situations.

And that brings me to the main point that I have with the songs themselves. They all sound to me like SONGS, and not REALITY, which is the real driving force behind getting songs considered to be cut. And again, why I continually beat the horse of finding and writing with artists themselves. To find the truth and reality.

As far as 'not craving the spotlight," Brian, you are in the right business, because writers are NEVER in the spotlight. And in this day and age, when almost no songs are earning ANYTHING,the "rich and famous' part is pretty much gone as well.

And Brian, you are correct that VERY, VERY few will ever reach the big show. More and more are finding their own niche in smaller more regional markets and that would be my focus. You see, I would prefer a well written, personally directed song written WITH an artist who was performing it, putting it on web sites, actually doing something WITH it, than some well recorded but forgotten blip on a radar screen song put onto a web site or YOU TUBE, that is gone the second it is put up. Or to fade away into some pitch service promising "film and television cuts." Or sitting on my computer only to play for my friends or on a reverbnation or Soundclick page. There is nothing wrong with any of that and it is a nessasary evil in today's market,but I prefer to up the level of my odds as much as I can.

So, I do agree with Colin. I personally would not commit any more resources on these songs. They are nice, well recorded as is, and represent what you are doing well. If you were to want more permanent record of where you are at this point in your career, then that might be a different situation and you might want to pick your best, get a solid $500-$650 demo on them just to hear your vision come to fruition.

Other than that, if I was going to spend that kind of money, it would be with an artist involved. That is actually what I do on a daily basis, try to help artists get their visions funded. Not an easy task, but it is required.

Brian, you have to decide your ultimate use and goal for the songs. But borrowing money on something that is probably never going to pay anything back doesn't seem to me to be a good allocation of resources. Whatever you do, make YOURSELF happy. Don't look to a response from others. You are a good writer,just need to expand the people you work with, in my opinion.

MAB

Last edited by Marc Barnette; 05/29/15 02:01 PM.