My hat's off to you, Davey. I couldn't agree more. It seems like the majority of the music business involves getting people to approve of your artistic vision. This includes the screener at TAXI whose sense of what constitutes a good song is no better or worse than all the kind folks who will critique your song for free here on JPF. The one critique I got from TAXI ripped my song for having a vague storyline. Well, I sent the same song to a Nashville publisher who gave me a contract on it. The same week he played it at a pitch session for an RCA producer who put it on hold. Eventually the head of the label passed on the song but that was only after the A&R director had ok'd it. The song is now on hold with Dreamworks. So who's right and who's wrong? Is it a good song or not? There's no correct answer. Apparently some people think it's great, others don't. For me, I'm done paying people to approve or disaprove of my material. I have a guy in Nashville now who will pitch my stuff to the top people in town. He get's the publishers cut. But only IF the song gets cut. I've realized lately that I've spent too much time getting critiques here and on other boards and from TAXI etc. The one guy I really have to impress with my music is me. If I do that I'm always going to be happy making music. If I fail to do that no amount of commerical success will be worth it. I just really agree with what you say Davey. Make the music you love and then find an audience that also loves it. Commerical success is a crapshoot.

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