Wow, this is a very interesting topic. What is interesting about it is that is spills over into other areas as well. My area is one of song writing contests, or joining an organization to get a song pitched. If a lot of these ‘hits’ are lame, then those writers who really write good lyrics and music don’t stand too much of a chance of getting a deal.

So does this mean we have to ‘dumb down’ our talents to get paid? I have went to some of your web pages and listened to your music, really good stuff. I have also heard the same about my music. Yet, when you submit a song to be reviewed by an organization for a large label, and they say it’s not what the label was looking for, it makes you wonder. I once submitted what I considered (as others did) a pretty good country song for consideration, and the response was that it was not written on the ‘format’ of country tunes, when I actually copied the ‘format’ of a couple of hit country songs!! I guess you have to wear the tuxedo if you want to be in the wedding!

I was listening to a station here in Cincinnati that had new music, sounded Indie, and man, was it refreshing! Great songs, great musicians, I loved it!

Anyways, keep doing what you’re doing writers, you know you got it, we just gotta get it out there!!!

Good luck!

Orlando Luckey
Label 19 Records
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