Hi Mr Bland....i really don't want to throw a spanner in the works,but i have just cottoned on to this thread,and i have read all the posts...You are very courteous in your replies,and upfront sharing what you know, by what you have gleaned asking questions to publishers and record execs...questions that Songwriters would like to ask on a 1-2-1 basis....It is helpful,...but a lot of it is common knowlege as well...especially regarding the quality of the demo any potential writer hopes to pitch....Mr Bland i have to be honest here,mybe it is me,and perhaps it is too late in the evening(it is 1.30 am here in the UK)..but it is what you are not saying that sort of niggles me...this business is not a charity...and there is an old saying here in Scotland..."throw a sprackle..to catch a whale"...i have been at the buckle end of this business for a while..writing,recording,and dealing with publishers...there is no such thing as a free lunch,and that applies more so in this game...i just have this uneasy feeling,you know the old adage..if it looks too good to be true ..it probably is...having looked at your website and your amount of "hits"..and the guys whom you represent as your session guys...and i bet they don't come cheap,iam sorry to be so pessimistic,but the old musical "antenna" sort of reared it's ugly head ..where is the cash coming from? was one of the first questions to enter the arena...if you are going to try and shop "cuts" to record execs or publishers etc...who holds the musical cash baby...if your demo,s are to be top drawer..then someone is liable for the expense...as i say this game has, and never will be a charity....that is just one of the wee sneaky unaswered questions that is niggling me.You are 100% correct in saying that any radio station will not play any material that is not on a registered "label"..that is why you have two labels..i see one is country and the other is christian...again setting up and distributing etc a label...another costly exercise....so would i be right in summarising, that you are looking for unknown songwriters with songs that you see potential in,for you to "shop" on their behalf to publishers and record execs etc..for a share of any future income,with no outlay cost to the writer...and that your group will absorb the cost of making these potential songs to the quality of demo you say is required....or are you a good "front man" Mr Bland...it is definately either one or the other...This business,due to modern technology is in meltdown...and personally i dont blame any music producer or replication and duplication outfit..or recording studio for trying to drum up business...and the hopeful novice songwriter is i dare say,another avenue to explore...but to me personally ,and i stress it is only MY opinion....it is what you are NOT saying ,allied with what you are advertising...that gives me the gut feeling everything in the garden aint kosha...Mr Bland you come across as a nice decent guy with your replies...but at the end of the day...Who Pays The Ante??............Terry Moore...