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Tammy
According to Airun everyone on JPF writes songs that suck so I wouldn't let it bother you.

Moker is right. Keep working it and never give up. Hell, I just spent 130 K on a house in Nashville.
I been thinking about opening it up for time share, LOL. Got to pay for it somehow.
Gonna have a heck of a party there next August.

Personally I think I have written a couple of songs that would make great radio singles for a few Major stars. Will they ever see radio, who knows? Maybe if I can get the right person to hear it, at the right time, it might have a chance.

I just watched Toby Kieth talking about his new single Love Me If You Can. The song was written by Craig Wiseman. It is a decent song but I don't think it is a great song. Many writers here could have penned it.

Having said that I will admit, most of the songs written and posted on the forums here are just a waste of ink.
They might follow the formulas, meet all the requirements, but they lack the qualities that make a great song. You can't formulate that, there is no rhyme scheme magic or VCVCBC, AABA, etc., that will do that. A song that is great has a magic that is all its own. It has a soul and speaks to you. Moves you, makes you feel good inside even when it is a sad song. It has an effect on you.
A great song flows with a quality like fine silk in its words and lines. Every line works.
There are few here written like that.

To say that someone has paid their dues or hasn't paid their dues is Bullshit. Who decides how much the dues will be. One year, Two years, three? 50 gigs, a hundred? It's Bullshit.
If you write good songs and can get them into the right hands that should be all that is needed. But write good songs you must.

Now getting those songs into the right hands? Well now that is another story all together. That is where the dues come in. It may take a lot of work to make that happen. Lots of visits to the Bluebird, Lots of visits to NSAI, and all the other places where the magic is done. Make no mistake about it, if you cannot figure out a way to get your songs in front of the right people it ain't gonna matter how good they are. They will NEVER see the light of day.

Do you think you are good enough. Do you think you have written songs that can get a cut.
If so then here is what you do to prove it.
Go audition at the Bluebird in Nashville. You may not make it the first few tries. But don't give up. Keep trying. If you can't get a shot on stage at the Bluebird then I'd say you need to keep working it. Now if you are not a performer then you need to team up with someone who can do the audition, with your songs.

I am learning guitar. I am practicing and playing and writing. I plan to try out for the Bluebird. It is going to take all the courage I can muster and I won't try until I think I can do it. But I am going to do it. I will also need a couple of great songs.
Have I already written them, I don't know. We will just have to see.