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Well boys and girls I am back
The pitch session went ok I guess. My song was ignored,,,again. But so were the 40 or so songs before me...except one.

I did not hear any Dylan's or Blume's either.I have to wonder about some of the songs I heard tonight. They were pretty weak. There were a couple that I thought were pretty good but none I would have said would get cut....except one.
I knew it was a good one before the first verse was done and by the end of the chorus I was sure of it.

Ya want to know how I knew?

It sounded familiar. I was sure I had heard the chorus before.
I hadn't of course but that's the point. It sounded like the other HIT songs I have heard on the radio for the last year or two.
It was the only song the Publisher was interested in.

Now here's the rub.
Remember I was at a publisher critique session earlier this week. I said there were a couple songs the publisher liked. Well the one he liked the most I had heard before......what's that you say? heard before? Yep I have been hearing it on the radio for the last year or so.....It was a perfect fit for todays market. It sounded like every other song I have been hearing for the last couple years.

So you folks out there that say todays music sucks and you don't listen to the radio........wellllll. what can I say. I think I will keep listening to the radio. A lot. I am going to learn to write what they want to hear....and cut..
You folks that don't listen to the radio keep writing what you write.

Oh and I was wondering....when was Dylan's last number one, or top ten. I never heard Modern Times, Thunder on the Mountain, on the radio. I wanted to buy it but both times I looked for it at Best Buy they did not have it. Personally I liked it but it just does not seem to get any attention in todays market.