This is a great thread, Tom! So informative! I read everything you said but still have a question. You said:

Originally Posted by WriterTomYeager
.....publishers and pluggers present the 10 or 20 best songs they have to them at a pre arranged meeting at BMI or wherever..


...so what's the difference then, in using a song plugger over contacting a publisher? Are most song pluggers also publishers like Steven Sharp? Thanks for all the great info!

Kristi

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be,
he must be. -- Abraham Maslow, American Psychologist