King D J,

Remember that tone is a pretty important thing in co-writing and anything in the music industry. If you are wanting to invite people into your world, you need to understand that you have to give back and it is not just all about you. So to kind of lay down only what you want is the fastest way to get nowhere.

In anything in the business, as well as any business, you are utilizing other people to get to your goals. Record people, co-writers, managers, agents, etc. They all have contacts, money, skills, venues, publicity, etc. that you need to get known. Very few people are going to respond to the "I want this, I want that," analogy. Most people will go "Who cares?"

There is nothing wrong with having your desires and making those known. But until you are on top of the charts, selling a LOT of product, you are really not much of a place to make any demands on anyone.

Might think about that before being quite as hard line. Ends up just leaving you alone. And in the music business, no one gets very far alone.

MAB