So Mike,
You are saying that things are not as messy on Music Row as we are being led to believe. Now, on that list of Artists who supposedly went Platinum, or better, how many wrote all their songs OR a huge hit?

I think Taylor Swift is more in the Bubble Gum set so she don't count.

If an Artist on a Major Label can't sell at least 5 million albums they may not be Major Material.

Among the group you mention above Mike which one wrote the biggest hit, if any?

I would say also that Non Performing Songwriters also put in their time and do a lot of leg work to become sucessful. Very few people write very much that is notable in their early years.

When listening to the Radio you may have to listen a long time to hear anything worth buying if they play anything at all with the short playlists that are repeated over and over. And honest to G. I hear mostly third rate material, even if it sold a million.

Ray E. Strode