JD,

As usual people are misinterpreting things I say and taking it out of context. I am not just talking about "Nashville" in my approach. I am talking about 90 years of popular music song structure in the mainstream. That is everything I talk about. They have the same rules in LA and New York although they are bent often by various artists. So it is not about selling any CD's. It is about integrating with the industry and if you are not a unique artist or in this day and age, young and attractive, you have to find other approaches.

That comes finding niche's in the market for yourself. With many people that comes through Nashville because it is almost the last vestige of places where songs can be heard for consideration of being cut in the mainstream industry which is where money is made.

Anybody can sell CD's. Do something people like to hear, perform out live, build a following and sell CD's. Make money and you get better bookings. Everybody has the power within them to start their own record companies, publishing companies and their own empire. But they have to gear everything in that direction. And they have to get the general public to go along with them.

The general public expect songs written in certain ways, adhereing to certain structures,and formulas,the same way that any product, toilet paper, resturants, news broadcasts, books, magazines, cars, are created and marketed. Music is the same. There are exceptions, but the more you want to break with established criterias and expectations, the better and more unique they have to be.

That is where my perspective comes from. The music mainstream, where most publishers, artists, record labels, venue owners, concert promoters, managers, agents, attornies, truck drivers, roadies, t-shirt venders, and anyone trying to promote music and artists are interested in being. Not to mention the general public. That is where my comments are centered around.

MAB