If these "pitching" services are so good why don't they just take a payment after they succesfully place a song?
I work with booking agents who only get commission from the work they generate for me and they do not get a penny till after I get paid.
It would be interesting to know from the pitching companies just what percentage of songs they receive are actually pitched hoe many get a cut and how much money exactly is made by the lucky songwriter.
So far I have never heard from anybody who has made money from a song produced by a demo company or a song placed by a pitching or song placement company. BUT I have heard numerous complaints from people who have felt they have been ripped off by such outfits. That should tell a story.
It seems to me that a whole new multi million dollar industry has been formed by ripping off delusional people who think they have written the next big hit.

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