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Chris Young poster here for years and years and has had 2 #1 country songs in the past 6 months. One he wrote and one someone else wrote. We have 100's of new artists come through here every day, but only a couple actually bother to register. Until recently, most of those were ignored if they weren't aggressive enough to jump in. Our new program of helping hands is improving that a bit, but how many of you are really watching all the folks who come through here closely? How many are reaching out to co-write with the new guys and gals? Odds are we'll have another Chris Young come through and there may be one or more already here... do you write with lots of new folks, or on your own or with only your good friends? Do you embrace other genres? Do you recruit artists you find when you're out scouting for talent to come here and get involved not only with you but with your group of peers who should be doing the same thing?

There's plenty of worthy artists out there for your material... find them, write with them, catch them on the way up and become their friend and when they rise up they'll take you another notch or two up with them. Those of you who helped Chris out probably have or had a shot at moving up a bit as well. If I were actively writing now I would be always scanning the web looking for young talent that would sound great doing my songs. I would bring them into my world and get to know them and have some laughs. I'd help them with their career in any way I could. I'd ask them to write with me even if I was doing the lions share of the work. My quote below is true... don't sit on your hands.

Brian