For the most part, if you did not solicit this company, I would be skeptical.There are no shortage of songs or writers in Nashville. most cuts come from inner circle, artists, producers, people the artist knows, major labels, publishers, etc. What do they need yours for?

There are people getting names from people that register songs for copyright, hundreds of other sources. With Google and search engines it is pretty easy to get that information.

Everett, the days of waiting till a song earns something and taking a percentage are pretty much gone. Even if they believe wonderfully in you, waiting 5-8 years to be paid for something just is not going to happen.

The best pluggers, (Sherril Blackman) have clients that do pay them up front but most of those writers have previous track record. Sherril takes 5 at a time.That is it. If he doesn't belive in what you are writing, he doesn't take you.

A similar example is my arrangement with Sharp Objects. While I have a "back end" deal, which no money is transferred unless something is making money, there are other sides of that coin. That takes being fairly well known before that happens. That is called "Track record." But it should tell you something that both Sharp Objects, my song plugger and Best Built, my publishers have both come to me with help getting songs to Frankie Ballard and Steel Magnolia, who are both current artists and both friends of mine. That is how hard it is to get appointments to pitch songs.

MAB