Haze isn't asking to be paid to write the melody. He's asking for cowrite. He's only asking to be paid to PERFORM the song, RECORD the song, MIX the song, DELIVER the song, and where applicable, PITCH the song. Please don't twist what I'm saying.

I also didn't say lyricists were unimportant. I said the opposite...a song NEEDS lyrics. I think they're about 10% of the entire process, from the beginning of writing the song to the finished result that's ready to be pitched, including the process of pitching itself. That's my opinion. That 10% of the song is just as important as the percentage that is the melody.

IMO, some of you are acting like the lyrics are "all important" and the melody means nothing, nor does the performance of the song. I couldn't disagree more. If you have lyrics with a piss poor melody and weak music and delivery, IMO, you have a song that will go nowhere. People rarely listen to a song just because of the lyric, however, they quite often get hooked on a song because of the music content and melody, not ever even knowing what the lyrics are.

And it's an insult to me to hear that Sam should "beware" of people like Haze and me! At $150 for a quality finished product, I hardly think we're scammers! It would be GREAT if we got songs complete with melodies, but that rarely happens. We get songs mostly from lyricists who can't write melodies and ask for Haze's help. They simply give us words...no melody, no music, no arrangement, and say, "Here, take this block of cement and turn it into a beautiful sculpture. I've made a few marks here and there, but I need you to chisel it and sand it and polish it until it becomes a "Venus".

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