Dan,

As it has grown to be harder and harder to get anything out, more co-writers are added as more entities are involved. Could be looked at the same as in the 70's when entire bands were involved in the writing on songs. Groups like Deep Purple and others routinely featured every member of the band as co-writers.

Same thing now. Yes it did happen in the Brill building, Broadway, Motown and just about every commercial entity in history. And almost every successful songwriter, particularly those like the Carol King's of the world, learned their craft there.

As I have said a million times, mine has absolutley no particular "commerical market." I am talking about learning the craft, which is done by learning from other people. Here it just speeds up the process for learning. I hear way too many lone wolfs as it is. There material almost always reflects it as well. Very self centered and very myopic.

So that has never appealed much to me. But again, to each his own. This article is simply stating that it is a pretty well established formula. It is not just Nashville.

MAB