Dave,

With all due respect, I have to say that there is not a song plugger or publisher in Nashville in this day and age that would pitch a male song to a female singer or vice versa. Not only that, but they won't even pitch a song that is not in the same key or SOUNDS like the singer they are pitched to.

The reason is because of the layers songs have to go through. They are almost never pitched directly to the artists. They have to go through the artist's publishers (every artist is signed as a writer first, before they get a deal, even if they don't focus on writing, because of the "luck" factor that one of their songs might end up working if not now, in the future), songs are run through filters, long before they get to the artists. And artists in this day and age of complete demos that they actually can step right in and sing to the tracks of, couldn't hear THROUGH a song if their lives depended on it. They are served up endless demos that sound like records. Those that don't do that are simply weeded out long before they get to the intended party.

Even on the lower level independent artists, now they are not just looking for songs, but something already done, so they can step into it with minimal expense. A fully recorded song with potential is one less step to getting product out there.

MAB