"Eh, well,
I'm not sure how many if any Artists are recording much of anything at present. I saw a post on Music Xray that a Publisher was/is looking for new songs for Garth Brooks. Who knows for sure? My guess the Music Business is pretty dead right now and isn't going to change anytime soon. In the past I have seen requests by Record Labels wanting new Artists that write their own songs. One Publisher I found would only accept songs over the Net. Everybody wants a Push Button World."

Ray, you always make me laugh pretty hard with your "The music business is dead..." stuff. That's always a good one. The music business IS DEAD for a lot of people,just like the game of golf is dead to a lot of people to play that Masters. Doesn't mean the MULTI BILLION DOLLAR GOLF INDUSTRY OR THE MULTI BILLION DOLLAR ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY is "DEAD." It's not. It just has more people in it, and collecting more money, but paying out to fewer and fewer people. Just like pretty much all businesses. Because every single Burger place on earth is not making fortunes, doesn't mean THE ENTIRE BURGER INDUSTRY IS DEAD. McDonalds, Burger King, Sonic, etc. are doing just fine, as well as other places around the world. To say "It's all dead" is silly.

The days of "Mailing something into a publisher who the writers don't know personally or having no relationships with actual artists, or mechanisms to get inside those circles, are dead and always have been so. And yes, publishers still would be "looking for something for Garth Brooks" because his name goes onto a pitch sheet and everyone tries to get something to them. But that doesn't mean everyone is going to have access to him. Garth just released a new project that he has liscenced for his 3 year tour that is currently going on. So "looking for something for Garth" doesn't even seem to make much sense to him. But they try.

The music business is FAR from dead. We are all just having to find ways to exist in it as the old methods are dying off. There will be people that make money, although it may come in different forms, just like the old way of publishing, getting cuts and making money, have changed, More people are involved and some are doing quite well. A few at the top of the heap are doing incredible. The rich get richer. But those current rich people were once the poor, average people. Just have to be in the right place, right time, with the right product.

But believe me, if it is ALL DEAD, it is one of the loudest dead businesses that exist, because more people are involved, tours make more money, and more activity is going on. Quite a bit of activity for a dead thing.

Good laugh though. Thanks a lot.
MAB