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Marc I'm afraid you have it sized up right. The music business is fading fast and the songwriter, which the business is based on, is going back to where he/she was 100 year ago. If you are a singer/songwriter you stand a chance of getting heard and even making a few dollars. There will always be a few big name artist that will make big money, but mostly through live performances. Music has more outlets now than ever but nobody wants to pay for it or pay as little as possible. This world without music would be a dismal place but it is pushed in the background that people don't notice it, but take it away all together and they know something is missing. There is too much of it, too many bad singers, bad musicians, bad writers, to the point that it is considered the norm. To the point a great song or singer seems out of place. Still there are people chomping at the bit to become a songwriter and asking for help to write a hit song. They don't even know how to start off a song and they have this idea they want to be rich and famous. They'd make more money mowing lawns for people. I'm still writing because I can't stop, it's like an addiction, I've slowed down but can't go cold turkey. Not to mention those that might want to record one of your songs but want to put their name on it as a co-writer, or change a word or two so they can claim being a co-writer.