Everette, its greed no doubt, but in an odd way, they probably think they are right. You cant get this song cut, but I can... why should I let you get the money, when it was going nowhere.... rhetort... because you wouldnt of had my song.


Whether it will ever affect me or not it's still the principle..... Anybody can still get lucky at any time and lose out on money.

Japov, the best perfomers often do rise to the top. But you have to define best.... which good luck with that, and are we conufusing best perfomers with relevant and "fresh" performers. Some people just dont have "it" my boy James Maddock, id put up there with any of the best singer songwriters, and hes a GREAT performer. But hes not Springsteen great as a live performer, stage presence, theatrics, ability to pull an audience in, those are things not everybody has, even though many others can out play, outsing, even outwrite them. Theres also not enough room for everybody. Its gotta be a bit of a crap shoot....

There is no "best" in music, theres an ear for anything, from Sex Pistols to Miles Davis

That said, liken it to movies. You got your great perfomers... Marlon Brando, AL Pacino, Meryl Streep, but what are they going to do without a script? Without a theme, etc...

The first Rocky, was written by Stallon, he proved he could create and write, and refused to give the movie up unless he did the acting. Worked out.

So i think the song is every bit as important as anything else. Even The Grateful Dead, one of the great jam bands of all time, had great songs to work with. Awesome songs really. Often gets overlooked. Many cant stand the Dead, but there is no way they would have lasted so long without great songs at the core.