Hi Brian,

Thanks for your response.

I have wondered why it is so important to many whether you plan to 'pitch' the song right away after you write it. Since I don't know yet who I'm 'pitching' to, I suppose that might be confusing for people. It even confuses me which is why I leave a lot of mine "on the back burner". It's not that I think they are "perfect". Heck, I will only sing two of my songs in public!

I'm sorry if it seems to folks that their time is being wasted critiquing mine. Right now I still have a lot of research to do before I understand the different markets for gospel out there. But I'm trying to learn the market. Just ordered 4 new CD's last week. Can't remember the artist's names but they seemed to be singing some revolutionary type gospel.

As far as I know, no one has gotten upset with any of my critiques. But I have noticed it does seem to upset some if you don't use their suggestions. Believe me I know what it feels like for someone not to use one of your suggestions. I got over that quick and I still offer them if I have an idea.

When I first started posting (on another forum) I incorporated a LOT of suggestions (I do like to try and please people). That led to my first collaboration. After his home- published demo was completed, I realized he'd made several changes including adding a tag that turned the whole song into something I couldn't promote. I wasn't comfortable saying, "I hate the tag." or why. It was an awkward situation.

Now, I don't take a suggestion unless I really agree with it or like it. But that doesn't mean I think my song is perfect or ready for market. Most of my gospel songs I can't figure out what subgenre' they even fit with. Not because I'm so unfamiliar with gospel music but because mine are so different.

What I said earlier had more to do with supporting the need for guidelines to new posters than anything else. What if a new writer wants to chart new territory in music? How do they convince others they are serious even though there might not be a market for what they are writing at the present time? Is this unheard of? How did we get all the genre's we have today?

rd






[This message has been edited by royaldghtr (edited 12-01-2006).]