HiDee Mz Harriet!

I'll agree that Personal Integrety gives a Writer or Artist a certain Cachet one can be proud of, yet the Music Business Itself is not exactly a Model of Integrity.. My just-arrived Free Issue of MUSIC Connection Mag has page after page of Music ATTORNEYS to help the Unwary.

The PBS Bio on Ahmed Ertigan, Atlantic Records Founder..sorta glossed over the Chunks he Originally screwed his Original R&B Artists out of, early in their Careers...while he built his (Admirable) Empire up.

Back in the Mid-80's, I was befriended & Co-wrote a song with a Gap Band Member...who got screwed out of most ALL of his Royalties as a #1 Hit-Writer, despite hiring an Attorney. At that Time he mentioned "Total Experience Studios"..one of L.A.'s largest, was "A front for the Black Mafia to hide their Drug Profits."

Myself, I kinda Blanch every time I visit Nashville & see the Giant BMI Mausoleum there...it kinda affects me visually the same way a Giant Gothic Cathedral does..i.e. SOMEBODY started out with a Great Bit of Intregrity, & as the Loot Rolled In, just MAYBE the Founders Lost Sight of The Grand Scheme of WHO the Loot was SUPPOSED to Benefit.

I also fail to see ANY Integtrity in the way Pop Music makes the Airwaves..for the last maybe 30-40 YEARS.

But..my Vent having been Completed, yep, I've maintained MY integrity for 2 1/2 Decades..but don't even yet have much (Financially) to show for it. I STILL write for The Fun Of It, the Mental Challenge of it, and the "Let's See What Comes NEXT" part of it that I find continually Fascinating.

All the Best,
Stan