6% of submissions are forwarded.....

I've heard artists say they/their team listened to 1200 songs to find the twelve that go on an album. That's only 1%. So the Taxi submission rate is probably very fair. You gotta understand...when you get to the national/international level...you gotta be extraordinary in talent or luck or both.

I live in the town where the 2007 World Little League Champions are from. That's really an accomplishment when you think about it. There's lot of ball players, lots of little league players, lots of really good little league players, lots of great little league players, but there's only one World Little League Champions.

It's the same in music...lots of writers, lots of songs, lots of good songs, lots of really good songs, lots of great songs, but only a few great songs that meet the need.

Tree Publishing had 62,000 songs in their catalog twenty-five years ago when they were bought by Sony. God only knows how much they have not but lets say it doubled. If they had the top five chart records every week since 1960, it would only be 12,000 songs or thereabout...which would mean only 10% of their songs made the top 5.