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writing good songs is just the starting point

There's so much more to it, like:

Networking:
+ going where the music business happens,
+ meeting the people who make great music,
+ building relationships and friendships then
+ collaborating with them.

Finding Talent

Helping people

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Different songs fit different markets and follow different guidelines.

It would be silly to critique a hip hop or pop song using country lyric criting guidelines

I wish that people would see merit and embrace it, but the industry looks for accomplishment, each songwriter who truly desires commercial success has to make a journey to it.

Get a big cut or have a big single or write a career making single for an artist and you'll find many doors open.

Demos pitched to artists and producers need to sound awesome.
Unfortunately awesome is expensive, plus when you write a lot of songs it's hard to figure out which songs to do up right.

I believe
a bad demo can disquise a great song
but
a great demo can't disguise a bad song