I have to admit I am totally clueless as to the reason there is so much resistance to So called "commercial" music.
Commercial music is "what sells" If it wasn't enjoyable nobody would buy it or listen to it.
It's kind of like these threads that talk about success. Well you know what? In 63 years of life I have never met a person with money that said it mattered. I have also never met a person without money who said it did not mattter. The people that tout all this happy family bull being success have one thing in common. They all have had success in their business life. seems strange that none of them are happy about it.


This "selling out" mentality is silly. I bet if you ask any of the lyric writers here if they could get a cut by a major recording star would they turn it down? I think not.
If you asked them if they would be willing to rewrite their song to make it "commercial" Tim McGraw or Kenny Chesney would cut it, Would they say no? I think not.

I posted a couple posts about my experiences this week in Nashville. I gave examples of what went on in the Pitch to publisher and publisher critique sessions. Not one comment on either. I don't get it.

I guess I'd have to give Kudos to you Prodigies here who don't need Pro critiques or demos done by professionals but most of us are ordinary people who will take all the help they can get, LOL.

I would gladly take any of the songs I have penned and rewrite it and have the music done a different way if it would make it more commercial. This Bullshit of having my family and friends tell me how wonderful my songs are just ain't makin' it.

Sitting in on a few Profesional Pitch to Publisher events is a real eye opener. I can't believe the poor quality of most of the songs. These songs are "ART" These writers won't "SELL OUT" but you know what? They are not getting pickup up either.

I am making it my mission to get a commercial cut. I am going to figure out what it is they want if it's the last thing I do. I will write some "ART" for my friends and relatives but my focus is going to be "COMMERCIAL".

If it is crap, well so be it. As long as the royalty checks start coming in.





Last edited by Bill Robinson; 03/21/08 09:21 PM.
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