You are right, all of the top writers in Nashville started out as nobodies, I know that more than most, as I am now writing with a lot of them. But all the writers I know didnt start out as a nobody, randomly send in a few hit songs, a plugger picked the, up, they got a cut through the plugger, made money and then moved to town. Actually, I dont personally know one writer where that was the case.

The writers I know and write with, moved here or ATLEAST made trips here, networked and got to know people, landed pub deals (in most cases) and then got cuts.

Again, Im NOT saying you have to move here, Im NOT saying things like that dont happen, Im just saying it's a long shot.<--that is a fact, not really up to debate. Randomly sending a song (even if it's a hit) to a songplugger, them picking it up, pitching it, getting it cut and it racing up the charts is suuuuuch a longshot. It's been done I guess, but again, its certainly not the norm.

I tell you this from experience. Do I have a huge cut yet? No. But I've been here 4 years, now write with some of the biggest writers in town, am being courted by a few publisher and I am on the row every freaking weekday, writing, taking meetings and networking.

Granted, my view is not the holy word, but this is my observation but I'm telling you all this from the inside.


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