ok Ricki you want honest

it is -as said earlier-boring.....its ok as a coffeehouse kinda song but has no commercial possibility at that tempo....

the deal in Nashville at the BMI cattle calls where theres a guest publisher listening to one song apiece from 50 assembled writers is that they always ask for uptempo femle positive songs.......then the session proceeds and those who brought slow ballads slowly sink in their chairs waiting for their song to be played and the gallows to drop within 45 seconds.......no matter what you bring its still a tough sell-but they have never in the time I have been in Nashville said hey folks bring us more slow ballads...I mention that not to slam you but cause I know you have some great lively stuff they would love....you are a great singer and songwriter and I think you should do more submissions of your best stuff and less writing of new stuff..I want you and others to have songs picked up and be whooping it up on the success forum...it drives me crazy when folks who have written better stuff than I have dont send it in to Music Row-LA-NYC-licensing catalogs etc..........so please go through stuff you got thats uptempo female positive leads and send out the best you got...ps-when you send out old stuff never have a copyright date older than a year-maybe two at most....when the A&R folks see an old copyright date on something they tend to think it has been passed over by everyone else in Nashville or wherever cause its a dog..........simply change the copyright date to 2009.....chances are you didnt get a formal copyright anyway so nobody will ever know.......that tip was given to me by a guy who spent 5 years as a A&R guy for RCA.........good luck with your submissions Ricki!


Tom