Mackie,

Thank you. I go back and forth on the book idea. I actually wrote one called "Freshman Year in Nashville" which is what it really is. It is Freshman,Sophomore, Junior, Senior,and each one last about three years. There is a chance I might some day, but then again, there are SO MANY books about Nashville, Ioften think "Who that crap cares what I think any way?"
So I do things here and on some other forums so if people are really interested, they can read along for free. At the end of the day, people are going to have to go through those doors themselves. But there are always ways to up the level of the odds and make what you do a little more effective.
I basically believe that if people care enough to belong to a neigborhood like this and others, I should do the best I can to educate them to the best of my ability. And there are no secrets here. Just some ways to look at it from a variety.
And there are things that Mike and I do that sometimes irritate people from other markets that are not interested in Nashville or country music. To those people I say that there are still four things you can't get away from when it comes to music or business:

Still have to create special and unique songs.
Still have to present them live and on recording very well.
Still have to meet a lot of people and expand your knowledge.
Still have to do all those things in hope to get business.

That is the same in any music market. We just happen to have a cool neighborhood I like people to experience.

That is all.

MAB