Hey Jim,

Hope you are feeling better. Met a guy from England last night on a show I did down here in Fla. and thought about you. Was wondering how you are doing.

Jim's comments are spot on. A part I like to mention about demos are that you have to think of it past just that one particular song. A demo in this day is our overall business card. Everything is a My Space, Face Book moment.

And with everything going back and forth among countries, all over the world, you never know where your music will end up or what connection that might make for future songs or contacts. A friend of mine got five cuts from a group in Texas. She lives in Wisconsin. And now she has a writing deal with one of the top Nashville publishing companies.

Another aspect in this day and age is the propensity for artists to like to "try something out" first before they committ to recording. If they can get their voice on something and see how they sound, it is another edge that might help in the long run. Having a backing "track mix". If you have a mix of the music with no vocals, a singer might want to take a stab at recording his or her vocals to that track to see how it feels, if the key is right, etc.

And in some cases, that song could go as a pitch for a new artist which might make a later project. I have experienced several things myself and in actual hit songs, where a singer had an attachement to it early, recorded a version. Got a deal and then as they got more successful, ended up re-recording that for a later project.

So there are a lot of ways that you have to look at demos that extend past that one individual song. Like everything, look at it all as one part of a larger whole on your career.

MAB