Bill: Here it is in a nutshell:

Jane Doe, who thinks she is the hottest lyricist on the planet, sends me her lyric, and says, "I'd love you to sing it. I don't have any idea how it should go, or what the melody should be like, or anything. Should it be rock or country? I don't know! Just GO WITH IT!"

I bring it to Haze. "Hey, here's a slab of concrete. We're expected to carve it into a sculpture of some sort. You game?" He says, "Do I have to write the melody and music?" I say, "Yeah." He says, "Well, then I GET COWRITE. Now, what do I get for my time FIRING UP THE STUDIO, PERFORMING THE MUSIC, MIXING IT DOWN, AND DELIVERING THE FINAL PRODUCT?" I say, "150$"

Bill, if you can't understand the fairness of that, then you're right, you were never on Haze's level, and you can't understand the THIRTY YEARS of dues he paid to get here. That's no disrespect to you whatsoever, and I have always thought you a good man...but when it comes to THIS, I hold fast to my guns. We are talking about a man who is a prodigy, who toured with Pam Tillis and then Darryl Worley and who has toured worldwide 3 times over, played the Country Music Awards, is constantly getting offers from top bands (won't name them because that would cause conflict) and who does this because he chooses now to be a family man and has opened up his own music store in his father's name. He's willing to do these demos cheaper than he did in Nashville, and THAT'S his investment.

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