JPF Home Page Forums General Messages General Message Forum Paying to co-write with a 'hitmaker'

I hope I never get so pompous as to think I can't learn something new. That said, the mere thought of paying to write with someone turns me off completely. Hit song writers have put in the time in building relationships that have brought them the success they've achieved. Just because I , or you, don't have a hit yet doesn't make us that different. I confidently consider myself a peer of all writers, with them having just as much of a chance at gaining from my input in a co-write as I do from their input, it's the relationships that they have that tilt the scales in their favor.Paying for the priviledge to leverage from their relationships is an individual decision that kinda seems like Vegas to me, alot more losers than there are winners. Being naive is part of life, parting with your money to pursue a dream in this way seems naive to me. But it's that person's money. I have met a lot of people here on JPF whom I have co-written with,from all over the U.S. and the world, some I continue to write with even now. I have met one on here who wanted me to pay to write with them. I didn't write that next song with his help, I wonder if it would have been a hit!!?