Roger,

I don't think your frustration against people having connections or a network is directed at the right place. If you apply for a job, they ask for references, your work history in that field and test your knowledge via questioning before considering bringing you on to work, the music industry is no different. Someone who has no proven experience, no one that can vouch for their talent or what it is like working with you etc. shouldn't expect to start at the CEO level. Same in the music industry. Playing your song is not enough by itself as there are just too many people with too many songs to simply choose that way. I know well over 5000 songwriters with varying levels of demonstrated success or who I have a direct personal history with. For me to forgo all of them to work with someone new/else, there needs to be a reason beyond a song or two and frankly, who even has time to usually to randomly meet with and listen from scratch to someone with no story to tell, demonstrated experiences or background info to help you decide.

It's a buyers market. 1000's of great songs for every opportunity, 100's of great people already at hand for each opening.

Brian

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