Anne, On the one hand, it's obvious that if you don't try, it's definitely impossible. On the other hand, my own extensive experience concurs with David's advice, even though I've had more luck than some.
Good luck to you. -Fred Simon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Now for my own cheerless outlook: >Seeking out a publisher at this time would be, imo, premature. The reason >is that you can offer them only the songs, no guaranteed way of making money. >If you could walk into a publisher's office and say "I've just signed a >deal to write six songs for the new Bette Midler movie," then they could see >the mechanism whereby the money would be generated for them. >It's the same business philosophy that makes a label reluctant to sign >a new act until the act has proven that it has a following who will spend bucks. > >The music business is cruel; it reminds me of the Biblical parable of the >talents, where the third servant says to the returning lord, "Master, I >know you are a hard man; that you reap where you have not sown." >To reap where they have not sown is what almost every suit in the music >business devotes his/her career to.
