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[deantaylor]

Cyndy,You could ask .. do you think it is a song to pitch to artists or for film-tv or not really commercial at all. I have done that.I got an old-time Grand Ole Opry vibe from the song .. country, but old-school.Good luck with it.Dean

[cameron]

Hey Cyndy,I've been spending a lot of time trying to get more "current" with my own material... listening to country radio and today's top writers, etc. so take this as coming from a guy who's maybe a bit sensitive to this right now. The biggest problem I hear with your song is that it's about 30 years too late. If that's what you're after (for film or TV placement perhaps) great, but I can't think of any artists these days who record this type of song any longer. This is something that gets stressed a lot at the Nashville songwriter's workshops I've attended, as there are always people who show up with some very old sounding songs (myself included on occasion) and I can almost anticipate the teacher's response before the song is over. The one point that gets made again and again is "who could you imagine singing this?" The last workshop I went to one guy answered "Elvis or Conway Twitty" to which the teacher responded "They're dead!" Of course, it's always possible that someone will make a modern song in the old style, but just be aware that it will cut down your chances of a song ever getting cut.Personally, I find it stifles my creativity to try to write a "modern" sounding song, so I just write what I write and if I feel the song is commercial enough when I'm finished with it, I make a studio demo. Otherwise, the only people who'll probably ever hear it are my friends and family (and perhaps fellow Taxiites).Cam

[cyndy]

Hey Dean,Thanks again for your interest and words of wisdom...And Cameron,Thanks, I appreciate your insight, and I hear you loud and clear.I just have this "gut feeling" that once I get this song fine-tuned, there will be a slot for it. Granted, that slot might only be milimeters wide, but I believe the song can find it's mark somehow.That narrow slot may end up being a movie or TV program about country music and it's roots, or about some coal-miner's daughter, but once this song is polished, I think this arrow can find a bulls-eye somewhere.I know it's gonna take a little refining, but I think there may be a little gold in there.Maybe I'm dreamin'... but if I am, don't wake me up!! LOL