A songwriting career is a hard uphill battle. Some will make it. As pointed out... you have all of the industry roadblocks to overcome. But first, you have to be able to write professional grade songs. Not may writers can do that. A really good song doesn't cut it. Not in the business world today.

Assuming you write a stellar song and get it demoed professionally and get it into the right hands at the right time and it gets heard by the major artist... it goes on a short list. There's only room on a CD for 12 or so songs. The artist is pushing for their own songs to fill those 12 slots. The short list often is comprised of hundreds of other stellar songs. So, unless you are buddies with that artist, or their manager, or have a history of hits.... you're not likely to get the cut.

This is the primary reason I opted to go into the film and TV music aspect and have seen some success in getting music cut commercially this way. It's still not a downhill coast. The competition in this niche is ferocious and the bar is high. There's literally tens of thousands of writers doing this same thing. But at least the market is bigger than the Nashville and LA record scene.

You can find my music at:
www.herbhartley.com
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