And another i really liked was one that was about the process a bill goes through to become a law.  And a little rolled up piece of paper with eyes and legs set on the steps and sang “I’m just bill, i’m only a bill and i’m sitting here on capital hill.”  And at the end, a big man comes running out of the doors and says, “Bill, you’re a law!”  

I thought about that little rolled up piece of paper and about the process it takes for a song to become a cut on someone’s CD when i opened an email last night that i had no idea was coming.

The process goes something like this (and remember, i’m new to all this, so this is from my very limited time being around people who have actually experienced this process all the way through to a cut)…..

a)  a song idea begins to take shape  b)  the songwriter starts putting pen to paper (or starts typing on the computer) and/or finds a co-writer to discuss said song idea  c) the writer(s), completes the song by writing a verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge and chorus (this can take thirty minutes or thirty days or three years)  d) the song is submitted to a publisher  e) the publisher suggests a few changes  f) the writer(s) begins a second, third and however many more rewrites it takes for the publisher to say, “bravo, you’ve got it!)  g)Publisher makes a demo of the song so that publisher can “pitch” it to an artist/group  h) artist/group hears the song and puts the song on hold…….after that, i’m not exactly sure how many people get involved, but there are publishers, record labels, executives, janitors, cousins, etc etc etc.  Once it passes all of those people, the artist/group records the song AND, when it’s time to put it on the CD, if everyone STILL likes it, and they haven’t found anything in the last week that they like better, the song makes it to the CD and the songwriter finally has a cut!

SO…..imagine my delight when i checked my email and saw that i had been sent a demo of a song i co-wrote.  It was a song that was written last year and i’d almost totally forgotten about it!  I listened to the demo and i was just blown away.  Whoever was singing it did such a good job!  I am so EXCITED!