I work very closely with my publisher and just give them tons and tons of music, and then they link that with different songwriters and stuff. I'm basically a workaholic. So, I figured I might as well just start working outside.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've been working on my own music. I've been writing an album, stuff that's kind of personal to my own life.
I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
I've been here 21 years, and I literally did walk up and down Music Row trying to break into the business. I felt very free to go into any publishing company.
Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists.
When I first started out in this business, it was easy because nobody wanted anything from me. But now everyone wants something from me, so it's hard to break away and just be a songwriter.
What I try to do is produce an atmosphere where musicians want to invest in what they do and give to the recording. I hire those musicians who I know will play something creative and interesting.
If you're going into music, work on your music and do it as well as you can. And look at it as a business. I'm in it to make a living, too.
I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company.
Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into!
Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give up my pursuit of a career in the business as an artist.