Q&A: Sending Songs Around, Networking & Songwriter Executives

Yes.

First of all, uh, is there, are there a lot of common questions that you get? Are there, are there things that y- you find over and over again people are-

I do

... curious about?

Yes.

And they've all pretty much been addressed, but I, I understand you can't listen to 80 episodes of a podcast to search forThis one question, but I'm thinking maybe now would be a good time to just kind of scoop them all up, put them in a cute little bowl and, and, you know, digest the answer to the most common question, which is, um, can I send you a song?

Mm.

And my, my heart is just lovingly beating at the idea that you care about what I think about your music.

But the answer to that question is no.

And, and the reason is because I was not put on this Earth to judge songs.

That's just...

I- I've been asked to do song contests and all these- NSAI is always asking me, and the Grammys are always asking, like, "Oh, will you, will you do this?" You know, I recoil from that feeling every time I think about it.

I'm just not meant to tell someone that their song isn't good enough or it's...

Even if, that it's great.

I don't like the feeling of being in the judgment seat, so that is not my mis- that's just not my mission.

So I just wanna say lovingly, no, you cannot send me songs.

[laughs]

And when you do, I do not listen to them for legal reasons-

Mm

... and for mainly my mission, which is just, it's not, it's not in me to want to pick your song apart.

We've touched on that a little bit, and I think we ought to...

I just wanna highlight-

Yeah, please

... that legal, legal piece.

I think we've touched on it in some other episodes, but it is a legal liability.