OD, what a great attitude! Glad you finally dropped back by! I am at that same point in my journey. Just make some noise and friends and have fun!
MAB, at the end of your last two doses of reality posts, you did throw out a "rope of hope", albeit a very short, thin rope. I wander how many folks really understand how difficult this songwriting thing is? TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH; I have met a few BIG NAME writers; Mark D. Sanders and Jeffery Steel to name two, and I REMEMBER THINKING AT THE TIME, they had just written [A] great song, got it cut, it went to top 10, and they were INSTANT heros! BUT, they DID make it "to the top". So, in addition to "waiting in line", what did they do different than everyone else in line (IN ADDITION TO writing GREAT songs)? Was it their personality? Was it their connections (RELATIONSHIPS)? SHOW us "how to do it".
phil g.