KEITH DOZIER!! That is his name. I ought to know that, I always call him "BULL DOZIER". LOL! Yeah, he is in the publishing company that Matt Casey, and Allen Shervelle started. So you see how all this works. Matt needed to align himself with more writers, comes to meet me, I introduce him to Allen, they start writing, he comes here, writes with you, you guys get some credibility with the NSAI win, all of your names and reputation rises, Matt and Allen start a publishing company, Allen and Keith are good friends and co-writers and they bring him in. Matt does shows that help Keith get known, and they end up getting a cut on the last Montgomery Gentry album. Great how these things line up.
Of course there are always challenges when it comes to this. The entire music industry is full of "BUT'S". Troy Gentry died last year in a helicopter crash, and I don't know what state their business is in. A lot of times we get "CUTS" on records that never actually come out. I've had several on artists who lost their deals, or things like the OWNER of the label dies, and the entire company folds. So even getting "cuts" don't always mean it is smooth sailing.
And the "dead folks" thing can go two ways. One is the sympathy factor and that can work well. Most artists like those have loyal fan base so if something is released, it can be cool.
And the "dead folks" thing can go two ways. One is the sympathy factor and that can work well. Most artists like those have loyal fan base so if something is released, it can be cool.
The other side is the short memories of most music listeners and it is very easy to end up in the "Who?" category.
I hope it doesn't work that way for the guys, but you always have to be prepared if it does.
I remember a friend of mine had a hit on the radio on George Strait and then heard it about three years later on a radio station who introduced it as an "OLDIE BUT GOODIE!" We have such a short attention span you can go from the top of the heap to the answer of a trivia question really quickly.
But you have to celebrate all your victories and all you guys have done well at staying at it, and keeping yourselves and others motivated.
Glad you checked in Dave and hope you keep at it. I'm always around if you need something.
MAB
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