Professional songwriters write the majority of C&W music now. They figured out the formula for what makes a hit and they're beating that drum like there's no tomorrow. No doubt there are still some singer-songwriters out there that are getting air time but they are the exception.
I used to drive through a couple so-called cowboy states several times a year and to help pass the time I flip through the radio stations. There were three -- I think it was -- templates for songs and within those categories I literally could not tell the songs apart.
The radio stations themselves were either C&W or Talk Radio or Jesus or NPR... it was pretty fucking bleak.
Professional songwriters write the majority of C&W music now. They figured out the formula for what makes a hit and they're beating that drum like there's no tomorrow. No doubt there are still some singer-songwriters out there that are getting air time but they are the exception.
I used to drive through a couple so-called cowboy states several times a year and to help pass the time I flip through the radio stations. There were three -- I think it was -- templates for songs and within those categories I literally could not tell the songs apart.
The radio stations themselves were either C&W or Talk Radio or Jesus or NPR... it was pretty fucking bleak.
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