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No, I don't expect to make a living writing songs at this moment.

Well, I guess you misunderstood my comment. By making a living I mean my day job, which I can't quit because I need the money. I leave the house at 7:30 am Mon.thru Fri. and don't get home until at least 5:30pm. When I get home I'm always tired. That's leaves Sat. and Sun. for any song writing or anything related to song writing. Not good for promoting myself in the business you describe.

Well, I am not young, and I have to earn a living, so I guess I've got my work cut out for me if it's ever to happen.

Goal is to get my song recorded by a successful singer. It's a down-tempo number (but no slower than Someone Like You). Working on a couple of other songs as well.

Allow them to use your song how? In any performance of their's they want?

Thanks, BigBubbaBrown.

Thanks.

Thanks John and Donna. I'll take your thoughts into consideration. By the way, am I supposed to receive an email notice of replies? Setting looks ok but I get no emails.

I've written a song that uses the AABA structure. I think my song is pretty good and could be a hit for a singer. (I am not a performer.) In reading up on today's music I find out that it's all verse-chorus-verse-chorus. I like the song the way it is and I don't think it can be converted. Should I just file it away until the wind shifts?

Promethus, I'm actually using Musescore (should have said that in the first post). As far as collaborators, do you mean people to instruct me on guitar notation (my weak area)?

Thanks for taking the time, John. So you're saying Musescore is good for most instruments but not the guitar? That's curious.

What is a sampled guitar? My song is not a band song but more of a solo-female-singer song. My Musescore sounds pretty good. This program is amazing. Unfortunately, I don't know how to write guitar and drum music, so I'm short on that.

I have written my first song. In the books I've read on songwriting it says the next step to getting it published is to create a demo. That means hiring musicians and a singer which I cannot afford to do. Can you make your demo with a program like Finale or Musescore?