The good news for budding trans-musicians is that your song has a good chance of making it on the air. Of course, we try to find the funniest segments-people complaining about their cars or mechanics. If people sent some in, I'd definitely play it. Word of mouth seems to inspire many submissions. So we might get a lot of songs from, say, Burlington, Vermont.
Musicians tell a similar story.
Most musicians seem to be looking for a brush with greatness rather than career advancement. A lot of people are just really faithful listeners. At Christmas we had a guy go through literally hundreds of records to find clips for the show. People really love the show, and they almost feel like it's their show. Check out the Car Tunes database .