So you're looking at the writer's career as well. When people walk in here, we only look at one thing. Can they write a song and does that song hold together under the scrutiny of all of the creative people in this company. Because this is a consensus oriented company. We make decisions together.
Songwriters have to do everything pretty much by tape.
Their presence is fairly irrelevant in the beginning. Get the local rep to hear it. They should take advantage of that. The most important thing to do if you're a songwriter is to make your demos concise so that when I get them and I put them on the song is easy to hear. All I have is a four track or an eight track at home.