To Obscurity I've become a songwriter. Oh, I'm not published yet, but when my brothers' band records an album I will be. Okay, IF my brothers' band records an album. Okay, I'm not really a songwriter. I wrote one song, as a favor, and now I'm expected to turn out these chart-toppers week after week after week.
Songwriters have the potential to make the serious dough in music.
For every song that gets played on the radio, a few people get a cut. The musicians, the songwriter, the producer - they all get a piece. But when the song is recorded by another musician, the only one that gets paid is the songwriter. Which means that someone who writes, sings, plays, and produces a hit song, like Babyface, is just rolling in money. Considering some of the songs that have been recorded, being a songwriter shouldn't be too difficult.