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...Which brings me back to American Idol.  Give these kids enough of a false sense of superstardom before they have even played a live gig and they will NEVER be inspired to create a great piece of music.

>>>>Even if you don't watch the show, you should check out Crystal Bowersox, she has got it figured out, what a great performer !<<<<

The odd thing is that, during the very early auditions, there were many other contestants on Crystal's level, but the judges hammered the crap out of them while showering praise on contestants I thought had only been included for comic relief.  I guess, in my original post, I should have said "Top 10," rather than "Top 11," because I don't even consider Crystal as part of the show.  She's already got some semblance of a record deal, as far as I'm concerned.

Still, I've got two kids in my roster of performers who could put up a good competition with her and about thirty who would make ANY of the others run home crying.  And I've gotta tell you, between you, me, and the rest of the few people who use the Internet, the kids I'm working with right now are not that good!

>>>I'd love to hear that.<<<

Check your e-mail.

I have to admit, I'm really glad not to be in the music business anymore.  It's got to be nearly impossible to make a living with the prevailing attitude (including my own, at this point) being that creative works should all be free.

I wonder if anyone in the recording or music publishing industry has done the math yet to try to calculate whether allowing tabs to be posted free sells enough additional records/downloads to make it a wise business decision.  I know I have personally downloaded about a dozen songs in the past year at 99 cents a pop because I got the tabs for them and wanted the recording to either play along with or use as a reference for lyric phrasing, etc.  I'm sure I'm not the only one.

Also, browsing through the tabs listed on a site like Chordie has often poked me to download additional songs that I didn't know were by a certain artist.

This may be a twisted way of justifying why tab sites should be left alone, but I think there may be some logic worth considering here.

>>>SEE YOU IN THE FUNNY PAPERS<<<<

Huh?

>>>lyrics removed by moderator (topdown). In accordance with chordie policy, lyrics cannot be posted on the forums. <<<<

Well I'll be....

OK, then, the changes are C Dm F for the verses and Em Em7 Em A F Dm F G for the bridge/chorus

Have you tried burning with iTunes?  I had problems with  the Roxio burner AND Windows Media before I finally tried iTunes.  Now all my audio discs burn fine.

There's a site SORT OF like this, but it's only for Beatles songs.  Check it out at http://www.beatlesite.info/

Years ago, I was producing lots of local radio and TV commercials here in New York.  One customer that I could not stand personally but could not resist financially was a guy who ran one of those "credit repair" companies.  He seemed to be about 23 years old and a multi-millionaire.  The guy had absolutely none of the qualities I like in a person, but at a time when I was struggling to make it as a musician, he would come through sometimes 2-3 times a week with a request for a new spot.  Best of all, if I would quote $300, he would guarantee $600 if I could get it done by the next day. 

For the next year or two, thousands of people must have taken advantage of this guy's many financial services, because he seemed to have a new one on almost a daily basis.  The checks kept clearing and padding my bank account until, one day, one of his checks bounced.  Of course, this particular check was for not one, but three jobs at a total of $1500.  Obviously, I had come to trust this guy after a while. 

I spent the next several months chasing this guy to no avail.  During one phone call, his secretary advised that she had to hang up, as the police were there and had ordered her to put down the phone.  The next day, the company phone number was disconnected.

In the end, I paid off all the talent that worked on these spots and wrote the whole thing off as a loss.  About a year later, the guy had the b-lls to call me and say "Hey, Tom, I had a rough year, but I'm back and I'm looking to work for another company and I'm just wondering if you could write me a character reference."

Totally floored by disbelief, I asked him if he was joking.  He responded that he knew he owed me money, but would pay me back as soon as he got on his feet.  I advised him that a man with "character" would have, at least, taken my phone calls and told me he couldn't afford to pay me in the first place.  Although I'm not one for drama, I ended up hanging up on the guy.

Fast forward about ten years:  I just saw one of my commercials on TV.  I can't tell you the name of the business, but he's apparently back and advertising the same sleazy credit services that got him rich and then busted a decade ago.  With so many naive credit addicts out there, he will probably do amazingly well again this time around.

My spots were produced as buy-outs, so I have no way to bring him down that way, but I sure hope somebody stops this character before more sorry airheads get ripped off!

1.  The Beatles:  I Saw Her Standing There
2.  Dobie Grey:  Drift Away (original version)
3.  Lee Ann Womack:  I Hope You'll Dance
4.  Kansas:  The Wall
5.  Ringo Starr:  Photograph (that song tugs on MY heartstrings, too, Ray).

Songs #2-5 are subject to change on any given day, but "I Saw Her Standing There" is number 1 for me every time this question is asked.