Two of the three demos I presented this weekend were selected by industry execs during the screening process. All were co-written by Denis Loiseau, and two were co-written by me. Two of his and one of mine were selected during the screening process, and another exec took without hearing both of the ones that Denis and I created together.

As I understand it–and please remember that I’m very new to this game–“Selected” usually means that the music industry execs plan to take the songs back to their company to see if any of their stable of performing artists or other types of clients under contract can use them. They usually have one or more of their singers,  bands, and/or media companies in mind when they select a song.

Many songs that are selected are not used, but only selected songs have a shot of going all the way.

I saw many extremely talented performers and song writers this weekend. Some had been presenting songs for several years and not yet had a song selected. Some producers come to the annual conference and don’t select a single song. It is humbling and sobering to hear so many good songs that aren’t selected, and that many of the songs that are selected aren’t used.

Lots more to tell, but I’ve had a total of about 5-1/2 hours of sleep in the last 63, so it’s time for my head to hit my pillow before my face hits the floor.