Musicmic is right. Don't mean to throw any wet blankets at you, but there are certain 2002 realities that were only hinted at a very few years ago. One of the longest running musical scams is good folks taking their songs to the big city (Nashville?!) to be recorded in pro studios with pro session players. That is NOT the way. Simply costs a lot of money.

Make a CLEAN demo of your songs with ONLY one instrument (Guitar or piano) and one voice. NEVER do it on the equivalent of a Karaoke Machine (or whatever). Find a local studio, know your stuff well and record the songs. Get about fifty GOOD copies made on cassettes or CDs. Label them properly with your name, e-mail, phone, and address. Make SURE there are no typos.

Start giving them to singers that you like who DON'T write all their own material. Develop a local reputation. Get some local press. If the material is any good it WILL get noticed. NEVER go by the opinions of friends and relatives. It's human nature to be nice to people you like.

It doesn't cost that much to do it right...and who knows what might happen?

Rick