McGarth of Harlow…..You a right on the mark.

As a senior amateur, my greatest thrill is hearing some one performing one of my songs, but the thrill is ten fold when the artist announces where they got the song. A client of mine said they were shocked when my name was mentioned at a folk festival he was attending. The festival was closed with one of my songs. This was a great Ego Trip for me.

Several of my songs are out there in the hands of friends, will they make any real money with my music? No, but if some one did make substantial money I don't know how I would feel. If they are a friend, I hope I would just be happy for them. The problem is what happens when the music gets into the hand of a third party. This summer one of my songs was given to a friend of a friend to be performed at a local festival, this caused a problem for my Ego, I wanted credit.

I wrote my music for my use. Never did I think anyone else would want to use my material. Now I don't know how to deal with this new problem. I don't have answers, only questions.