THE NASHVILLE SOUND: CAN I BORROW A DOLLAR?

welcome to nashville. didn't you know? everybody's got a 'plan'. everyone's gonna be RICH and FAMOUS and of course i won't forget you little people when they hand me my CMA artist of the year award for 'i stepped in a pile of love and got you all over me' because of course everyone wants to hear my new song because it's IMPORTANT and GREAT and not stale retreads of already stale music trends and goddammit i KNOW this record exec whose name i can't remember 'cause i bought him a drink at HENRY'S and he's gonna get ME a RECORD DEAL 'cause i've sent him 50 copies of my shitty three-track demo that sounds like pavement recorded in a wind tunnel on a mr. microphone and an a.m. radio and i just know he's gonna think it's IMPORTANT and GREAT 'cause i've got that NASHVILLE SOUND so don't FUCK with me. can i borrow a dollar?

and i hang out at the VILLAGE TAVERN because i spend my time inbetween recording SHITTY UNLISTENABLE DEMOS scoring with hot young VANDY CO-EDS and they think i'm GREAT and IMPORTANT and i'm GOING PLACES and they swoon everytime they hear my UNLISTENABLE DEMO because i play with HEART and FEELING not like that COMMERCIAL crap they play on the radio but of course my stuff will make a KILLING on the charts if it ever gets a chance because i've got that NASHVILLE SOUND. the radio stations here SUCK and don't play anything but bad music but that'll change once I get on the air. so what if you can drink downtown with every major nashville recording star in the past 40 years and buy a SODA with the money they've made since their ONE HIT RECORD 'cause nashville chews up artists and spits them out like a fucking BEANIE BABY FACTORY but it'll be DIFFERENT for ME. i've got a PLAN and i don't give a FUCK what you've got to say. want to listen to my demo?

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