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RE: Haley in the studio
A big concern of mine (and I'm feeling guilty for my mentions of hearing the songs) is something more dramatically harmful than just the lost revenue from sales.
What if the songs were demo's written with the hope they could sell the songs to big name artists, or sold for some commercial use as a theme song etc ?
Perception is reality in many businesses based on consumer demand. The idea that a song is an artists "own song" is probably key, even if 90% of top selling pop songs are not written by the artists, the public doesn't know that (doesn't look for the fine print to read).
From all we've read, it really seems like the alot big money is in writing a song that is widely heard and played (excepting the mega mega stars.. and.. The money that Todd Rungren gets for "life is a highway" belign played on leno was eye opening.
So.. anyway .. like I said.. talking about songs which they're trying to sell might make them less valuable/interesting to the people they're trying to sell them too.
It would be a terrible financial loss if say Beyonce was looking at a song but her publicist didn't think it would help the buzz and her image if she were covering songs of less known artists.. or even petty people thinking "that song belongs to her" and being angry about it.
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