Fun With Charts & Graphs

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Rascal Flatts' Influences: The Real Story

You may have seen the iTunes fallacy about Rascal Flatts' musical influences over at at the bottom of Quotable Country at Country California (if not, check it out first). We all know that to be a joke. Here's the truth...

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Mellencamp Parody

This is a parody I wrote a while back of John Mellencamp's minor country hit and ever-annoying Chevy pitch song "Our Country." It is also entitled "Our Country."

Our Country (Ode to Clearchannel)

We can stand beside

Playlists that we write

Cause we play classic tunes

Each Friday at midnight

And you should believe

We know what's right for everyone

This is our country

From the FM

to the AM

We own every station in town

This is our country

There's room enough here

For just thirty songs

And there's room enough here

To play them all day long

New artists understand

A little payola doesn't hurt

This is our country

From the left side

to the right side

We're nearly every stop on the dial

This is our country

Competition would be

Just another ugly thing

And variety should be

Seen only as obscene

Cause the ones that love our brand

Are just the dumb and common man

This is our country

From the FM

to the AM

We own every station in town

This is our country

The young songwriter's dream

Ain't never gonna come true

Cause it's up to us and we

To make sure there's not enough room

To hell with the voice of freedom

We own all of this land

This is our country

Watch your step son

Watch your mouth girl

Or like those "Chicks" you'll be gone

This is our country

John Rich's Songwriting Tips #4

A question from email: Jason D. in North Carolina asks "What's the best way to deal with rejection when pitching songs?" Well, Jason that's a pretty good question I guess. Rejection is well... naw you didn't, man, you've got a big ol' swinging ballsack assuming I've ever been rejected. Every damn song I've ever written or co-written has not only been cut, but gone to number one on all the benchmark charts. Why in the f*** did you ask me that? What's your cell number? You son of a b*tch. Do you know who I am? I've never been rejected as far as you know. I can't believe this. Ike or Bas will be in contact. -JR


Not actually written by John Rich.