Roughly 40 years ago, I showed up at a prominent music executive's office for an appointment that had been scheduled suspiciously late in the workday. But I wasn't suspicious. I was instead eager to try to place some of my original songs with artists he represented. One of my songs had appeared on the Eagles album "One of These Nights," and I was hoping to turn songwriting into a career.
I brought along a cassette tape of my material, but I don't remember what the executive said about the songs. Nor do I recall what we talked about.