We songwriters are very lucky to live in this Internet Age. In the past most songs written, unless they happened to be the ones that got picked up and passed down, literally by word of mouth, would fade away, like … a candle in the wind. 

Less chance of being discovered than the 14,000 year old stone age art found  recently, 300 metres into the Atxurra cave in the northern Basque region of Spain. 

But we have got a huge online cave where we can hang our songs. One that is accessible to billions of people right now. Even more in the future.

And even if we feel unheard right now, maybe, one day, somebody might stumble upon our little work of art, long after we’re gone, and smile. 

Here’s a song by an artist, Mary Cigarettes, whom I happened upon only after he had died. I’m glad I did and I’m  glad he bothered. 

Because this makes me smile.