"post pandemic finances have changed the equation"
Michael is on the money (no pun intended). I'll bet this plays a big role in why so many songs got dropped suddenly. I remember reading some articles in 2020 (during the lockdown) about the tidal wave of people taking up guitar and purchasing memberships to guitar learning sites. The bottom probably fell out of that membership base once the lockdown ended and GT likely had to make cuts. In that case, they would have had to do one or more of the following: cut admin salaries, release instructors, increase membership fees, or cut the song licensing budget. It appears that they chose the last option as part of the solution.
I'm definitely not shilling for GT Admin. I've had my own issues with them and even got bounced off the site a time or two. I just think that there's still a lot of meat left on the bone when it comes to the remaining song library.
Sascha
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