Songwriting

Excellent advice here from Chris over at CD Baby – if you’re looking for help as a songwriter or with booking, touring, music promotion, licensing and even good old music theory then you must check out this video for a lightening quick overview!  Can you guess what book is at the top of the list? [...]

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Obviously you’ve heard the expression, two heads are better than one.  When it comes to song writing, this can also be true.  History has plenty of examples of successful song writing teams or collaborators we could refer to.   Most modern pop music or chart hits are the result of co-writes…sometimes two writers are involved, sometimes [...]

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When a songwriter does a deal with a publisher the writer signs a contract transferring ownership of the copyright in his song or composition to the publisher.   The publisher as mentioned previously ‘takes care of business’ and pays the writer. Lets say you as a songwriter have a song recorded by a recording artist and [...]

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As a singer/songwriter you may well not only write and record your own material perhaps you also choose to write for other recording artists with the hope that they will record your song.  If you have written with a particular artist in mind the issue is how to promote your song to the artist? This [...]

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