Starting Your Career As A Musician

and they do offer refunds if they are unable to achieve airplay for you. They also include a variety of other services including ...

Have all your materials prepared well in advance–100-200 CDs, one-sheets, photos, bios, discography, press kit, news releases, ...

your attention. Then you look at the left hand page. There’s a heart-warming story about an altruistic dentist who fills cavitie ...

Chapter 9: For The Pure Songwriter Maybe you’re not the performing type. Getting up on stage might scare the hell out of you. Bu ...

Artists including Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield, Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Neil Dia- mond, Paul Simon, Phil Spector, Barry Man ...

ample, I’m a writer. You probably figured that out already. I’ve tried writing lyrics, but they, in a word, stink. I’m not a poe ...

where the rhyme needs to come into play. The trick, and there’s always a trick, is find the right words that not only rhyme, but ...

position of the song. Whereas a poet does much the same, they don’t have the musical bits to contend with for the most part. Sta ...

Singer and stellar songwriter, Joni Michell is another one. Allmusic said, "When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as th ...

sing my son to sleep while playing it. The “what” is the child journey through childhood to adulthood. The “where” isn’t really ...

The middle eight is something that throws a lot of people, musicians included. The term is at times used interchangeably with br ...

The hook is usually found in the chorus as a short riff or lyric. It’s the part of a piece that stands out and practically screa ...

Before jumping in and writing lyrics, unless you’re innately talented, listen to a lot of the types of songs you’d like to write ...

For the indie songwriter, all the other stuff in this book applies. You need a social me- dia presence; a site; a press kit; med ...

Click the “Electronic Copyright Office” link with the odd “e” icon. That will take you to a page with information about electro ...

I know this all sounds really complicated, but it’s not. Well, except for that dang pass- word deal. Have a few variations ready ...

A little side note: You may have noticed I have something of a sarcastic streak in me at this point. These organizations, called ...

It is currently getting a lot of play on a commercial radio station or podcast, or it has been tracked by a reliable service as ...

Record producers oversee the entire recording, production, mixing and mastering process. In addition, they often choose the song ...

Chapter 10: Merchandise Sales If you’ve got some gigs, you’ve got an opportunity to increase, if not double your perfor- mance f ...