Archive for the ‘Songwriter demo’ Category

15 June

How to make a songwriter demo?

You read this post because you are looking for ways in how to make your own songwriter demo. From my experience as a songwriter,publisher and producer, I find it difficult. Why? It is because I am doing it myself. But it was a rewarding job after all, I save a lot of money availing songwriting demo services and the good thing is, I am purely satisfied with the quality of my demo. How about you? (more…)

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6 February

Common Mistakes of Beginning Songwriter in Doing Demos

You have write a song and recorded it in your home. Now what?? Beginning songwriters are victims of music business ignorance just like me around many years ago:) The primary reason is the lack of proper guidance. Education in the music business is expensive, but I would like to share my own experience in order to help you prepare and get the best out of your songwriter demo. (more…)

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18 December

How to keep track of all your songwriter demos?

It is a bit difficult to keep track of all the songwriter demos. The main problem is lack of proper system to track and update information. Some writers are afraid to buy a system because it is very expensive and difficult to learn. In fact, you can have a very simple songwriter demo tracking system. If you are serious of your career, I highly recommend to make this as part of your daily routine. (more…)

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4 November

Things you should know before you submit a songwriter demo

Do someone ask you for a demo? Are they recording labels, music publishers, producers or even artist? Making a demo could be an expensive undertaking, because there are things to watch and take care of. The truth is whatever it is, they are your gateway to success. But we are always confronted with challenges in making a demo, some of the problems arises when making a demo: (more…)

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12 September

Songwriter Demo Service: Be Warned Before Proceeding

There are some print, online service and recording studios offering cheap songwriter demo services. These are great opportunities for any songwriter wanting high quality demos to pitch to music publishers. As I know, under copyright laws a songwriter can own these type of rights:

a. Copyright of the song – As long as he is the registered songwriter associated with the US copyright application.
b. Copyright of the recording – After availing songwriter demo services, you should be owning the recording too! You can file a different US copyright for this under the classification of sound recording. (more…)

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