Hello Writers,


I have been reading and reading post on this site concerning who's legit, how do I get publishing, where do I go from here, ect.



Anyway, because of the different posts that I have read over the past 2 years, I decided to ask some of the publishers that we deal with, what should a songwriter do to get their attention. Yesterday, I went to Horipro (www.horipro.com) to pick up new songs for a new artist. I talked to the VP (Butch Baker). In a nut shell this is what I was told. DO NOT just blindly send in your demos (It's trash food), make contact with publishers first or get in with someone that already has contacts with them, (for example: we have a guy that writes really well, when I visited Horipro I asked if someone would give him a listen, Monday I will be dropping off his project). They expect all demos to be professional. No just strumming a guitar and singing into a tape recorder (It's trash food) any demo needs to be a good enough quality that it does not need to be re-recorded before being pitched. This includes having good vocals as well as instrumentation. If a writer has written a song that would be good for a particular artist (re."Mississippi Girl" for Faith Hill) tell them! They prefer to have several songs from a writer (they don't want "one hit wonders" for publishing deals). Most ligit publishers DO NOT offer to critque songs for unknown writers. They don't have the time. But if things are handled in the right way and a writer has been invited to submit they will be told what was liked or disliked about their submission. All submissions should include written lyrics.

Monday, I have to go to SONY. I plan to ask them the same questions. I will post what they tell me.

I hope this will help some of you writers out there.


BM Bland
www.musiccitymusicgroup.com

BM Bland