31 Music Business Tips for Songwriters

Course details

Build your songwriting business. Get a month's worth of daily tips to help you kick start your songwriting business with renowned songwriter and mentor Cliff Goldmacher. He challenges you to get organized, build better demos, explore new marketing and pitching opportunities, grow your network and community, and research the music industry and the artists you want to emulate. Plus, discover how to regenerate and revive your library of songwriting ideas. This collection of tips is suitable for new songwriters who are just establishing themselves in the industry as well as seasoned writers who want to revitalize their craft.

Learning objectives
Staying organized
Embedding metadata
Scheduling a regular time to write
Deciding which songs to demo
Setting up social media accounts
Pitching songs
Joining a pitch organization
Attending music conferences
Joining a songwriting organization
Reaching out to new co-writers
Reading about the music business
Researching publishers and other successful artists
Registering songs with your PRO

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Do more with the business side of your music
02 - Build your songwriting business

1. Organization

03 - Staying organized in the music business
04 - Finalize your lyric sheets
05 - Learn how to embed metadata
06 - Learn how to email a link to a song
07 - Set up a regular place to write
08 - Schedule a regular time to write

2. Song Demos

09 - Demystify the song demo process
10 - Decide which songs to demo
11 - Research demo studios
12 - Schedule your demo

3. Marketing

13 - Marketing is essential
14 - Set up your social media accounts
15 - Learn how to make a lyric video
16 - Look for a pitch opportunity for one of your songs
17 - Pitch one of your songs
18 - Follow up on your song pitches
19 - Think outside the box for your song pitches
20 - Join a pitch organization

4. Networking

21 - Organic networking
22 - Research music conferences to attend
23 - Find local writers' nights
24 - Start a writers' night
25 - Join a songwriting organization
26 - Start a songwriting organization
27 - Join a songwriting group of your peers
28 - Start a songwriting group of your peers
29 - Reach out to a new cowriter

5. The Music Industry

30 - Navigate the music industry
31 - Read a music business book
32 - Schedule a songwriting consultation
33 - Make a list of publishers you want to meet
34 - Research signed songwriters and their hits
35 - Research recording artists and their labels
36 - Find out who's looking for songs
37 - Join a performing rights organization (PRO)
38 - Register your songs with your PRO

Conclusion

39 - What's next