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  • Songstuff Writer and Artist Development Challenges

    By john

    Independent writers and artists face several large disadvantages when they are compared to signed, mainstream writers and artists.  Disadvantages that add up to making it a competition that indies can’t win. Hell they can’t even compete.   Lack of budget and poor contacts are fairly obvious disadvantages. Lack of experience and a lack of knowledge restricts songwriters and artists alike. Lack of an overall strategy, and a limited set of incomplete tactics, makes for a critical problem
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North Easton - March 2013 Monthly Song Contest Winner

March 2013 Monthly Song Contest Results This month's winner is: "Stop Thinking With Your Heart" - North Easton Words and Music by North Easton Lyrics: Another crowd of faces gather, out there on the street and the cold it doesn't matter anymore And the broken glass lay shattered right there at her feet close your eyes and take a breath and walk towards Pre: Find me in a beautiful mess You try to forget You try to forget this light F

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New Article - A Guide To Song Forms - Compound Song Forms

New Article - A Guide To Song Form - Compound Song Forms Have you ever used a compound song form? As a songwriter, I bet you have. Compound song forms are far more common than you might at first think. Building upon the AAA, AABA, AB, ABC and AAB song form articles from our series on song forms, this article explains common compound popular song forms that you can add to your song writing toolbox. Read the full article by clicking on the following link: A Guide To

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New Article - A Guide To Song Forms - Aaa Song Form

New Article - A Guide To Song Form - AAA Song Form Popular songs often follow one of the traditional song forms, or one of the song forms that are derived from traditional song forms. One of the main song forms is Strophic / AAA / One-Part Song Form, any of which names are used by songwriters. This article will explain fundamentals of Strophic / AAA / One-Part Song Form, and provide examples of Strophic / AAA / One-Part Song Form being used in popular songs. Read the fu

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New Article - Keeping A Song Interesting

New Article - Keeping A Song Interesting Keeping a song interesting is not as easy as it might at first seem. For example, how do you stop listeners getting bored and switching off? What can you do to help hold the attention of listeners until the very end of a song? Will varying song structure help? Would changing song arrangement and instrumentation be enough? What effect can be introduced during song performance? Will the song lyrics make a difference? This article helps to explain the v

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New Article - A Guide To Song Forms - Aab Song Form - 12 Bar Blues

A Guide To Song Forms - AAB Song Form - 12 Bar Blues AAB Song Form, also called 12 Bar Blues Song Form is one of the main traditional song forms. Both names are regularly used by songwriters to describe this song form. This article explains the fundamentals of AAB Song Form, and provides examples of AAB Song Form being used in popular rock and blues songs. Read the full article by clicking on the following link: A Guide To Song Forms - AAB Song Form - 12 Bar Blues

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New Article - A Guide To Song Forms - Ab Song Form And Abc Song Form

A Guide To Song Forms - AB Song Form and ABC Song Form AB Song Form and AB derived Song Forms are the most popular traditional song forms. AB is also called Verse/Chorus Song Form, either of which names are used by songwriters. One common, modern, derived song form is VERSE-CHORUS-BRIDGE or ABC Song Form. Directly derived from AB Song Form, ABC Song Form introduces a 3rd "Bridge" section. This article will explain AB Song Form or VERSE-CHORUS Song Form, ABC Song Form or VERSE-CHORUS-BR

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Lyrics Contest - January 2013

Its a new year and a new contest. The topic or the "phrase" for this month is: "The day gave way to the night gradually with her every footstep. " PLEASE READ THE RULES CAREFULLY AS EACH AND EVERYONE OF THEM COUNTS http://forums.songstuff.com/topic/26833-monthly-lyrics-contest-rules/ Voting opens on December 26th Jan! Voting will close on 31st Jan! Commenting on a song before voting is closed is NOT ALLOWED. ALL ENTRANTS MUST VOTE! For the f

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Song Contest - January 2013

This challenge will be a SONG FORM based challenge: The song form that must be used for this challenge is AABA, or an AABA derived song form. PLEASE READ THE CONTEST RULES, THEY WILL BE STRICTLY APPLIED Voiting will be opened on 25th January. Voting will close on 30th January. Commenting on a song before voting is closed is NOT ALLOWED. !!!! ALL ENTRANTS MUST VOTE !!!! ****************************************************************** Please read the

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New Article - A Guide To Song Forms - Aaba Song Form

A Guide To Song Forms - AABA Song Form AABA is one of the more popular song forms. Popular songs often follow one of the traditional song forms, or one of the song forms that are derived from one of the traditional song forms. These music forms are generally made up of a number of sections that may or may not be repeated with the same song. This article focuses on explaining the AABA song form and it's derivatives. Read the full article here: A Guide To Song Forms - AABA Son

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New Article - Song Building Blocks

Song Building Blocks Songs use a number of common sections. These sections are the building blocks of songs. When discussing song form these sections are assigned letters as labels, but you will be more familiar with their names such as verse, chorus and bridge. This article looks at the common sections, what defines them, and how those sections work together to form a working, popular song. Read "Song Building Blocks" now. Comments Please leave some comments an

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New Article - The Power Of Song Hooks

The Power Of Song Hooks Many songwriters don't understand song hooks, the range of hooks that are involved or how to use them. This article takes a look at the different hooks and explains the importance to songwriters of learning about the different types of song hooks and how to use them. Read "The Power Of Song Hooks" now. Comments Please leave some comments and feedback on this article, and / or suggestions for new articles by leaving a reply below or by replying

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Industry News

Pr Company Ketchum Launches Music Division, Ketchum Sounds

Ketchum Launches Music Division, Ketchum Sounds PR company Ketchum has launched a music division called Ketchum Sounds focused on matching brand sponsorship within the music industry. The new division will be headed by Marcus Peterzell, executive VP of entertainment with Ketchum Sports and Entertainment. Peterzell is an experienced music marketer. He joined Ketchum late in 2011 from sports and entertainment agency GMR Marketing. Ketchum Sounds has expertise in brand strategy, music lic

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December Lyrics Contest - 2012

We're conducting a lyrics contest just for kicks for this december. All you Songstuffers interested can find more details and the full announcement here: ALL RULES MENTIONED STRICTLY APPLY Closing date for entries: 17th DEC

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Song Contest - December 2012

This "just for fun" contest is for recordings of songs that you have written or co-written. Recordings can be everything from vocal only through to full arrangements, any genre. Read the full announcement topic here: PLEASE READ THE RULES CAREFULLY A December Lyrics Only contest will also be announced soon... One entry per member. Closing Date For Entries: 16 DECEMBER 2012

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New Article - Creating A Song Title

Creating A Song Title Creating a song title that listeners will remember is not as straight forward as it might seem. This article explores creating song titles and describes the various important points that a good song title should deliver Creating A Song Title Comments Please leave some comments and feedback on this article, and / or suggestions for new articles by leaving a reply below.

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New Article - How To Create A Great Press Kit Or Electronic Press Kit

New Article - How To Create A Great Press Kit Or Electronic Press Kit The need for all aspects of a band to be of a high quality professional standard has never been more important. This includes those products aimed at fans, and those products aimed at the music and other media industries. One of the most fundamental of those is the Press Kit or Electronic Press Kit (EPK). To help you create an awesome Press Kit or Electronic Press Kit we've pulled together some tips to help you make

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New Article - 10 Crucial Components Of The Band Bio

10 Crucial Components Of The Band Bio The Band Bio is a fundamental part of the band promotional tool kit. Your Band Bio, or Band Biography, is often the first encounter a member of the press will have with a band and first impressions always count. Follow these simple instructions to create an effective Band Bio. 10 Crucial Components Of The Band Bio Comments Please leave some comments and feedback on this article, and / or suggestions for new articles by replyin

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New Article - 5 Tips To Help Your Band Become Successful

5 Tips To Help Your Band Become Successful A useful collection of 5 tips to help you to achieve success with your band including tips to help you grow your fan bases and how to leverage the benefits of one piece of work to many different areas. The same principles apply to success in other facets of the music industry. 5 Tips To Help Your Band Become Successful Comments Please leave a comment! => Please leave some comments and feedback on this article, and /

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Billboard Unveils New Charting Methodology

Billboard Unveils New Charting Methodology Billboard has revealed a new methodology for some long-standing genre charts. Hot Country Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Latin Songs charts are all receiving the upgrade. Each of these charts have had a face-lift incorporating digital download sales (tracked by Nielsen SoundScan) and streaming data (tracked by Nielsen BDS from services like Spotify, Rhapsody, Rdio, Muve, Slacker, Xbox Music and more) which, along with Nielsen BDS monitor

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3 File Sharing Services Targeted By Riaa

3 Foreign File Sharing Services Targeted by RIAA The RIAA has obtained subpoenas regarding the operators of three file sharing web sites from the U.S. District Court of Columbia ordering WHOIS privacy services to provide the IP addresses, email addresses and any other identifying information. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted subpoenas to the RIAA relating to the privacy protection services of 3 music download sites. In addition they request that the private

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Regulators Tell Universal To Sell 25% Of Emi Before Deal Is Approved

Regulators Tell Universal To Sell 25% Of Emi Before Deal Is Approved On Friday, The European Commission apparently told Universal Music during a meeting that it will have to sell the global rights for EMI's Parlophone record label, . This will include, among others, the rights to the music of David Bowie, Kylie Minogue and Coldplay. The divestiture reports mean that UMG must sell a full 25% of EMI. European Union and U.S. regulators are close to making a decision regarding Univers

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patrickgfrank's Blog

Where I'm At Musically

I picked up my new (old) guitar at the Guitar Workshop and strummed it a few times and felt great about the new strings and adjustments and excited once again about playing and developing some new songs. These silk and steel strings sound great and with this 3/4 guitar I can recover the standard C chord. As someone, said,"The C chord's pretty important." You can tell by now that I am not a great guitar player; I am a lyricist and singer. Yet, I love to play guitar, when I can make it sound decen

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Singwriter's Blog

Lead Guitarist Wanted

For Brisbane original band, BLACK RAINBOW. For gigs and 3rd album. Paid for rehearsals and gigs. Ph Peter. 0406017022. Visit www.blackrainbow.net.au/store to hear streaming of all songs from both albums.

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