Steve Fox

Yes they say have been in business 35yrs, I hear what you's are saying and it is of slight concern but would be worse if I wrote something good I have tons of copyrighted material in all forms of copyright, I should consider the UK copyright office. I have a patent and a registered trade mark from another business and they were done through my patent attorney and costs many many thousands of pounds, puts me off doing my music that way although it would not be near those amounts.

http://songregistration.com/faq-s.htm is the company I use, I would be interested to know how upholding it really is, I trust it and hope never to be forced to use it incase it creeks but hey, who's gonna nick my stuff

No and no! Contrary to what many composers think, securing copyright protection does NOT require registering with the Copyright Office (or with SongRegistration.com™, for that matter)! Securing your copyright itself is an automatic process. Copyright protection attaches as soon as original material is first put into physical form and no U.S. government agency "grants" you a copyright! It's proving that automatic copyright that's critical (by making a dated public record of it). The Copyright Office makes this clear — that registration there is NOT necessary for copyright protection (also see answer #10). As for why you may also wish to register with the Copyright Office even if it's not necessary for copyright protection, a primary reason is that federal registration is required — not because this "copyrights" your material (since that is an automatic process) — but as a prerequisite to actually filing your infringement lawsuit in federal court regarding a particular song. There are also certain statutory advantages regarding fees, injunctive relief and burdens of proof that make federal copyright registration a definite consideration (and why we encourage it)! These and other reasons to also register with the Copyright Office are described in the Copyright Office's publication "Copyright Basics" (linked in answer 10 below) — and a few are discussed in our free Copyright Info Packet — but NONE of them involves actually "granting" you a copyright since, as already mentioned, you do NOT get a copyright that way! (Your copyrights are registered with us independently, on our secure servers, NOT with the Copyright Office/Library of Congress.) The above publication clarifies what registering with the Copyright Office does — and does not — do, so do read it thoroughly! As it explains, registering with the Copyright Office does not "grant" you a copyright or copyright protection. Rather, it makes a record of your "automatic" copyright, similar to what SongRegistration.com™ does. Click here to access the Copyright Office's publication. We also encourage you to check with an attorney knowledgeable in copyright and intellectual property law if you have any questions or concerns about any aspect of copyright law!

Yes but they say they link with the US patent office, I did quite a bit of research on them and many others, they seem best and their copyright options, bulk etc are better than the patent office as you can do as many as you need when you need instead of bulk copyright all in one go

The third party company I use are a US company

I use Songregistration.com and bulk copyright, I hope it is good should I need to fight someone over copyright, I read quite a lot about them and they seem good! I used to post the songs to myself (poor mans copyright) until I discovered that method is useless in court.

I remember walking in a pub once and one of my songs were playing, I didn't notice at first so that's a good sign, if I dislike the vocal tone on first listen then it is normally a good signal it needs redoing. If I don't like it at first then start to, I think to myself it's because I am getting used to it, not good!!! If a vocal jars at any point you have to redo or remix it, be your own biggest critic. I am not perfect and far from it but this is my opinion and how I work. Final point : sometimes a vocal can be that different it shocks at first but it must remain pleasing on the ear. Good Luck

All good, vocal is very good, guitar good also, stage presence is all you could expect. A+. There is a place for you, good luck

I looked at musicxray and attemped to join, then they asked for money, always a bad move!!! in the business people who help do it for a fee, this generally comes as a cut of the product that they would have faith in (a good sellable song) but these companies that ask for money from everyone regardless of their song quality means they are overwhelmed with crap which makes it very difficult to find the good. I did a review search on them and it was heavily criticised as being a scam, secondly when you join or attempt as I did they keep sending you emails, annoying! I hate slating any company as we all need to make a living but be aware of those who take money and not a cut of the product. I use sound cloud https://soundcloud.com/stevefoxmusic and it is there for people in the trade to hear, I also mail shot (email) companies with the sound cloud link, that way if they like it they can respond, if they don't I haven't lost anything