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Hi John, thanks for the reply. Let me see if I can clear up the question you asked: You are strictly writers, not artists? Because just from your description it does sound a little muddled. Perhaps that is part of the issue? - We are songwriter/producers in that we write songs and produce them... that is to say, we produce our own work to be as close to the finished article as we can get it, we try to present publishers with something they can immediateley hear as a hit in the context of todays pop market. But... having said that, our ultimate aim is to get a publishing deal where we will just write for others and we are not too fussed about being on the final credits in production terms. I suppose the quick answer is: We are songwriters, who try and produce as good quality demos as possible. (If the production thing happens later on, great) So, from a purley songwriting point of view, how would you advise us? Im sorry if my description was muddled, as you say - that could be part of the problem Our marketing plan at the moment consists of about 25 publishers we have managed to get contact details for. Every time we produce another song we send it to them. Sometimes we get encouraging replies, sometimes we get a straight 'no' and most of the time we hear nothing. Some ideas we have at the moment is a YouTube Channel, but this is hard without any kind of video to back it up as we dont perform... just our logo with the song title wont get many clicks. Our myspace is pretty active, but I think that ship of opportunity may have sailed a few years ago, since people got wise to it. Many thanks Ben

Hi all, we are a songwriting/production duo who specialise in modern pop music of all genres. We write for female artists and apart from sending out songs to publishers (even going to london and handing them over personally - couldnt get past reception!) we have no idea how to increase the chances of our music being heard. We think we are good enough and have had positive feedback (a couple of letters back from a couple of big independant publishing companies that complimented the songs induvidually, but ultimately "didnt have the resources available to take us to the next level..." whatever that means) and also a chance find on facebook of an established UK writer with number ones under her belt - we pm'd her for fun asking her to have a listen - she gave us a great reply complimenting our songs and telling us to stick at it. Unfortunately she didnt send us a second msg offering us a chance to collaborate...! So it goes that periodically, whenever we have new songs ready we send them off to the list of publishers we have amassed and 3 months later occasionally get a reply (but more often than not we dont). We have names for most of them, we did all the phonecalls prior to see who is accepting and get contact details, but I guess they dont want to encourage demos because its sometimes like trying to get blood from a stone. Here is our page: www.myspace.com/basslinecafemusic So im wondering what else to do. The main things are: we dont live in London and we dont perform so we cant create any kind of fanbase or buzz, we just write and produce. There isnt much scene where we are really (Midlands in the UK) Would be happy to work with a singer who has potential, but they seem to be thin on the ground round here! Thanks all, just wondered if anybody was/is stuck in the same situation. Best, Ben Bassline Cafe Music