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Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Songwriting Pro on October 28, 2019
Music publishers are evolving. The music industry is evolving. Are you, as a songwriter, evolving, too?
In episode 193 of The C.L.I.M.B. Show, my co-host, Johnny Dwinnell, and I take a look at the changing landscape of music publishing. Things just do NOT operate like they used to. And if you want to work with a music publisher, if you want to write cuts and hits, then you need to understand the music industry as it IS, not as it used to be or as you’d like it to be.
So here are some takeaways from this episode. Read on!
A lot of publishers these days are focused on building “great rooms.” That means, they try to put their writer in the room with an artist or producer and let the writer write the hit. This is better odds than the writer writing a great song (without an artist in the room) and the publisher trying to get it recorded after the fact. They try to create leverage for their writers by getting them in great rooms.
Publishers also look to sign writers who bring in their own leverage. Maybe the writer is an artist. Or a producer. Or the writer is tight with an artist and writes with him or her already. Of course, having great songs is a lever of it’s own. But in a town with so many great writers and songs, the writers with relationship leverage have an advantage.
An artist’s “camp” is the close network of the artist and his songwriter and producer friends. The songs that come from the artist’s camp get the first look and the best look when it comes to making the album.
Signing a publishing deal with a major publisher isn’t a cure-all or an easy-button. Just because you sign a deal doesn’t mean you get to just waltz into the room with a major writer or artist. Publishers still have a hard time getting their writers into the room with certain artists. You still have to do the work.
Great songs make networking much easier.
Leverage stacking is putting as many levers together as possible. One leverage is having great songs. Another is great relationships. Another is having an artist in the room. And that’s not all. How much leverage can you stack when working your songs and building your career?
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And do YOU have a question you'd like ask a hit songwriter or a hit music publisher? If so, I have TWO great opportunities coming up for you... and they're FREE. On November 18, I'm hosting a "Know The Pro" event with pro music publisher, Butch Baker of Mojo Music & Media. Butch has mentored hit songwriters including Dean Dillion (George Strait, Kenny Chesney, etc.) and Phil O'Donnell (George Strait, Blake Shelton, etc.) Then, on November 19, we have another "Know The Pro" event with hit Christian songwriter, Michael Farren. He's penned hits for Lauren Diagle ("Come Alive [Dry Bones]" & "Trust In You"), Michael W. Smith ("Let It Rain") and others. And you can ask these pros YOUR questions. And it's an online event, so you can join us from anywhere in the world.
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God bless,
Brent
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