Cool new links: Billboard Tenth Song Contest and SoundArtist.com

Previous Announcements...

Special Features

Areas of this site.

• Opportunity Knocks
• Events
• Songwriters on the Web!
• Sharing Wisdom: Songwriters On Songwriting Updated Nov. 26
• Songwriter Chat on the Web
• Harriet Schock's Musepaper Articles!
• Interview with John Braheny
• Sara Hickman's Advice For Songwriters
• The Songwriting Bookshop
  • A chapter from "Writing Better Lyrics"
• Le App Official Recording Contract (Humor)

Index

Sections of this links page.

• Songwriting Advice (Writing Tips, Articles, Legal/Business)
• Resources (Online, Magazines, Books)
• Organizations (Songwriter/Songwriting, Performance Rights, Other)
• Products & Services (Instruction, Wanted, Songwriting Services, Song Pitching and Artist Promotion, Publishers, Songwriter Demo Services, Software, Other)
• Miscellaneous (Contests, Showcases, Charts, Music Industry/Musicians, Copyright, Other)

 Songwriting Advice

Writing Tips, etc.

• Songwriter's Guide by Marc Kuchner
• Charles' Songwriting Notes
• Silver Kat Music Checklist and Song Presentation Tips
• Songwriter Tips from Irene Jackson
• Sara Hickman's Advice For Songwriters
• Christine Lavin: Message to Songwriters
• Songwriting Tips (Jim Wagner)
• David Kennedy's Songwriting Checklist
• Common Questions (Jerry Cupit)
• Songwriting Tips from Phraze (The Musician's Network)
• An Online Course in Songwriting
• Songwriter Tips (MIDI Magic Studio)
• Molly's Bi-Weekly Column:Success Strategies for Songwriters - Arhives
• Peter Weinzettl's Song Tips
• Where do songwriters get their song (lyric) ideas (Baltimore Songwriter Association)
• How I Write Songs (Toby Darling)
• Kathryn Grimm's Philosophy of Songwriting
• Wild Bill's Songwriting Tips-Sheet
• Notes for Songwriters - Bob Franke
• Muse's Muse Songwriting survey

Articles

• Songwriters Q & A.com Real-Audio interviews with songwriters
• Perspectives On Songwriting (SCALA)
• Songwriting Articles from SCALA NEWS (SCALA)
• Songwriters Musepaper (NAS)
• "Music Theory for Songwriters" by Steve Mugglin
• "Guide To Writing Lyrics" by Arnold Shulman
• "Inspiration, Perspiration, and Aggravation" by Seneca Schurbon
• About Music Publishing by Lynne Robin Green
• Reproduction Rights: Two Choices Explained (The Bridge) Canada
• Short M Article on Songwriting
• Creative Options (Keyboard)
• Red Hot Country/Reese Wilson Interview
• "Instrumental Songwriting for Uitarists - The Process" by 'Satch'
• Interviews from SCALA NEWS
• Gretchen Peters Interview
• Muse's Muse Articles
• Success Strategy Archives (Molly)
• The Ooh Factor -- Song Camp

Legal/Business

• Songwriters: A Call To Arms!
• Better Business Bureau's "Facts For Songwriters"
• Song Rights: Legal Aspects of Songwriting (Old)
• Kohn on Music Licensing
  • Interactive Conference on music copyrights/licensing
• Myles Wakeham's Articles: Marketing in U.S., Masters/Demos, Producers, etc.
• Music Business Notes from SCALA NEWS
• Music Business FAQ (Zebra Music)
• Tips for Negotiating Songwriting Agreements Hollywood Law Cybercenter
• By The Book: Legal question & answer column for musicians (Nashville Online)
• Musicians' Intellectual Law and Resources Links
• Multimedia & Entertainment Law Online News
• Practical Tips for Musicians (The Music Law Offices)
• Ask Li'l Hank
• Music Law Articles

 Resources

Online

• Newsgroups
  • rec.music.makers.songwriting A usenet newsgroup
    • rec.music.makers.songwriting FAQ (alternate)
• Chats
  • A Songwriting Chat
    in association with Muse's Muse, UNISONG, & Songwriting Education Resource
    Transcripts
    • Alan Roy Scott 8/17/98
    • Harriet Schock 10/26/98
    • John Dawes 1/18/99
    • Pat & Pete Luboff 2/8/99
    • Dinah Brein 3/15/99
  • Andy's Chat Channel
  • MNUSA Chat Link
  • Songwriter's Cafe
  • The San Diego Songwriters Guild "Chat" Page
• Email Lists
  • SONGTALK: Songwriters Talking About Their Work
    • Correspond with songwriters on this LISTSERV email list!
  • ORBISON: Country Music Songwriters Discussion List (alternate page)
  • Austin Songwriters Group email list
  • Christian Songwriters Group List
• Newsletters
  • The Muse's News (Muse's Muse)
• Message Boards, Public Lyric Critiques
  • SongCritique.com (public critique site)
  • Independent Songwriter Web-Magazine Message Board
  • Sherrie's Online Songwriting Board
  • Songs-R-Us Q&A Message Board
  • The Right Stuff Songwriting Workshop
  • Underground Bulletin Board
  • MusicOrlando Musicians and Songwriters Message Board
  • San Diego Songwriters Guild Bulletin Board
  • Hal's Guide's Shmoozatorium
  • song creators r us (a Delphi message board)
  • WeBBS (Jimmy Webb)
  • New Hampshire Society of Music Message Board
• Songwriting Sites
  • Jeff Mallett's Songwriting Site :-)
  • The Muse's Muse - run by my good friend, Jodi
  • The Songwriting Education Resource
  • Li'l Hank's Guide For Songwriters In L.A.
  • Nashville Online
  • Songwriting.org - virtual songwriting community
  • Songwriters Resource Network (SRN)
  • MuseNet
  • Independent Songwriter Web-Magazine
  • Lyrical Line
  • Glade Hoffman's Songwriter Page
  • Seth Jackson's Songwriting Page and Country Notes (NSAI)
  • Just Plain Folks
  • Southern Girl Songwriters
  • Troubadour Technology's Songwriters' Page
  • The Lyrical Cafe
  • Max "Mix" Smith Songwriting Page
  • The Writers Write: Songwriting
  • Pat Pattison's Lyric Pages
• Writing References (Online)
  • A Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
  • ROGET's Thesaurus
• Lyrics
  • Cbrew Lyrics Postings
  • Grendel's Lyric Archive
  • alt.music.lyrics
  • Searching the International Lyrics Server
  • The Mudcat Cafe: Digital Tradition Folk Song Database
• Other
  • Yahoo -- Entertainment:Music:Composition:Songwriting
  • Musician and Songwriter Resources
  • Suite101.com/Songwriting links

Magazines

• Songwriting
  • American Songwriter
  • Contemporary Songwriter Magazine
  • The Performing Songwriter
  • SCALA News
  • SongTalk from NAS (this publication is on hold)
  • Songwriter's Monthly
  • Songwriters Musepaper from NAS
    • August Issue Online! + back issues
    • Older articles
• Some Articles...
  • Arena
  • Keyboard Magazine
  • Making Music
  • Music City News
  • Mix
• Industry
  • Arena Magazine
  • Bandit A&R Newsletter
  • Billboard - the charts
  • The Hollywood Agent Talent News
  • The Hollywood Reporter
  • Music Connection (Hollywood)
  • Music Row (Nashville)
  • Tip Sheets
    • The Leads Sheet - Allegheny Music Works
    • The Nashville Insider
    • SongLeads - Alan Publishing Group
    • CueSheet - Film & TV music tipsheet
    • SongLink International

Books

• The Songwriting Bookshop
• "Becoming Remarkable: For Songwriters and Those Who Love Songs" by Harriet Schock
• "Nashville Songwriting" by Jerry Cupit
• "Stayin' Creative" by Seneca Schurbon
• "How To Write Great Commercial Songs"
• "Songwriter's Handbook"
• "How To Publish Your Song"
• "The Ultimate Country Music Contacts Directory"
• "The Musician's Guide Through The Legal Jungle"
• Lyricist Review: Teaching Lyricism in the Classroom
• Book Reviews from SCALA NEWS
• Writer's Digest Publisher of songwriting books
• Music Books Plus
• (The books I own...)
• Videos, etc.
  • "How To Get A Record Deal" Video from NAS
  • "A Songwriter's Seminar" Video
  • BigTime Music - Success at Songwriting package

(Paid Instruction has moved to the Products & Services section)

 Organizations

Songwriter/Songwriting

• USA
  • The Alaska Performing Songwriters Group (APSG) Anchorage, AK
  • Baltimore Songwriters Association (BSA) Baltimore, MD
  • Boston Songwriters Workshop Boston, MA
  • Carolina Association of Songwriters (CAOS) SC
  • Central Carolina Songwriters Association Raleigh, NC
  • The Chicago Songwriters Collective Chicago, IL
  • Connecticut Songwriters Association Watertown, CT
  • Dallas Songwriters Association (DSA) Dallas, TX
  • Fort Bend Songwriters Association (FBSA) Houston, TX
  • Hawai'i Songwriters Association HI
  • Indianapolis Songwriters Association Indianopolis, IL
  • International Songwriters Guild (ISG) of Orlando Orlando, FL
  • Island Songwriters Showcase Long Island, NY
  • Minnesota Association of Songwriters MN
  • Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Nashville, TN
  • National Academy Of Songwriters (NAS) CA
  • Northern California Songwriters Association (NCSA) Northern CA
  • Philadelphia Area Songwriters Alliance Philadelphia, PA
  • Pittsburgh Songwriters Association (PSA) Pittsburgh, PA
  • Portland Songwriters Association (PSA) Portland, OR
  • San Diego Songwriters Guild (SDSG) San Diego, CA
  • Songwriters & Poets Critique Central OH
  • Songwriters' Association of Washington Washington, DC
  • Songwriters Guild of America Nashville, TN
  • Southern California Songwriters Association (SCSA) Southern CA
  • Virginia Organization of Composers And Lyricists (VOCAL) Richmond, VA
• International
  • Australian Songwriters' Association Australia
  • Bermuda Songwriter's Association Bermuda
  • Guild of International Songwriters and Composers
  • International Songwriters Association (ISA) Ltd Limerick City, Ireland
  • Songwriters Aotearoa New Zealand Songwriters Association (SANZSA) New Zealand
  • Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC)
  • Songwriters' Association of Nova Scotia Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association (SCALA) South Australia
• Web Rings
  • Songwriters Web Ring
  • The Songwriters Ring
  • Independent Songwriter Web-Magazine Web-Ring
  • Songs-R-Us Webring
  • The Lyrics Ring
  • The Female Singer/Songwriter Webring
  • Song Ring Mall/Web
  • Christian Songwriters Web Ring
• More...

Performance Rights

• ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers)
• BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.)
• SESAC - alternative performing rights organization
• International
  • APRA (Austrailia) BUMA (Netherlands) GEMA (Germany) PRS (U.K.)
  • SABAM (Belgium) SOCAN (Canada) TONO (Norway) Other...
• Mechanical Rights
  • Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) - liscensing musical copyrights
  • Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA)
  • BIEM (France) MCPS (U.K.) STEMRA (Netherlands) Teosto (Finland)
• Phone numbers

Other

• National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS -- The Recording Academy)
• National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA)
• American Songwriters Network
• Nashville Songwriters Foundation (NSF)
• International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC)
• Pacific Composers Forum
• CIRPA (Canadian Independent Record Production Association)
• Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
• Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA)

 Products & Services

Instruction

• Songwriter lessons with Harriet Schock
• Consultation and Instruction with Pete & Pat Luboff
• Molly-Ann Leikin - Songwriting Consultants Ltd.
• Berklee College of Music : Songwriting Major and Faculty
• National Guitar Workshop in Connecticut has a Songwriting major
• MusicArrangers.com - includes free beginning music theory/orchestration
• Gary Driskell's School of Songwriting- contemporary Christian music
• The Complete Jingle Course

Wanted

• See Opportunities page...
• Singers looking for songs
• Classifieds from Muse's Muse
• Musician's Exchange searchable classified ads
• Musicians Network Bulletin Board
• SongWriters Classified Board (Song Ring Web)

Songwriting Services

• Bristol Tracking Company (also consultation)
• John Palermo Music
• Lyrics On Demand "Mama Blue" Fritz
• LYRICSMITH
• MacMusic
• Multi Media SongWriters
• Preston-Beachwood Music Production (Music for songs)
• Say It With A Song
• Songs of Love
• Songwriting Consultants
• Songwriting For You
• Thoughts Expressed
• Werner Zotter
• WriteAHit.com

Song Pitching and Artist Promotion

• TAXI: The Independent A&R Vehicle
• SongScope: Submit songs to music industry professionals
• SongPitch
• Radio and Retail Promotion Hollywood, CA
• Ruthie Steele, HMG artist promotions in Nashville
• Audio Showcases
  • Bip!
  • Blizzard Records
  • CDFront.com
  • Free Song Foundation
  • InMusic
  • Kaleidospace Independent Internet Artists
  • Kiss-It.net
  • Liquid Audio Network
  • minstrels.com
  • mp3.com Artist Community
  • Original Song Site
  • PublishSongs.Com
  • The Redbird Cafe
  • SellYourSongs.com
  • Songs Online Music Showcase
  • SongStage
  • songwriter.com Collective
  • SoundArtist.com
• MusicMusicMusic and RadioMoi
• Shop Records compilation samplers

Publishers

• Nashville Publishers Network
• OnLine Music Publisher (Barry Kolsky) and All Nations Music
• Capricorn Music Publishing
• Song Shopping Center (Trowbridge Publishing) Nashville
• Winston Publishers
• Alan Publishing Group

Songwriter Demo Services

• Beaird Music Group Nashville
• Brush Hill Studio Nashville
• Churchill Music Productions
• Cycling Troll Recording Studio
• Denny Music Group (& publishing)
• Demo Universe
• DemonstraMan Nashville
• DemoRecording.com
• DownSouth Studios
• Fatback Recording and Music Production
• Holodnak Recording (Songwriters Mail Order Demo Service)
• Holston Valley Demos
• Infinity Music (promotion and recording) U.K
• Ivan Bertolla Arranging/sequencing
• Jaxsn Music Connecticut
• Jumping Fence Productions, Susie Marshall
• The Junction Recording Studio
• K.T.A.R. Sound Studios
• RidgeMount Recording Studio Nashville area
• Shayne's Song Demo Service
• Tabletop Productions, Beckland Music Publishing
• Sieggen Productions
• Summit Productions
• World-Wide Online Demos & Studio Tracks
• Writer's Room Demos Nashville

Software

• Lyricist from Virtual Studio Systems (Windows)
• Ray Kurzweil's Cybernetic Poet (Windows95/98) - interactive songwriting tool
• Starlight Songwriter's Software (Windows)
  Reviewed at Capitol-City.com
• A Zillion Kajillion Rhymes Demo (Mac)
• DB SongWriter - FREE downloadable MS database for songwriters
• Palmetto Bay "Wordmaster" (Windows95) rhymer/thesaurus/spelling
• CD Recording Software (Mac/Windows)
• Rhymer Demo (Windows)
• WriteExpress Rhymer (Windows)
• Musicalc Royalty Accounting Software (Windows)
• Patten Sound software (Mac/Windows)
• Paulb-kw Music-Business Pages (Windows)
• EchoView Pro (Windows)
• eatsleepmusic.com online Karaoke
• Music Software (General)

Other

• Ron Newman's Music Preparation and Copy Services
• Songwriter Products Ideas & Necessities (alternate)
• Mo's Music Management - helps songwriters & performers find each other
• Silver Kat Music - Electronic song registration
• Maestro Music - sheet music layout and printing
• Steven M. Moore & Associates Entertainment attorneys
• MusicGrid.net - free web hosting for music sites (with ads)
• La Costa Music Business Consultants
• Cassette House
• The DupeCoop Cassette Duplication NY
• Audio Cassette Duplicator Co.
• digibid.com Music/Audio gear

 Miscellaneous

Contests

• Billboard Tenth Song Contest Deadline: 6/15/01 (Early entry: 12/15/00)
• Get Fancy! Songwriting Contest Deadline: 12/31/00
• Global Pot-Song Contest Deadline: 3/31/01
• The Great American Song Contest 2001 Deadline: 11/7/01
• Belham Valley Records Songwriting Contest (ends when 15000 entries)
• Results
  • Unisong International Song Contest 1999 Winners
  • South Pacific International Song Contest includes 1999 results
  • 1999 San Diego Songwriters Guild Annual Song Contest
  • 1999 USA Songwriting Competition Winner's List
  • Billboard Ninth Song Contest winners
  • Kerrville 1998 New Folk Winners Announced
    • Kerrville 1998 New Folk Finalists Announced
  • Portland Songwriters Association 1997 Contest Results
  • Grand Slam Songwriting Contest winners
  • Austin Songwriters Group Song Competition 2000 winners will be announced 12/6/00
  • John Lennon Songwriting Contest 1999 winners
• The Comtemporary Songwriter Magazine Lyric Contest (end of each month)
• Tonos Current Challenges
• One Song A Month Contest for amateurs - really is a rating of song
• SongRider Studios
• Songwriter's Collaboration Network's Monthly Contest
• Contests Whose Deadlines Have Passed

Showcases

• The Bluebird Cafe Nashville, TN
• Philadelphia Music Conference Showcase 12/3/98-12/5/98
• The Mythical Coffeehouse Circuit
• Edinburgh Songwriters Showcase
• Fredericksburg Songwriters' Showcase
• ACC's Singer-Songwriter Showcase
• Mountain Stage (Radio)
• Songwriter's Showcase (Minnesota Radio for Country Songwriters)

Charts

• No. 1 in Billboard (Singles)
• Billboard Hot 100 Singles
• Billboard 200 Albums
• Gavin Charts
• MTV Charts
• MSN Top 100 Charts

Music Industry/Musicians

• Producer Report
• The Power Chord Contact Subscription Service
• Audio Amigo! Multilingual Audio Recording & Music Marketing Information
• Associations
  • Music Industry Contact List
  • Industry Organizations (Audiofile)
  • The Music Yellow Pages: Associations/Trade Organizations
  • Music Industry Contacts Page
  • Music Industry Contact Subscription Survey
  • Industry Associations
  • Independent Musicians' Association (IMA)
  • American Federation of Musicians (AFM) U.S./Canada trade union
• Labels
  • Record Labels on the Web
  • IndyNet Labels
  • Labels (Zebra Music)
  • Atlantic
  • Elektra
  • Lobo Music Corp (Independent label)
• News
  • BPIQ Entertainment News
  • ISA (International Songwriters Association) News Headlines
• Music Network USA
• Musicians Network
• New Musicians
• Capitol-City.com, Music-City (Austin)
• Just Plain Folks free online music organization
• Ed McMahon's nextbigstar.com
• Nashville Music Link
• Nashville Entertainment Association (NeA)
• Music Interactive
• MBIG.COM -- The Ultimate Music Business Search Engine
• International Industrial Review
• The Singers' Workshop News and information for pop singers
• Sound Check Newsletter for unsigned/independent musicians
• The 8th Note
• The Musicians' Pages
• Music and More Free web page for unsigned musicians
• Worldwide Internet Music Resources
• MusicChief Band promotion & web hosting
• IndyNet
• Rhythm Net
• Your Country Home
• Applause - Careers in Music
• Piano on the Net '97 Web piano lessons
• San Antonio Musician's Directory
• Lacqua Records Indie Zone
• Random Band Name Generator

Copyright

• U.S. Copyright Office
  • Copyright Basics
• Music Law Offices' Copyright Q&A
• Info from BMI
• ClariNet: "10 Big Myths" about copyright on the Net
• Copyright Issues from Keyboard magazine
• How to Copyright Your Songs (Jim Wagner)
• Copyrights Quiz (The International Songwriters Guild)
• Copyright FAQ
• The Copyright Website
• Title 17 -- Copyrights (Cornell)
• Copyright Law Materials (Cornell)
• Derek Siver's "Useful" Page: copyright, etc.

Other

• Virtual Nashville Online game: get a record deal
• Folk Alliance Newsletters
• Interactive Song Page
• The Great Canadian Song-Along
• SongNet.com
• The All Music Network
• The Grammy WebCast
• Harmony Ridge Female Singer-Songwriters
• Singer/Songwriter Directory

Founded 1995. Awards this site has won. Some people deserve special thanks.
Please notify me about bad links or with suggestions. You can reach me at: jeffm@lyricist.com

This page has been accessed 753909  times since June 1, 1997. It was last modified November 26, 2000.

____________________________
My philosophy for these links is to provide organized access to all pages/sites that are RELEVANT to songwriters. I want to give you access to information from which you can draw your own conclusions, not censor material for you. I do NOT endorse all the sites or businesses linked to. Note that I try to put the best sites (in terms of quality, value, relevance, etc.) nearer to the top of lists. That is why most sections are not alphabetized.

____________________________
Copyright 1995-2000 Jeff Mallett
This is a copyrighted collection of links developed over several years and continually maintained! Cutting and pasting chunks of them into your site is plagiarism.
Graphics for the banner, bullets, Sheet Music background are also copyrighted.