Quote to inspire: "Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it."
- Stevie Wonder
Feedback in March! Keep up the amazing work on your craft. So many of you have checked in to let us know you're reaching your personal songwriting goals. Well done! Due to popular demand, we've added some additional live FDBK courses in March. Several instructors are taking "overloads" of a sixth participant, as well. There are plenty of GMT-friendly sections for international members at 1pm ET during the week and Noon-3pm on Saturdays. All sign-ups begin at 10am ET one week before the class session and you can have two Active FDBK courses at one time. If you are having difficulty registering for a FDBK session let us know here. Out of respect for your peers, if you can not attend or submit a song to a class you've signed up for, please delete it from your Active Course list to open the spot. Thank you! See View/Add Live Courses. More details in Course FAQ.
Special Event Pitch! Staff Writer For a Day with Curb/Word Music Publishing! This is a unique opportunity to be selected by Creative Director, Ciara Shortridge, to co-write with GRAMMY, CMA, and ACM nominated songwriter, Bobby Tomberlin! Event running now through March 21st. For details and submission guidelines see View/Add Live Courses.
Featured Coach #814! Find out how an unlikely source resulted in Coach #814, Tom Paden's current single "Window in the Wall" and brought Olivia Newton-John out of retirement to sing it! Read our interview here.
SONGU SPOTLIGHT
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GOLD STARS! CONGRATULATIONS to our members whose songs were picked up in the past 72 hours to be signed or pitched from our leads! See who else had their songs recently picked up.
(#1883) Pitch For Publisher. Country. NATE BARNES. Extended! Street Pitch guest, D.G., veteran music publisher, who has already generated...more
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ben krahne "GOING TO EXTREMES "
(3/4/2021)
Pitch #1883
NATE BARNES. Extended! Street Pitch guest, D.G., veteran music publisher, who has already generated income for SongU members, is looking for songs for SONY/Quartz Hill Records artist Nate Barnes. Looking for songs - any tempo that are organic, and a blend of Luke Combs meets Blake Shelton. Barnes writes and sings about faith and family, work and heartache, love and the simple joys of life. Especially needing songs that the ladies will like, radio hit singles. You can check out Nate Barnes recently released single, "You Ain't Pretty" here. https://youtu.be/ZnRAMAfFSFw Pitch Follow-up: Publishing must be available. If this guest expresses interest in your song, you will be asked to sign a single song agreement, executable only with a major cut.
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(#1889) Pitch For Licensing Agent. Alternative. SONGS OF BETRAYAL FOR NETWORK TV SHOW. Pitch guest, N.P., is currently looking for songs for a CW series...more
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John Cirillo "HONESTLY"
(3/3/2021)
Pitch #1889
SONGS OF BETRAYAL FOR NETWORK TV SHOW. Pitch guest, N.P., is currently looking for songs for a CW series about betrayal, lying, breaking a trust; a spurned lover's torch song for the series. Could sound vintage/retro or modern in the styles of Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Bang Bang" My Baby Shot Me Down to Beyonce ft Jack White "Don't Hurt Yourself", Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River", Madison Beer "Selfish", etc. Genres: Pop, Rock, Alternative, Singer Songwriter, Soul. Male or female vocals.
Songwriters, important: SONGS SUBMITTED HAVE TO BE CLEARED FOR SYNC LICENSING as per the following guidelines (no exceptions):
- You must own both your master (recordings) and 100% of your synchronization (publishing). If you do not...
- Then, all master owners, co-writer(s) or co-publisher(s), must sign our licensing agreement as well.
- Songs must be CLEARED: meaning if you have paid musicians and/or singers including background vocalists, you must have a signed 'work for hire' OR RELEASE form for each person involved in making your recording so that they have no further claim to the song. Please note, the producer who produced your recording should be able to help you acquire a work for hire agreement or release, however in many cases there may be a fee involved particularly if the recording was purchased as a demo. No writers signed with major publishing companies with major administration deals.
- Submissions must be MASTER/BROADCAST QUALITY recordings. If we express interest, you will need to supply us with a mastered copy of both the song AND an instrumental track.
PITCH FOLLOW-UP: If this guest expresses interest in your song you will be asked to sign an agreement for this project only (non-exclusive); with a 50%/50% split for both the master/sync licenses. Will not take publishing of the song so the publisher/writers will get all the performance income. If there is no upfront licensing fee, the 'guest' will take 50% of the publishing income for this placement only. The 'guest' will not take ownership of the copyright.
(#1889) Pitch For Licensing Agent. Alternative. SONGS OF BETRAYAL FOR NETWORK TV SHOW. Pitch guest, N.P., is currently looking for songs for a CW series...more
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John Cirillo "HURRICANE AFTER YOU"
(3/3/2021)
Pitch #1889
SONGS OF BETRAYAL FOR NETWORK TV SHOW. Pitch guest, N.P., is currently looking for songs for a CW series about betrayal, lying, breaking a trust; a spurned lover's torch song for the series. Could sound vintage/retro or modern in the styles of Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Bang Bang" My Baby Shot Me Down to Beyonce ft Jack White "Don't Hurt Yourself", Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River", Madison Beer "Selfish", etc. Genres: Pop, Rock, Alternative, Singer Songwriter, Soul. Male or female vocals.
Songwriters, important: SONGS SUBMITTED HAVE TO BE CLEARED FOR SYNC LICENSING as per the following guidelines (no exceptions):
- You must own both your master (recordings) and 100% of your synchronization (publishing). If you do not...
- Then, all master owners, co-writer(s) or co-publisher(s), must sign our licensing agreement as well.
- Songs must be CLEARED: meaning if you have paid musicians and/or singers including background vocalists, you must have a signed 'work for hire' OR RELEASE form for each person involved in making your recording so that they have no further claim to the song. Please note, the producer who produced your recording should be able to help you acquire a work for hire agreement or release, however in many cases there may be a fee involved particularly if the recording was purchased as a demo. No writers signed with major publishing companies with major administration deals.
- Submissions must be MASTER/BROADCAST QUALITY recordings. If we express interest, you will need to supply us with a mastered copy of both the song AND an instrumental track.
PITCH FOLLOW-UP: If this guest expresses interest in your song you will be asked to sign an agreement for this project only (non-exclusive); with a 50%/50% split for both the master/sync licenses. Will not take publishing of the song so the publisher/writers will get all the performance income. If there is no upfront licensing fee, the 'guest' will take 50% of the publishing income for this placement only. The 'guest' will not take ownership of the copyright.
(#1889) Pitch For Licensing Agent. Alternative. SONGS OF BETRAYAL FOR NETWORK TV SHOW. Pitch guest, N.P., is currently looking for songs for a CW series...more
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John Cirillo "PRETTIER"
(3/3/2021)
Pitch #1889
SONGS OF BETRAYAL FOR NETWORK TV SHOW. Pitch guest, N.P., is currently looking for songs for a CW series about betrayal, lying, breaking a trust; a spurned lover's torch song for the series. Could sound vintage/retro or modern in the styles of Bon Jovi "You Give Love A Bad Name", "Bang Bang" My Baby Shot Me Down to Beyonce ft Jack White "Don't Hurt Yourself", Justin Timberlake "Cry Me A River", Madison Beer "Selfish", etc. Genres: Pop, Rock, Alternative, Singer Songwriter, Soul. Male or female vocals.
Songwriters, important: SONGS SUBMITTED HAVE TO BE CLEARED FOR SYNC LICENSING as per the following guidelines (no exceptions):
- You must own both your master (recordings) and 100% of your synchronization (publishing). If you do not...
- Then, all master owners, co-writer(s) or co-publisher(s), must sign our licensing agreement as well.
- Songs must be CLEARED: meaning if you have paid musicians and/or singers including background vocalists, you must have a signed 'work for hire' OR RELEASE form for each person involved in making your recording so that they have no further claim to the song. Please note, the producer who produced your recording should be able to help you acquire a work for hire agreement or release, however in many cases there may be a fee involved particularly if the recording was purchased as a demo. No writers signed with major publishing companies with major administration deals.
- Submissions must be MASTER/BROADCAST QUALITY recordings. If we express interest, you will need to supply us with a mastered copy of both the song AND an instrumental track.
PITCH FOLLOW-UP: If this guest expresses interest in your song you will be asked to sign an agreement for this project only (non-exclusive); with a 50%/50% split for both the master/sync licenses. Will not take publishing of the song so the publisher/writers will get all the performance income. If there is no upfront licensing fee, the 'guest' will take 50% of the publishing income for this placement only. The 'guest' will not take ownership of the copyright.
(#1894) Pitch For Publisher. Country. MaRYNN TAYLOR. Extended! Still looking. Street Pitch guest, D.G., veteran music publisher, who has already...more
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John Cirillo "MAKING IT UP AS WE GO"
(3/4/2021)
Pitch #1894
MaRYNN TAYLOR. Extended! Still looking. Street Pitch guest, D.G., veteran music publisher, who has already generated income for SongU members, is looking for songs for Black River Entertainment artist MaRynn Taylor. Listening for 90’s style, young female country songs. No drinking, cheating, nothing vindictive. Early Trisha Yearwood meets Stevie Nix and the Dixie Chicks is the lane you’ll want to be in with your song pitches. You can listen to MaRynn here - https://youtu.be/3tyaTYyJTQ0 . Pitch Follow-up: Publishing must be available. If this guest expresses interest in your song, you will be asked to sign a single song agreement, executable only with a major cut.
UPCOMING INSTRUCTOR-LED COURSES
Registration for song feedback and mentoring courses (FDBK) begins one-week prior to course time starting at 10:00 am ET. Limit 5 participants per session.
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 08:00 PM (ET)
FDBK 215 Christian Songwriters Feedback and Mentoring with Dallas Gregory
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Tue Mar 09, 2021 01:00 PM (ET)
FDBK 200 Song Feedback and Mentoring II with Helen Darling
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Tue Mar 09, 2021 09:00 PM (ET)
FDBK 120 Pop, Hot AC, Song and Production Feedback and Mentoring with Michele Vice-Maslin
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Wed Mar 10, 2021 08:00 PM (ET)
FDBK 225 Indie, Film-TV, Production Song Feedback and Mentoring with Diona Devincenzi
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Thu Mar 11, 2021 09:00 PM (ET)
FDBK 315 Publisher Song Feedback and Mentoring with Bob Dellaposta
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Sat Mar 13, 2021 01:00 PM (ET)
FDBK 205 Song Feedback and Mentoring II with Alan Roy Scott