Songwriters Market

by Ian Bessler

The key to building a dream career, this text provides songwriters of every kind of music, from rock and hip-hop to classical and country, with all the essential information they need to build and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582975027
• ISBN13: 9781582975023
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Songwriter's Market

This is a resource book that no songwriter should be without. I buy the new edition every year.

Great source of info in one place.

The greatest amount of info in one easy place. It is catagorically written for just the answeres you need.

2008 Songwriter's market

Two virtues make me go 'gaga' over that book: -The tons of useful information that one needs in the music industry, especially for aspiring lyricists like me - That it's published annually. I rest my case.

An essential, core addition

Now in a substantially revised and completed updated thirty-first edition, the Writer's Digest Press edition of the "2008 Songwriter's Market: Where & How To Market Your Songs" continues to be the premier resource for aspiring and practicing songwriters and musicians to have their music recorded and published. This compilation of information and instruction is enhanced with hundreds of listings for music publishers, record companies, record and music producers, booking agents, interviews with successful professional in the industry, and so much more. Cover market place resources for all genres of music from hip-hop to rock, from classical to country, from pop to kids, the "2008 Songwriter's Market" will prove to be an invaluable, information packed, and thoroughly 'user friendly' resource. Enhanced with listings for songwriter support organizations, conferences, thematically appropriate websites and online communities, "2008 Songwriter's Market" should be considered an essential, core addition to personal, professional, music school, and community library reference collections.

Perfect for Beginner Songwriters; A Reference for veteran

I finally discovered my talent (we all have at least one buried inside): writer. Yeah, right! Me too at first I thought the same. Where do I start, what do I write? Well, just write and let it come to you. That's how it worked for me. I came up with a music concept album years ago (I was not even trying, it just came to me in front of a Starbucks), and for the past months my inspiration has exploded. Suddenly I felt that I could actually do something about my writing. But I did not know what I could do with the songs. A friend of mine pointed me in the direction of Writer's Digest Writers Market series. He was well inspired. Soon I discovered that every writing form and creative field has its own "market" reference book. I found this Songwriter's Market online and did not hesitate. I am glad I bought it. It is the best way to quickly enter the world of music business and songwriting. The book has many excellent articles, reference materials, and lists of publishers, producers, agents, and music labels, arranged by genre, geographic area and style of music. It's going to be a long journey, but an exciting one. It has transformed my life. I treasure this book as a source of possibilities. That's the word. Wherever you are in life, look for possibilities, not just opportunities. It will take you farther. Rock on!