How can I get a song published?
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try  poetry.com\n\nRamesh\nThe Human Search Engine
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You should be careful what songs you put on your site. Modern songs are under copyright so it would have to be in the public domain for your country. You would need to get clearance from the artist if you use a particular version of the song.
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Legally, all you have to do is write (or type) the copyright on the song/essay/book whatever with your name or a pseudonym after the date and name.\n\n\nBUT, it will help you protect your copyright if you register it.\n\nwww.copyright.gov/register/\nhas the form you need.\nthe form is free.\nRegistering the copyright costs 30 dollars or so in the US.
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Depends on if you have any rythem or not.  You must have the beat as well.  Some can write a song in a few minutes and others never get it right on paper.
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Get some info on song copyrighting......ASAP.
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i think you should keep a copy with you own beat first. but you should also enter this contest and get your name put out there as well.\nhttp://www.thebeatgame.com\nGood luck!\nlet me know how it goes\nyou can e mail me
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First of all...ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC  are NOT publishing companies.  You do need to join one of them, however, as they are performing rights companies.  (i.e., they are the ones that make sure you get paid when clubs, radios, bands, jukeboxes, etc., play your music).  \n\nPublishing is entirely separate.  You can send your demos to different publishing companies, or you can start one yourself.  Publishing music is kind of tricky to explain.  There are several books on the subject, and I suggest you do some reading before you decide your next move.  The music industry is a very tough and competitive industry, and it will eat you alive if you are not prepared for it.\n\nP.S.  Whatever you do, do NOT sign away the copyrights to your music.  That is where you make all of your money from the recordings.   Some record labels will try to rip you off and take those away from you (like the Beatles, they signed away all their rights, and Michael Jackson owns most of their catalog).
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There are many routes you can take. I tend to send clients the route less traveled as you have a better chance of getting picked up.  Most say you need an agent, and yes that is true if you want to be published by Powerhouse or other Large Publishing company.  However, they often pass on great books because they have so many in progress.  I manage writers, poets, models, and musicians. For all my writers I send them to small publishing houses first. I currently have a client and friend signed to YinSumi Press (www.yinsumi.com) at first I was hesistant to send her but they gave the best long term deal.  It is ran by people who have worked in the entertainment industry for over 15 years. So they already have her doing speaking engagements and her book doesn't go to press until August. Plus she will earn more than the larger publishing house was offering her.  They are a small publshing house with all the connections of a large publishing house. You might want to check them out. But if you do choose to go to a large publishing house, please get an agent and be patient, it may take years before anyone picks up your story.
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Make as many CD copies as you can and post them out to as many radio stations that you can find.\n\nGood luck!!
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actually no i don't. BUT i always put a title and any lame lyrics for the song i want to write to be able to determine chords and scales i wanna use..... it comes really in handy to write something you really feel, u know? try it out if you are a song writer :)
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Just check local papers or guitar shops may have a bulletin board.  Often, local city papers that're more "indie" have musician want ads. for ex. in NYC, you see dozens in "The Village Voice")
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You can upload the song to a site like :)\n\n\nhttp://www.imgdump.net/index.php?uploadsong=1\n\nit will convert the song to embedded code and url code- copy the one you need, probably the embed code, and insert where you need to in your website profile. Not all profiles support music, but, if they do, there you go, just follow the instructions:)
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Hit up Spread Radio Live for their Indie Artist of the month contest.\n\nAnd it just so happens I am a Promoter...Check my page.
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There are only two ways that I know of that are effective: the best is via an intermediary who knows the performer or his/her agent personally. The other is a letter to the editor in a major newspaper or magazine. The performer's press agent will see it and may or may not pass the information on.\n\nThese days it might be possible to leverage a blog or YouTube to get your point across. But I don't know how.
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iTunes\nYou can buy the song, maybe some others and put it on a cd.
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Well, there are numerous way to go about this...\n\n1: Once an album is completed, the artists and the producer(s) select what songs will become singles. You then mail copies of the singles to radio stations. In turn, the radio stations choose which songs they are willing to air.\n\n2: A web campaign is a brilliant idea. If you or your record label have the money, try advertising on websites that appeal to the same demographic as your music does.\n\n3: Tour! Tour! Tour! This is the most important aspect of your marketing. If people like you on stage, they WILL buy your music. Hire a tour manager and constantly be looking for music festivals to perform at.\n\n4: If somehow, by magic, you are able to get Paul McCartney to collaborate on a song, exploit it! But if you can't, stick to writing good music and believe in yourself.
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From ASCAP:\n"If you plan to hire your own musicians and singers and create an original recording of a copyrighted song, then you need the permission of only the music publisher. [...] Recording rights for most publishers are represented by the Harry Fox Agency" \n\nFrom Harry Fox Agency:\n"If you are manufacturing and distributing copies of a song which you did not write, and you have not already reached an agreement with the song's publisher, you need to obtain a mechanical license. This is required under U.S. Copyright Law, regardless of whether or not you are selling the copies that you made."\n\nThe exception is if the song is in the Public Domain; go to http://www.pdinfo.com/ to check if it is or not.