Members emcrae Posted January 21, 2003 Members Share Posted January 21, 2003 I've never really given this much thought until the past few months. Family and friends have sorta pressured or pushed me into looking into the aspect of possibly selling some of my original material. I've been writing for about 15-20 years and have a pretty good bit of material to my name. Problem is, I really don't know where to begin. I don't know anything about the legalities involved...copyrights, etc. Does a song have to be musically notated or composed to sheet music in order to be copyrighted and sold? How do you go about it? Any help or info greatly appreciated. Also any links that you know of with info on the subject would be very helpful.Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HoHum Posted January 21, 2003 Members Share Posted January 21, 2003 Your songs are copyrighted as soon as you record them, you need to "register" the copyright to help protect yourself. After that what you need to do is contact publishers and Labels and "ask" them for permission to send them a demo, this is much easier then people claim, The hardest part is getting the names and numbers of the right people, but this is not even that hard to do, just do research on the net, most "insiders" phone numbers are listed. Once you start calling people you will see the myth isn't true, most publishers would be happy to listen to your songs, that's why they are in business, to look for great songs. You need to have contact though, you need to talk on the phone and get permission but rarely will a publisher say, no thanks. After that it depends on if they like your music or not, but if you believe in yourself then keep calling people, keep sending demos until you get an offer. Here is a small list of publishers you may want to contact, I don't have the numbers but you can get them easy enough.... Wenonga publishingPublisher: EMI (Big John Platt)Buzz Cason PublicationsMurrah Music CorporationByron Gallimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlwayzMisBhavin Posted January 21, 2003 Members Share Posted January 21, 2003 Originally posted by HoHum Your songs are copyrighted as soon as you record them, you need to "register" the copyright to help protect yourself. After that what you need to do is contact publishers and Labels and "ask" them for permission to send them a demo, this is much easier then people claim, The hardest part is getting the names and numbers of the right people, but this is not even that hard to do, just do research on the net, most "insiders" phone numbers are listed. Once you start calling people you will see the myth isn't true, most publishers would be happy to listen to your songs, that's why they are in business, to look for great songs. You need to have contact though, you need to talk on the phone and get permission but rarely will a publisher say, no thanks. After that it depends on if they like your music or not, but if you believe in yourself then keep calling people, keep sending demos until you get an offer. Here is a small list of publishers you may want to contact, I don't have the numbers but you can get them easy enough.... Wenonga publishingPublisher: EMI (Big John Platt)Buzz Cason PublicationsMurrah Music CorporationByron Gallimore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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