Whoa! Very well said and very true David. Thanks for sharing that address to the Songwriters Guild. Anne, I don't know about you, but since I have made a commitment to music (whether I get paid or not), I feel like for the first time, I am exactly where I am supposed to be. Such a shame it took me 43 years to get there!
David, thanks again and I plan on writing to the Songwriters Guild as well! Sherelle In a message dated 12/10/2001 11:14:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 23:00:40 EST > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: song publishing questions (njc) > > Anne, one organization you should know about is the Songwriters Guild of > America. > > Write to George Wurzbach > Songwriters Guild of America > Room 1306 > 165 W 46th Street, NY NY 10036 > > and ask for membership info. > ************* > Now for my own cheerless outlook: > > Seeking out a publisher at this time would be, imo, premature. The reason > is > that you can offer them only the songs, no guaranteed way of making money. > > If you could walk into a publisher's office and say "I've just signed a > deal > to write six songs for the new Bette Midler movie," then they could see the > > mechanism whereby the money would be generated for them. > > It's the same business philosophy that makes a label reluctant to sign a > new > act until the act has proven that it has a following who will spend bucks. > > The music business is cruel; it reminds me of the Biblical parable of the > talents, where the third servant says to the returning lord, "Master, I > know > you are a hard man; that you reap where you have not sown." > > To reap where they have not sown is what almost every suit in the music > business devotes his/her career to. > > DAVID LAHM > > ------------------------------
