• Do One “Business” Thing Every Day.
• Join/Start A Songwriting Group
• Don’t Wait For A Publishing Deal To Act Like You Have One

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• Songwriter Job Description, Career as a Songwriter, Salary, Employment - Definition and Nature of the Work, Education and Training Requirements, Getting the Job

     

   
• Education and Training Bachelor’s degree
• Basic Job Description
• Songwriters usually gain exposure in the music industry by freelance writing for various music publications. They use these writing opportunities to gain contacts and connections in the industry, and write music on the side. Once they have written pieces that they would like to see sold to an artist, they will pitch it to producers, artists or record labels they have become familiar with to see what they think and if they are willing to purchase the song from them.

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• Sometimes when I transcribe these interviews, one of the artist’s songs constantly loops through my head.  That’s a testament, of course, to the powerful melody the songwriter has crafted. This happened as I transcribed my conversation with Cy Curnin of The Fixx, but it wasn’t just one song.  It was several:  songs like “Red Skies,” “Stand or Fall,” “Secret Separation,” Are We Ourselves,” and of course “One Thing Leads to Another,” with their infectious choruses and bass riffs, never stopped playing in my head.