What a fantastic article on how to make your own mark as a songwriter and how to stand out from the publishers point of view. Have good form, a good style, be original... sound boring? FAR from it. Read on...
Special thanks to James Linderman for such as valuable insight.
Calvin
The Hit Song Puzzle
"Lets face it, as songwriters, we are all trying to sort out the pieces of a huge puzzle. The puzzle represents what it is that publishers are exactly looking for as they weed through the thousands of demos they receive, in search of the next big hit. Perhaps it would help if we were to try to imagine what we might ask them to create if it was their job to make the art and our job to sell it.
I think we would then begin to look at the music marketplace as a place where business trends and sociological shifts meet with creating art and making your mark. This is where the rubber meets the road if it is a hit song you are after..."
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