Songwriters Marketplace

Gayle Skidmore – Music Stuck In Our Heads

Ken and Dave — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:02:50 +0000

Gayle Skidmore, Grammy nominated San Diego-based indie folk pop artist, is delighted to announce the release of her first full-length album/coloring book, Make Believe, on Raincoat Records. Make Believe showcases Gayle’s ingenuity and versatility as an artist with its intriguing range of styles, intricate melodies and depth of emotion. Truly prolific, Gayle Skidmore has written > Read More

Viral Marketing for Singer-Songwriters

Cliff Goldmacher — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:20:00 +0000

The Bad News In my 15 years of making a full-time living in the music world, one thing has become more and more clear to me. It’s work. The romantic image of the starving artist being so incredibly talented that one day he or she gets “discovered” and becomes rich and famous is a dangerous > Read More

Australia’s Anthony Snape Adroitly Amazes America

Ken and Dave — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:56:00 +0000

Anthony Snape recalls years of school productions, local rock bands and a passion that couldn’t be satisfied in his native Australia. He worked solidly as a session singer for radio, TV and as a backing vocalist. Which culminated in Anthony co-writing and recording the Sydney 2000 Olympic games theme song for the official National Radio > Read More

The DIY Guide to Submitting Your Songs to Anyone in the Music Industry

Cliff Goldmacher — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:26:11 +0000

So you’ve written a great song, made a fabulous demo and now you’ll live happily ever after, right? Well, kind of… This article is the official “chapter after” you’ve written and recorded your song. There’s no doubt that being a great songwriter and having beautifully recorded versions of your songs is an admirable goal in > Read More

Ken Lehnig On Writing Lyrics

Ken Lehnig — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 22:01:16 +0000

You have decided that you want to write your own songs. Your mood is positive, you have set up a quiet place to write, guitar or piano is at the ready, a chord progression program is loaded on your computer, a dictionary, a rhyming dictionary, and thesaurus is at the ready. You are done fixin’ > Read More