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copyright  - the legislation, the options, how and when to register

rhyme schemes - list of the names and types of rhyme

song check list - A list of questions to ask yourself to help you decide whether you have written a classic song.

Chord Map in the key of C - Copied, with permission from Steve Mugglin's wonderful site "Music Theory for Songwriters." 

10 song writing blunders - a comparison between classic songs & indie/demo recordings - kindly supplied by Roedy Black.

36 rules for bands - a light-hearted look at things to avoid.

Publishing basics - kindly supplied by Irene Jackson

How good your demo should be? - including tips on marketing

A songwriters collaboration agreement - for those that think they need one.

How to make a $million from your music - the secret information they don't want you to know.

How  to make a $million from your music Part II - A list of some of the more dubious ways to part a musician and songwriter from their hard-earned cash.

How to make a $million from your music Part III (UK-version) - a light-hearted look at some of the advice available (for a price) on the net.

Links

The Creative Bit :-

including for wordsmiths, music makers, general song writing groups, songwriter web rings and fellow song writers with helpful tips/links

Musicianship/Tutorials etc :-

including for singing, piano, guitar, drums, harp, ear training and on line music stores.

The Recording Bit :-

including software, home recording advice, singer/song writer services, preparing for the studio, recording studios.

Samples :-

including loops, sf2, royalty free

Getting Heard :-

Including critique boards, promotion and critique boards

Information Overload :-

including band registration sites, lyric sites, further link sites, genre specific sites, humour, and miscellaneous links

Online facilities- radio & magazines

internet radio, magazines.

Some more useful links :-

Copyright and royalty collection agencies, song writer and musician organisations, legal advice sites, including a separate UK listing for the same

Chat rooms and message boards :-

Where a copyright is claimed be sure to ask the copyright holder, other than that, you are welcome to use any other page for your  own site, please let me know so I can add a link to you.

 

Richhoncho's Songwriters Links

Promotion, uploading songs

So you think you are ready to go public with your music - here's a bunch of sites to help with getting opinions, places to get people to hear and places you can promote yourself or your band.

Critique Boards

Places to upload your music

How to stream songs from your own webpage.
you create a text file called songname.m3u, and place it in your web audio directory. The file contains the absolute reference for the songpath, e.g.

http://www.yourwebsite/audio/songname.mp3

then you hyperlink your html to songname.m3u

Promotion