The Road to Publishing // A Songwriter's Perspective

This workshop will give you an intense and very helpful overview from a professional songwriter's perspective on how to be prepared to and actually get your first publishing deal.

How does this area of the music industry work in general? What do I need to know, how can I be best prepared to take my first successful steps towards my first publishing deal? 

This workshop is for everyone, who is writing music and wants to turn this into a profession, a real pro will guide you along the way.

●  Short intro on Performing rights societies and their operations.
●  What is Publishing its purpose and practicalities, how is it different from a label?
●  Library Music, how does it work, how can it serve as an asset to your skill set in acquiring a publishing deal?
●  Working to briefs, separation between artist and commercial viability / simplicity.
●  Defining your skill set / what assets do you need to become appealing to a publisher?
●  As singer / writer / producer and in business.
●  Covering buyouts, toplining, production, researching the artists you work with.
●  Working with splits and percentages, what is your worth/how can you assert
●  Developing your contact bases and partners.