The Songwriters Survival Guide to Success

The Songwriters Survival Guide To Success ** by Dude McLean. (Music Pro Guides). Music Pro Guide Books & DVDs. Softcover. 208 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Veteran music publisher Dude McLean presents the how-to of getting your songs recorded. Its the art and craft of songplugging from the perspective of a veteran music publisher whos been pitching, and been pitched to, for years. McLeans experience covers every aspect of music publishing, including representing, securing record deals for, administrating for, and having songs recorded or written by everyone from Ray Charles to Whitney Houston * ZZ Top to Twisted Sister * Johnny Cash to Tanya Tucker -– not to mention Stevie Ray Vaughan * Gerald Albright * Air Supply * Glenn Ballard * and Cher.

The Songwriters Survival Guide To Success – How To Pitch Your Songs covers every aspect of songplugging with proven step-by-step procedures. It deals with the how, when, why, and to whom to pitch, details how to find and keep contacts and how to get to artists –- and, of course, explains how to link up with a good music publisher.

To expand songwriters horizons, the book details the varied music markets, organizations, seminars, periodicals, and online sites geared to them. It prepares the songwriter to join the mainstream of the music business by dispelling music-business mysteries and debunking music-business myths. Highlights:

• Step-by-step procedures on how to get your songs recorded
• A songwriters dream survival guide
• The pyschology and how-to of marketing yourself to music-business decision makers
• The only book written for songwriters from the viewpoint of a music publisher.