New Service for Songwriters: Songwriter-Connect.com

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I was contacted recently by Christian Erhardt, CEO/Founder of a new service for songwriters called Songwriter Connect. It’s new, so obviously there’s no opportunity for researching their effectiveness yet, and until I know more I can’t offer an endorsement. But it’s a unique approach to connecting songwriters with performers, and so I’d encourage you to check out their website.

Briefly, you apply for acceptance to their service by sending them two songs. Applying is free. (I’d remind you that anytime you send music to anyone, you should register the copyright with your country’s copyright office or intellectual property office.)

Your application and two songs are evaluated, and if accepted, you’re authorized to sign up as songwriter or composer. Once you’ve done that, you browse through their listings and bid on an opportunity to work with a “chart-topping” artist.

As I say, I can’t call this an endorsement, because it’s new and untested (as far as I know). And it’s not clear to me what they mean by “bid” on an opportunity. Unless I’m misunderstanding the use of that term, it sounds like songwriters would compete monetarily for the chance to work with an artist. If that’s not the case, perhaps someone from their company will comment below.

Regarding their promise to connect you to chart-topping artists, Christian says on the website:

We don’t promise you that you will write music for Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake or One Direction, but we do promise you to connect you with singers and bands you normally wouldn’t get to write for.

In an email to me, Christian said that as soon as the beta version is launched, which they plan to do once they’ve got a few hundred songwriters signed up, they hope to be able to provide 2-5 recording sessions with an established artist for their songwriters during the beta test phase of about 4-6 months.

So as always, be careful and ask questions. They seem like good people who are keen to help develop opportunities for good songwriters. I’ve written them a couple of times with questions, and they’ve been quick to reply. I do like the fact that they want to evaluate the songwriters and their music before acceptance. It shows that they aren’t promising fame and fortune to anyone who pays a fee.

I’m not connected in any way with their company, so it won’t do much good to ask me questions about this. But they’ve posted their email addresses at the bottom of their website. As I’d recommend to anyone thinking of sending their music anywhere, be sure you do your research and ask all your questions first.

Check out the Songwriter Connect.

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Written by Gary Ewer. Follow on Twitter.

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