How to Pitch and Promote Your Songs [Paperback]

Fred Koller (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1880559633 | ISBN-13: 978-1880559635 | Publication Date: June 1, 1997 | Edition: Rev Sub

To help songwriters capitalize on this demand for songs and understand the many changes and pitfalls within the industry, a veteran songwriter now shares his success secrets.

Recording pioneers would hardly recognize the music industry today. While new acts rise and fall, technology such as CD burners and Internet file sharing programs ignite battles over copyrights and royalties. One aspect of music that has not changed, however, is the industry's insatiable appetite for new songs. Fred Koller, whose hundreds of recorded compositions include three number one hit songs, has fully revised and expanded his classic guide How to Pitch and Promote Your Songs.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Ensure that your songs will always produce what every songwriter dreams of—royalty checks. Buy this book and read it!” -- Lee Wilson, attorney and author of Making It in the Music Business

“...comes complete with an encouraging pat on the back and a motivational kick in the butt.” -- Walter Carter, songwriter and author of The Songwriter’s Guide to Collaboration

“Any songwriter with hopes of selling a song to a recording artist should read this book.” -- Washington Post --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

Drawing from his nearly thirty years of experience as a professional songwriter, Koller reveals the tools to getting songs recorded. By detailing a hit song's journey from the writer's imagination to music store shelves, Koller helps readers understand the business perspective of songwriters, publishers, producers, agents, and others. Songwriters can use this insight to negotiate with music publishers, target specific producers through the use of "trademark" styles, work within the latest marketing trends, and much more. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Allworth Press; Rev Sub edition (June 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880559633
• ISBN-13: 978-1880559635
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,202,616 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable guide and tutorial for song promoters., March 22, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Pitch and Promote Your Songs (Paperback)

Songwriters have benefitted from the prior editions of this classic: this third edition updates information, expanding and revising chapters and revealing today's new tools needed to get songs recorded. From understanding the business needs of agents and producers to targeting producers with special styles, How To Pitch And Promote Your Songs is an invaluable guide to the basics.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NASHVILLE SONG SYSTEM DESCRIBED IN HELPFUL GUIDEBOOK, January 11, 2000

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Ron Simpson (Provo, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Pitch and Promote Your Songs (Paperback)

Koller is a working Nashville songwriter who also sits on the board of the Nashville Songwriter's Association International (NSAI), which does a terrific job of mentoring capable young songwriters and giving them an entry point into the Nashville writers' community. The title pretty well describes the book, and Koller is an author equal to his task. On another point, as Writer's Digest pulls back from its ten years of leadership in the field of music business books (mid-80's to mid- 90's), I'm glad to see former Writer's Digest authors such as Koller and Paul Zollo finding good second homes. In the case of Fred Koller, our thanks go to Allworth Press in New York, a division of Billboard Books. Ron Simpson, School of Music, Brigham Young University. Author of MASTERING THE MUSIC BUSINESS.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great piece of work, July 3, 2006

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Maeson (Greenbelt, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Pitch and Promote Your Songs (Paperback)

book worth the price and more. I highly recommend this book to gain greater insights in the Music business or any business. It was a great buy along with a couple of manuals purchased from Musicbrains.net entitled the Indie label Kit on Amazon, Music business 101, future of music and Guide to releasing an independent record by Tim Sweeney.