How to Pitch and Promote Your Songs

by Fred Koller

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898793238
• ISBN13: 9780898793239
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Writer's Digest Books
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

An astonishing book

As a songwriter pitching my own songs I have read some books on the subject. This book made me set my hopes low as the Author mainly have been working out of Nashville for the most of his songwriting career; wich spans decades. What a pleasant surprise. This book is written so straightforward and it applies in a very global way, broadening the Nashville horizon to any corner of the world. This book is a must read either your are trying to pitch your songs from a project studio in Africa or on the north pole. It's simply brilliant, allthough some part of it has slipped past the updates, it doesnt make it less interesting. Not at all. This book boosts my wish to produce and pitch more often and it really gives a feeling of self esteem in the process. Put shortly; a must-have. You would regret not having this one on the shelf. Nuf said.

An invaluable guide and tutorial for song promoters.

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.

NASHVILLE SONG SYSTEM DESCRIBED IN HELPFUL GUIDEBOOK

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.

Fred Koller offers his insider's know-how

A very useful guide...especially if your ambitions are Nashville-centric. Helpful insights into the inner workings of the music business are rare and appreciated. This one is not academic....it is practical.