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Name: Kenny Hart

Kenny Hart is an award-winning singing songwriter and freelance writer from the Greater Cincinnati area who currently writes music articles and reviews for Indie-music.com and his own "blogzine", The Singing Songwriter. With more than thirty years' experience as a writer, singer, and musician, Kenny has touched and been touched by nearly every musical genre; his passion for music is not fettered by boundaries.

Friday, November 19, 2004

Book: 2005 edition of Songwriter's Market

From Writer's Digest:

"The 2005 edition of Songwriter's Market (Writer's Digest Books) offers more than 1,000 updated listings for record companies, booking agents and music producers. For nearly 30 years, this book has been helping aspiring songwriters get started on the road to a successful songwriting career.

"The book also contains a list of rules to help you avoid scams. Here are a few:

"1. Don’t sell your songs outright! If your song becomes successful, you’ll never get any royalties from it.

"2. Never pay for any sort of "submission fees," "review fees," "service fees," "filing fees," etc. Reputable companies review material free of charge.

"3. Never pay to have your song published. If a reputable company believes in your song, it’ll accept the costs involved.

"4. Never pay to have your lyrics or poems set to music. This is a classic rip-off.

"Get more tips from the 2005 edition of Songwriter's Market ($24.99), available at the WritersDigest.com bookstore:

http://www.writersdigest.com/store/booksdisplay.asp?id=10923"

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