listings for "other" artists

[brownmb5]

I just read the new listings and it doesnt seem very organized (especially for bands/artists looking to make it for themselves). Why are there listings inside of genre's to submit songs that "other" already signed artists need to continue their success? Shouldnt these listings be isolated to the "songwriter" sections? For example, I was looking in the POP and ROCK Labels and Publishers section and found multiple listings to submit your songs for the use of "other" artists...again it seems like these should be in the songwriter section. I would like to see more listings looking to discover the undiscovered...doesnt seem to be a whole lot of this here. I will give it time (I'm a new member), but I joined to give my music a real shot for myself and my band (not to help someone else...THAT SHOULD BE WRITING THEIR OWN STUFF ANYWAY IF THEY ARE TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF LONG TERM SUCCESS!!!!!

[markjsmith]

There are a bunch of band listings, you just have to scroll past the Film Tv Game listings. I know in the band listings a lot of time they give other bands as examples, but I think this is more of a genre example rather than looking for "ringer" songs. Although there are those artists out there who will need songs from time to time, esp. country artists. I think there are probably less of these than film & TV stuff cause the need for brand new bands is consiserably lower than the need for music in TV shows for example. You'll hear tons of short snippets of a lot of songs in just one show (mostly by new artists so they don't have to pay big sync licenses). On MTV ( do they still even play music videos ) or the radio ( Lots of commercials and jabber from some lame DJ and how often do they actually play a new band or song ) there is far less need for new artists. Perseverance Brother, I think that is the key! As far as writing for other artists, what could be better than a hit song on your resume'. That could lead to a lot of success for you or your band. Jack Johnson wrote "Rodeo Clowns" and G Love covered it, a lot of industry people took notice and it opened a lot of doors! I wouldn't discount any opportunity, you never know what doors it may open! Anyway, I wish you all the best ( and your band )-Mark