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I am a songwriter and I have been in search for artists - solo singers or bands - who would like to use my songs or who would like me to write for them. I write songs in the following genres: Indie pop, Indie rock, Soul, Acoustic and Folk.
Thank you, any replies would be appreciated.

Here is the link to some of my work:

http://m.facebook.com/home.php?refsrc=h ... 3766644275

Your competition of today are singer/songwriters who can write, perform and produce.

But people will start to invite you into their teams, if you can prove yourself first.
Basically you need credentials (finished songs) and a solid web presence (website) in order to build your network.

Network means everything today, because if you can't do all of the above 100%, you need collaborators for what you can't do, and collaborators comes in different flavours, like pro, intermediate and rookie

Therefore you need credentials to prove your songwriting abilities, in order to get invited into high performance songwriting teams.

Thank you for your advice Magne. I would work on it.

I second the motion on the networking.

In this business, people like to work with folks they know. I suggest rather than posting a help wanted ad all over the place, you get on the forum and participate, get to know people and start building relationships. Form a "what can I do for you" type of approach and be interactive. You'll find eventually that you'll gravitate to your "people" and find folks that you can easily work with.

Also, I want to hear what you can do. Simply stating that you can write these styles of songs isn't going to make me want to work with you right away. Where can I audition your skills, what credits do you have, who have you worked with or signed songs with?

I don't mean this to sound harsh, it's just that this is a relationship business and I need to know you before I can decide if I want to work with you.

Happy New Year!

Mazz

Mazz you are right, and the "what can I do for you" approach is the way I want to do it. I will send you a message answering all of your questions. Thank you, you all are quite helpful Happy New Year to you as well.

mazz wrote:Also, I want to hear what you can do.

Yes, I'm curious too.

Stuart

Hello Stuart,
I would send you my samples. But please know that I am not claiming to be amazingly good at these genres, I just meant that I write in those genres. I hope people are not getting the wrong message

SMartinez wrote:Hello Stuart,
I would send you my samples. But please know that I am not claiming to be amazingly good at these genres, I just meant that I write in those genres. I hope people are not getting the wrong message

Yes of course, no problem.

Even reading a few lyrics would be good. Whatever you are comfortable with.

Stuart

cardell wrote:

SMartinez wrote:Hello Stuart,
I would send you my samples. But please know that I am not claiming to be amazingly good at these genres, I just meant that I write in those genres. I hope people are not getting the wrong message

Yes of course, no problem.

Even reading a few lyrics would be good. Whatever you are comfortable with.

Stuart

Hello Stuart,
I have made a Facebook account and I have posted some of my lyrics there. You can view them here: http://m.facebook.com/home.php?_rdr#!/c ... 0?__user=0