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Country (& maybe other genres) writer's article

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:16 am
by devin
Here's an article from my PRO. Quote:"Only 46 writers stood in the golden circle in 2004, which means more people were struck by lightning in the U.S. than wrote a #1 Country song. Of those 46 writers, six were artists who recorded the songs they participated in. The good news for non-artists, or "stand alone" writers, is that they were responsible for writing two-thirds of those #1 songs."Full article:http://www.ascap.com/nashville/murphy/murphy19.htmlJust a tiny bit dated as a 2004 hit country song summary.

Re: Country (& maybe other genres) writer's articl

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:20 am
by matthoggard
Yep,Now its safe to say that "stand alone" writers are responsible for less than a quarter of the number one songs.Matt

Re: Country (& maybe other genres) writer's articl

Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:38 am
by jwebbinspired
Yeah you almost need to have co-writes with the artists themselves.I can't say who, but I might have a co-write with a country artist who has a new video on CMT.com hopefully he follows through on his offer.AndyAndy