THE GUILD OF INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS & COMPOSERS

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This is the website of The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers which contains information on songwriting, composing & music publishing for songwriters, composers & lyricists. This website also contains information for musicians, performing singer-songwriters, artistes, groups, bands, copyright owners, poets, publishers, record companies, management companies, studio owners, in fact all those with an interest in the music industry and all aspects of songwriting, composing, lyric writing, performing, singing, recording, music publishing, copyright protection, songwriting contests, management, songwriter collaborations and songwriting partnerships, songwriters songwriting assessments, song promotions, music industry contacts. Certified copyright & intellectual property witnessing service. The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers Copyright Registration Centre.

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For the sixth year running the Guild of International Songwriters & Composers is pleased to announce again our sponsorship and support of the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest and contributor to the prize list (see below).
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) quotes: Support for the UK Songwriting Contest competition comes from heavyweights of the music industry, The Guild of International Songwriters and Composers. (www.songwriters-guild.co.uk) and the BRIT Trust (of BRIT Awards fame)

In 2007 like previous years many Guild members won categories in the UK Songwriting Contest , with many, many runners-up and finalists. Many finalists and category winners in the UK Songwriting Competition were offered recording, management and publishing deals. The UK Songwriting Contest 2008 details and entry form will be available in the next edition of the Guild's Songwriting & Composing Magazine.

The Guild is also pleased to continue to support the American International Songwriting Competition (ISC) and we pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Competition (see below)

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The current issue of the Guild's SONGWRITING & COMPOSING MAGAZINE contains an informative article on writing instrumental music for the radio, television, film, audio-visual, advertising, multimedia and the games industry worldwide, along with member profiles, contact information for artistes, record companies and music publishers along with information on leads to music publishers and record companies seeking songs for music publishing and record deals, songwriters collaboration register, the USA songwriting competition 2008 information and entry form, along with other useful information.
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The previous issue of the Guild's SONGWRITING & COMPOSING MAGAZINE contains a songwriters collaboration agreement for members use to protect their share interest in co-written works, member profiles, contact information for artistes, record companies and music publishers along with information on leads to music publishers and record companies seeking songs for music publishing and record deals, songwriters collaboration register and other useful information.

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The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers which has sponsored and supported the UK Songwriting Contest is pleased to announce again our sponsorship and support of the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest.

Last years contest UK Songwriting Contest 2007 saw Guild members again win the songwriting competition in all main categories with many more Guild members finishing as runners-up. The standard of entries was again extremely high and the judges had an even more difficult task than in the previous 2006 year. The winners, runners up and finalists represented the very best of almost 5,000 entries.

2008 UK SONGWRITING CONTEST NEWS

The 2008 UK Songwriting Contest contest is now open for postal entries. Or you can enter your songs by email this year using our new email entry service or online through our online submissions partners. Here is the latest contest info:

PRIZES!!!!
Prizes this year include an impressive music industry Gold Disc Award for the winning writer, free song copyright registration packages as members of The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers , songwriting software from Sibelius, the impressive Lyricist V3 software from Virtual Studio Systems, Broadjam.com memberships for EVERYONE who enters, free professional music websites where you can promote and sell your songs, Sonicbids memberships, Guild of International Songwriters and Composers memberships giving access to all of the Guild's services such as the Guild members' free copyright Protection Service (more details in this website) copies of The Songwriting Sourcebook, promotional and career development packages, Music Diplomas (use the letters Dip.Mus after your name!) PLUS your song on the UK Songwriting Contest "Best of 2008” music industry CD release that promotes new songwriters to radio stations and producers, artists, managers, music publishers, agents and the media.

MEDIA COVERAGE – OPPORTUNITIES - RECOGNITION
Professionals in the music business know that this is the contest that gets writers noticed by people that matter in the music industry. For example, no other song contest in the world can boast that one of the winners, the Guild of International Songwriters & Composers member Natalie Chua was discovered and signed by Simon Cowell and received a Platinum Disc award for sales of 500,000. Every year contestants have their songs played on major radio stations, get interviewed on TV and radio and appear in the press all around the world. Many of these are new writers who have never even entered a songwriting contest before. This has led to many management and music publishing offers and recording opportunities for UK Songwriting Contest contestants . In the words of Channel 4 Television: "If you really want to make it as a songwriter this is the contest to enter" (Channel Four Television - Ideas Factory).

DON’T FORGET
A home recorded cassette/CD or a handwritten lyric sheet has as much chance of winning as an expensive studio production - because songwriting ability is being judged, NOT performance or production.

The UK Songwriting Contest was launched with The BRIT Trust (the organisation behind The BRIT Awards) supported by The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers whose free copyright service to Guild members is 25 years old this year, and is dedicated to promoting the art of songwriting and the discovery of new talent.
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The American International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
The Guild is pleased to continue to support the American International Songwriting Competition (ISC). Out of over 15,000 entries, Guild members, did extremely well in the competition, with many honorable mentions in multiple categories.

The winners were chosen by this year's prestigious panel of celebrity and industry judges including Tom Waits; Loretta Lynn; Nelly Furtado; Robert Smith (The Cure); Ray Davies (The Kinks); Ornette Coleman; John Mayall; Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Charlie Walk (President, Epic Records); and many others. More than $150,000 in cash and prizes will be shared among the 59 winners, including an overall Grand Prize of $25,000 (US) cash -- the largest cash grand prize of any songwriting competition in the world - and over $30,000 in merchandise and services.

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THE TIPPERARY SONG CONTEST
The Tipperary Peace Convention Song Contest was formed as part of the annual Tipperary Peace Convention in 1983
The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers the Home of Songwriting are pleased to continue to support the song contest where the winning song will receive the Tipperary Song of Peace Waterford Crystal Trophy along with a cash prize of 1,500 Euros.

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Berklee College of Music
The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers partners up with the Berklee College of Music
which is the world's largest independent music college and the premier institution for the study of contemporary music. The college's 3,800 students and 460 faculty members interact in an environment designed to provide the most complete learning experience possible, including all of the opportunities and challenges presented by a career in the contemporary music industry.

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MCPS-PRS Alliance - first to pay YouTube royalties
In April 2008 the MCPS-PRS Alliance will become the first collecting society in the World to pay royalties from YouTube. This first distribution will cover historical and recent usages (up to 31 December 2007) of MCPS and PRS members’ music which have been performed on the video sharing website to UK audiences.

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