THE
GUILD OF INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS & COMPOSERS
The home of songwriting for all songwriters, composers, singer songwriters, performing artistes, lyicists, DJs and all those involved in the music industry. The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers are the publishers of Songwriting & Composing Magazine since 1986 - The songwriting magazine for songwriters & composers getting you connected with the music industry.
This is the website of The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers which contains information on songwriting, composing and music publishing for songwriters, composers & lyricists. Our 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.
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YOUR COPYRIGHTS
The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers Copyright
Registration Centre, the leading independent music copyright registration witnessing
service for Certified copyright & intellectual property rights of songwriters,
composers, lyricists and the music industry in general, is a free service for
Guild members. The
Guild will supply where there is ever any copyright dispute certified information
and a copy of works registered with the Guild, as an official declaration of a
members registration, to solicitors, lawyers or any member's other legal representatives
in any country in the world where cases of copyright disputes
arise, to support our members' copyright registrations and claims. More
information on copyright registration is on our services page within this website.
The
UK's premier songwriting organisation for international songwriters & composers,
performing artistes, musicians, lyricists and all those involved in the music
industry.
Where Do I Begin?
How do I progress from my current status? - questions you may ask. Analysis
of your current situation will help you begin moving in the right direction with
your songwriting, composing, recording and business developments. You may be a
novice songwriter, composer, artiste or you may be established and require a better
understanding of issues that need further explanation and clarification. As a
Guild member, talking to us will help us to identify your specific aims in the
music industry and try to help you with your market direction for exploitation
of your copyrights and performances and understanding of how to get your money
being royalties from the exploitation of your copyrights and performances. Our
member consultants work full time in the music industry as music publishers, record
company owners, producers, distributors and promotors, and are experienced professionals.
For
the eighth year running the Guild of International Songwriters & Composers
is pleased to announce our continued sponsorship and support of the 2010 UK Songwriting
Contest and contributor to the prize list. In 2008 and 2009 like previous
years Guild members won the winning 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 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)
The
Guild of International Songwriters & Composers. The home of songwriting for songwriters
and composers.
Publishers of Songwriting & Composing Magazine since
1986 - The songwriting magazine for songwriters
Songwriters
copyright protection service - Songwriters song assessment service - Songwriters
collaboration service
Songwriters advisory service - Songwriters investigation
service - Songwriting & Composing Magazine
Songwriters legal contact service
- Songsearch - Songwriters demo recording service
NEWS - INFORMATION - UPDATES
The
current issue of the Guild's SONGWRITING & COMPOSING MAGAZINE contains an
information on how to negotiate publishing agreements along with clauses and the
terms and conditions that should be contained in publishing agreements to make
them reasonable and fair, contact information for artistes, record companies and
music publishers along with leads and contacts to music publishers and record
companies seeking songs for music publishing and record deals, songwriters collaboration
register for composers seeking lyricists to co-write with, artiste and member
profile on Kevin Kendle, along with other useful information.
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Past issues of the Guild's SONGWRITING & COMPOSING MAGAZINE have contained informative articles 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, The Tipperary Song Contest, The Benelux Song Contest, The Unisong Song Contest, The American International Song Contest, a songwriters collaboration agreement for members use to protect their share interest in co-written works, members artistes profiles such as Charlie Landsborough, Kevin Kendle, Rik Waller, AudioJunkie, DJ Stylus, Shanelle, Zoe McCulloch, Pete Arnold, Memarie, Wayne Clarke, Toots Earl & Clown, to Guild members releases such as Pure Hardcore, Watermusic, Light from the Pleiades, Even the Willows are Weeping, Saturday Night Singles, Real Street Blues, etc, etc, along with much other useful information.
Songwriting
& Composing Magazine
Songwriting & Composing Magazine
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NEWS
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A
successful 2009 for songwriters songwriting royalties
Over £545m of royalties were
paid to PRS for Music songwriter, composer and publisher members in 2009 – resulting
in an increase of 9% year-on-year. For the first time our revenue has topped £600
million, which is an amazing achievement. PRS for Music’s record results have
seen: Licensing revenue growth of 8% on 2008 Double digit growth in three of our
four licensing areas effective licensing of new online services Growth of 9% in
net distributable revenue on 2007
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A total of £5,552,000 mechanical royalties were distributed...
In
September a total of £5,552,000 mechanical royalties were distributed by
The mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) a royalty collection organisation
licensing songwriters, composers and music publishers members works. MCPS is part
of the MCPS-PRS-Alliance now called PRSForMusic
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PRS
for Music and YouTube
PRS
for Music and YouTube have announced a new licensing agreement that covers music
contained in videos streamed via the online video platform. As a result, premium
music videos will be reinstated to YouTube in the United Kingdom. The
deal will also be backdated to January 2009, when YouTube’s previous licence expired.
As a result of the agreement the songwriters, composers and music publisher members
that PRS for Music represents will be rewarded with royalty payments when their
music is used.
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Songwriters
& Composers tracks in Television, audio-visuals, film, advertising, multimedia
and games
The
MCPS Independent Production Company (IPC) blanket licence is to be extended for
a period of 1 year from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011. Launched in August 2007,
the IPC scheme provides a simple and cost effective way for producers of TV programmes
to access your music without the need to clear works individually. The licence
is used primarily by producers of programmes for Channel 4, Five and S4C and so
far over 200 independent production companies have signed up to the licence (including
key accounts such as Endemol, RDF, Objective, and Olga).
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THE
PERFORMING RIGHT SOCIETY - PRS wins key ruling on Pan-European Licensing
The
Performing Right Society - PRS, who paid over £250 million to songwriters,
composers and music publishers in the first six months of 2008, wins a court case
over its Dutch equivalent, BUMA, preventing them from issuing an illegal pan-European
licence for online rights.
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THE
2010 TIPPERARY SONG CONTEST
The
Tipperary Peace Convention Song Contest (Ireland) which is now open for entries,
was formed as part of the annual Tipperary Peace Convention in 1983 The Guild
of International Songwriters & Composers is 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.
Entry form for the contest is in the Guild's Songwriting & Composing Magazine.
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CD
Wow legal case
A
fantastic result was achieved by the BPI anti-piracy
unit, which will see an additional £1.3m returned to all members of Phonographic
Performance Ltd (PPL). The final settlement from the CD Wow legal case,
relating to a period of 2004-2007, was received by PPL in March 2009
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2010
UK SONGWRITING CONTEST NEWS
The
2010 UK Songwriting Contest is now open for entries. Entries this year can only
be made online via the contest's website, whereas in the past entry forms could
be posted to the contest's organisers. Guild members did well in last year's 2009
UK Songwriting Contest with members as overall category winners and many members
being placed as semi finalists and finalists
The
Guild of International Songwriters & Composers has sponsored and supported
the UK Songwriting Contest since the conception of the competition is again delighted
to continue with our sponsorship and support of this years 2010 UK Songwriting
Contest. Last years 2009 UK Songwriting Contest 2009
saw Guild members again win the songwriting competition in all main categories
with many more Guild members finishing as semi-finalists. The standard of entries
last year was extremely high and the judges had an even more difficult task than
in previous years judging winners. The winners, runners up and finalists represented
the very best of almost 7,000 entries. 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
U.S.A Songwriting Competition 2010
WINNERS ANNOUNCED, AND THE 15th ANNUAL USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION 2010 IS NOW OPEN FOR ENTRIES
(Fort
Lauderdale, FL, USA) January 8, 2010 – Teen phenom Sarah Lonsert won the Overall
Grand Prize of the 14th Annual USA Songwriting Competition along with co-writers
Jonathan George and Jami Templeton. Her winning song “Dancing Through Life” will
be on the USA Songwriting Competition's compilation CD this year. Sarah is only
17 years old and she not only broke the first prize record of being the youngest
winner but also the overall grand prize winner of being the youngest winner ever.
The previous youngest first prize winner was Kate Voegele, who won in 2005 at
18 years old. Adrianne Gonzalez was the youngest overall grand prize winner at
22 years old when she won in 1999. Sarah also won first prize in the Dance/Electronica
category, making her the first from that category to ever win the overall grand
prize. Sarah Lonsert will be releasing a full length CD earlier next year. Although
Sarah suffers from autism, she is a budding singer-songwriter and has also won
the L.A. Music Awards last month. Eric Colville (from Ipswich),) won the overall
second prize and Anne Simoni (from Brazil) won the overall third prize.
This
year also marks the first time that USA Songwriting Competition had two winners
from Spain. Ariel Queupumil from Guadalajara, Spain won the first prize in the
Latin Category while Eduardo de la Iglesia Nieto from Madrid, Spain won the First
Prize in the instrumental category. Nicole Morier and Fabien Waltman from Los
Angeles won the first prize in the Pop category. Nicole is has written songs for
Britney Spears and is also an artist. Winners came from all over: Spain, Canada,
United States, Denmark, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Norway, Brazil and
many more. Entries are currently being accepted for the 2010 15th Annual USA Songwriting
Competition. Winning songs of the 15th Annual USA Songwriting Competition will
receive airplay on a nationally syndicated radio program “Acoustic Café” as well
as Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
This is the first Songwriting Competition
that gives airplay to the winning songs, giving deserving bands, songwriters the
recognition and exposure they deserve. Entrants stand to win a grand prize of
over US$50,000 in cash and music gear from sponsors such as Sony, D’Addario Strings,
Ibanez Guitars, Audio-Technica, IK Multimedia, and more, making this the largest
prize package for any annual songwriting competition.
Many USA Songwriting
Competition winners in the past have received recording and publishing contracts,
have their songs placed on the charts as well as having their songs placed on
film and television. 2005 First Prize winner (Pop) Kate Voegele was signed to
Myspace/Interscope Records the year after she won and had her winning song hit
top 40 on the Billboard Charts, her latest album hit Top 10 on the Billboard 200
Album charts this summer. 2007 Overall Grand Prize Winner Ari Gold had his winning
song “Where The Music Takes You” hit #10 on the Billboard Dance Charts. Darrell
Scott, winner of the country category of the 2005 USA Song writing Competition
had his winning song "Good Ol USA" cut by award winning country singer Faith Hill
and the song was renamed “We've Got Nothing But Love to Prove.” Also, Kyler England,
2009 first prize winner just got signed to Universal Records. Judges include A&R
managers from record labels such as Warner, Capitol Records, Universal, BMG/SONY
Music. Sponsors include Sony, Audio-Technica, Ibanez Guitars, D'Addario Strings,
New Music Weekly, and Guitar Player Magazine.
Songs may be entered in
15 different categories including Pop, Rock/Alternative, R&B and Country. Entries
are accepted from now through May 28, 2010.
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BILLBOARD
SONG CONTEST ANNOUNCES NEW PARTNERSHIP
Tulsa, OK – The Billboard World Song Contest is excited to announce a new strategic sponsor partnership with Tate Music Group, an innovator in developing talent, new media marketing and product distribution. Tate Music Group will select one Grand Prize Winner from our twelve categories to receive a TMG new artist development contract that includes (1) recording a full album (2) event booking and (3) radio and web promotion!
The Billboard World Song Contest is open to artists worldwide and offers unparalleled exposure via its stellar reputation and renowned compilation CD featuring songs from winners in its twelve songwriting categories. Prizes are awarded to the top songwriters. The Tate Music Group (www.tatemusicgroup.com) partnership will expand benefits to winners by offerings prizes and promotional opportunities to top 36 places in the contest.
The contest features a new Fan Favourite category. Submissions to this new category will garner further exposure by being featured on the Billboard Song Contest webpage when they submit a new entry and as they gather votes from fans. The Fan Favourite winners (first, second and third place) will earn placement on the compilation disc.
The Billboard Song Contest was the first of its kind and continues to break ground in exposing new talent to the world. The top three winners in all categories benefit from distribution of the Billboard World Song Contest Winners’ CD which is sent to music executives, producers, publishers, agents, promoters, and more throughout the industry. Over $30,000 worth of prizes. For many participants this is a springboard to success. All entry submissions were due by December 31, 2009. Further information on the 2010 contest will be posted when information is available.
Categories include Rock/Alt.Rock, Pop, Country, Americana/Folk, Latin, Contemporary Christian/Traditional Gospel, Jazz, R&B/Blues, HipHop/Rap, World, Electronica/Soundtrack/Dance. The new Fan Favourite category can be accessed after entering a song into one of our previously mentioned categories. Sponsors include Tate Music Group, CASIO, D’Addario Strings, TAXI-The Independent A&R Vehicle, Indie Band Manager, Discmakers, CD Baby, Blublocker Sunglasses, GoGirlsMusic.com, The Halsey Institute, and exclusive online song submission partner Sonicbids.com.
Further details can be found in the Guild's Songwriting & Composing Magazines
only availabe free to Guild members.
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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 4,000 students
and 480 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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