THE
GUILD OF INTERNATIONAL
SONGWRITERS & COMPOSERS
SONGWRITING
- The Guild's website introduces you to the UK's premier songwriting organisation
- The Guild of International Songwriters and Composers where we outline
some of the many aspects of songwriting, composing and the music industry.
The
Guild of International Songwriters and Composers (GISC) is
a UK songwriting organisation based in England UK serving the international community.
The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers members are songwriters,
composers, lyricists, poets, performing songwriters, musicians, music publishers,
studio owners, music industry personnel, etc, from many countries throughout the
world.
The Guild of International Songwriters & Composers has been publishing
Songwriting
& Composing Magazine since 1986, which is issued free to all
Guild members throughout their membership. The Guild of International Songwriters
and Composers offers advice, guidance, assistance, protection, information,
encouragement and services to Guild members with regard to helping members achieve
their aims, ambitions, progression and advancement in respect to the many different
aspects of the music industry. Information, advice and services available to Guild
members throughout their membership includes assistance, advice and help on many
matters such as:
How
to get money, how to earn royalties from songwriting, composing and performing,
copyright protecting your songs, lyrics and instrumental themes from being stolen,
songwriting song assessments, promoting songs and songwriting talents to music
publishers and your songwriting and performing talents to record companies and
management companies.
Who requires songs and instrumental themes for music publishing and recording,
getting a publishing deal, getting a record deal, setting up your own music publishing
company, setting up your own record company and label, songwriters' songwriting
collaboration register for lyricists and composers, contact information for music
publishing companies seeking songs and songwriters, record companies, management
companies, artistes and music industry personnel, recording, music publishing,
management, producer contracts.
Understanding terms, conditions, clauses and statements in contracts, Equity and
the Musicians' Union, Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS), Performing
Right Society (PRS), Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL), Video Performance
Limited, (VPL), Royalty collection organisations outside the United Kingdom.
How songwriting royalties are collected and paid, who pays the songwriting and
performing money (royalties), songwriting and the Internet, setting up a home
recording studio, songwriting song contests, songwriting and songwriters legal
issues, promoting and marketing instrumental themes, Music industry contact information,
releasing records on your own songwriting label and the Internet, music publishing
your songs yourself, guarding against being ripped off, avoiding the sharks, recording
old songs in public domain, sonwriting and composing for radio, television, film,
audio-visual and advertisements, recording demos, sub-publishing your songs in
foreign territories, pitching and plugging songs, songwriting promotion opportunities,
licensing your recordings to companies for release, distribution (digital and
physcal) , getting a songwriting partner, songwriting partnership agreements and
how they work, MP3 and music on the web, digital downloads, Digital Service Providers
(DSP's), Internet aggrgators, and much much more, these are just some of the many
diverse aspects of the music industry and songwriting, composing and performing.
The
Guild of International Songwriters & Composers aim is to assist and help its
members to gain knowledge of the songwriting, composing and performing aspects
of the music industry and to help maintain the rights of The Guild of International
Songwriters & Composers members, being the new, amateur, semi-professional
and professional songwriters, composers, lyricists, poets, performing songwriters,
musicians, home, semi-pro, professional studio owners, music industry personnel,
etc, working within the music industry, especially with the marketing and placement
of Guild members' songs, instrumental themes, performances and copyright material,
thus trying to assist Guild members to achieve commercial success and financial
reward for their songs and songwriting.
This
website introduces you to the premier UK songwriting music industry organisation
- The Guild of International Songwriters and Composers and also outlines
some of the many aspects of songwriting, composing and the music industry.
Songwriting
Link
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