Save yourself some money: Get out the Game!!!!!!

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Okay, I'm always attempting to be inspirational in this blog as well as help people learn the business side and the craft side of this business. On here, I'm always trying to inspire people to stay in the music business and to see their goals come to fruition. For all those who are really grinding it out, really about your business, really wanting to make your mark in the music industry, and are ready and willing to do business, but just need that extra boost, please check out all of my inspirational/encouragement posts if you need encouragement. They will surely motivate you to continue.

I've also attempted to provide some money-saving tips for those who are struggling independent artists. I've done some blogs helping you to not spend your money on things or people only to find out you didn't need what or who you spent your hard earned money on or that you needed something better. So please read the blogs on saving money.

But over the next week, I'm about to encourage some folks to save their money and leave this game, we call the music business because play time is over!!!!!! Play time IS over! Play time is OVER! Save your money and get out the game! This is the music BUSINESS, people!!!!!!! What? Did you think it was going to be easy?! That you were just going to breeze into it? That you don't have to put in the time, the money, the effort, the lack of sleep, the lack of freedom to do what you want when you want, to lose some friendships after seeing folks don't have your back or aren't as serious? That you weren't going to have to give up something to get something in return? That all you have to do is create music and that's it?!!!!!!

Play with YOUR time, play with YOUR own money, play with your keyboard, your MPC, your vocal chords, your creativity, or whatever is your choice of toy! But people who want to be in this business know that it's a business like any other business!

And trust me: some people know and understand it's a business. A billion dollar industry!

Check this out from this article I saw:

In North America, the music business will total $26.5 billion in 2011, growing at an average annual rate of 2.8% from $23.1 billion in 2006. Recorded music revenues will remain flat as declining CD sales cancel out the sharp gains in digital sales. Music publishing and live music will grow.

In one dramatic example, live tours were once used as marketing vehicles to promote recordings, but today that model is being flipped on its head as increasing numbers of top-tier and mid-level acts earn more income from concerts than from CD sales.

Every major category of the live music industry has been growing and is poised for continued expansion, including ticket sales, merchandise sales, ancillary venue revenue and tour and special-event related sponsorships.

Read the full article here.

Did you see all the people and businesses who've set themselves up to profit off of your music? That's why I've been blogging about the music industry, about the mobile music industry, the global music industry, about new record labels, and putting up videos on this blog about the gaming industry, commercials, jingles, etc. because I want people to see all the opportunities to make money in this business! My question to you is: are YOU in a position to capitalize on this billion dollar industry or is music still a hobby to you?

Let me repeat that: Is music a hobby to you?

I'll help you answer that question in my next post so keep reading!

Sorry for the tone of this post but this is even a message I'm taking to heart myself, Thedy B. And, I don't know about you hitsamillion.blogspot.com readers, interviewed.blogspot.com readers, but I'm making music my career, not a hobby. I hope you are too!

Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter
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Creative Ideas for Songs - Part 6

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If none of my other suggestions on creative ideas for songs helped you, then perhaps you need more inspiration. While reading this book, The Songwriter's Idea Book, I came across some key points she says writers have used to generate new song ideas:


1. To activate your right brain: Become more physically active:

• a. just doodle on the piano/guitar/drum machine or any instrument
• b. doodle on a pad
• c. verbally brainstorm

2. To activate your left brain: Start from a part and work outwards:

• a. in other words, start from a song concept and play around with that concept
• b. start with a title and build the song from there
• c. go from the end of the story line to the beginning or vice versa
• d. choose a motif or chord progression and follow it
  

3. Brainstorm:

• a. once you get a title, brainstorm for more titles
• b. once you get a song concept, brainstorm for more
• c. just write down any words that come to you and put the pieces together later. In other words write first, edit later!

4. Let it marinate!

• a. Once you get an idea, a concept, title, etc., move around, think about it, scribble, or just meditate
• b. Letting it marinate will help you come up with different ways to approach the same subject, title, concept, or idea.
• c. Imagine the words you want to use.
• d. Feel the emotion you want the singer to feel.
• e. Sleep on the idea.

Great ideas!!!!!!! Man, how many songs can you come up with if you don't allow your creativity to stop when you get ONE concept! Try using some of these methods and let me know how it works for you.

Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter

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Starting your own songwriting or production team? Cont'd

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In my posts last week I discussed the benefits of having a songwriting and/or production team and gave some tips on starting one. If you have not read those blogs, click here

In my last post, I talked about watching you who you get in bed with and discussed the consequences of working with someone you honestly don't know.

But what if the person you want to start a songwriting or production team is already a friend of yours. That should be easier, right? You feel you already know the person, right? Should friends start a songwriting or production team? Should relatives? Should spouses?

Again to get the answers to those questions, I'd suggest reading the bios of the urban songwriting/production teams and popular songwriting teams that I mentioned in my prior blogs from last week. You'll see that some of the teams are married couples, some are friends, some were business professionals who met each other and hooked up to form a business team.

But I want you to read this great article I found which gives some great advice for starting a business with friends and relatives:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/officelive/FX102414561033.aspx?ofcresset=1

Let me know what you think!

Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter
Hits A Million, LLC
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Watch Who You Get in Bed With!

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I did some posts recently on starting and establishing a songwriting/production team. I gave some pointers on that and I want to continue that topic with this statement: watch who you get in bed with!

As an attorney, I am often asked to either draft a contract or look over one. What's written in the contract is what's written. In most cases what is written is written to protect the drafter, more so than both parties' interests in mind though that's not always the case. Read most terms in a terms of service on a social networking website and you'll quickly see my point. As I mentioned before, you can get an attorney to help you decipher the written terms of a contract. Attorneys can be beneficial that way.

But what you don't see on the paper are the people you are about to get in business with. The music business is a people business just like any other business: you have to learn how to work with different people and be in business together. So make sure that you really know who's who beforehand! Do your research! Find out as much as you can about the person. Make sure they are who they say they are. Google them. Make sure you can work with them. Don't be so eager to sign a record deal, publishing deal, distribution deal, etc., that you don't do your homework!

Suppose you are a songwriter, you sign a typical publishing contract where you have to write so many songs to fulfill your obligation or you have work for a music publisher for so many years. You better know who you are signing to, working with, collaborating with, going into business with, etc. before you sign those type of agreements! Do you wanna sign part of your publishing away to someone who is going to use and abuse you and then take part of your publishing even after you leave the situation because it's in the contract that if you leave, they still get a percentage of your publishing! And you left because you felt FORCED to leave the situation!

While I am all for establishing and starting your own production team, songwriting team, etc., just know that the relationships you build now and the contracts you enter into now can be as costly a mistake as marrying the wrong person. So please go into the songwriting and production teams and into a company with your eyes wide open about who you are entering into a business relationship. You'll be glad you did!

Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter
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Be a Creative Being - Part 2

Now here's a video of Queen Latifah and Eve, two female hip hop lyricists and artists who, despite a male dominated industry, understand their creativity, their ability to expand boundaries, and their ability to be inspired by a problem, and by each other! They discuss what it was like doing a collaboration together for the first time. They collaborate with none other than the production team, Cool & Dre!


cool & dre queen latifah and eve in the studio

You are a creative being - Part 1

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Here's yet another inspirational post!

Do you know who you are? I mean really! Are you seeing yourself for the person that you really are? Are you seeing your full potential? Or have you closed your mind? Titles can limit the mind, creativity, and potential ... or extend those things. It's all in the person holding the title. In other words, are you seeing yourself as a creative person or just as a creative musician?

Do you see obstacles as impossible? Or do you see them as stepping stones? Do you, as a creative person, open your creative mind to see what else you can do to solve the problem? Then after you solve the problem, do you then see an opportunity to help someone else? Then do you see the opportunity to make money helping others solve the very same problems you have? do you even see all the potential that comes from a problem? or do you just see yourself as a ant trying to move a mountain?

Do you challenge yourself all the time to be as creative as possible? Are you a trendsetter? Or do you follow trends?

do you challenge your mind to think bigger? Or are you stuck in average? Do you realize that average is the enemy to greatness?

If you saw that you really need help in thinking bigger, being more creative, changing your perspective, and being more positive, here's some things I recommend:

1. read my other inspirational blogs on creativity!

2. read my other blogs on the music business because they will help you find solutions to some of the problems you may be facing.

3. spend time meditating on the these facts and truths: You are a CREATIVE BEING! The CREATOR of the UNIVERSE made you (created you) just like him! You CAN do anything! If it doesn't exist, you can CREATE IT! (and emphasize and meditate the words in caps especially). You CREATE SOLUTIONS. My CREATIVE MUSCLES are strong enough to move any situation out of my way!

4. listen to inspirational messages

5. read inspirational books

6. watch inspirational videos

Here's another video of a production team, Tim & Bob, talking about their success, the artists they worked with, their upcoming television show called The Producer's Diary geared towards up and coming producers. Thanks to Mack from thestudioexposed.com for sharing this video!





Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter
Hits A Million, LLC
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Videos of Songwriting and Production Teams

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I've been talking about songwriting and/or production teams. In those recent blogs, I've discussed the benefit of starting a songwriting or production team, gave some do's and don'ts for songwriting/production teams, shared an article on other tips for songwriting and production teams, and gave you places to begin meeting like-minded individuals so that you can start your own production and songwriting team.

For this post, I wanna help show you some videos of songwriting and production teams. To do so, please visit my other blog, interviewed.blogspot.com. On there, you will find never seen videos of Midi Mafia, a production team and never seen videos from members of The Clutch.

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Starting your own songwriting or production team?

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I've done a week of blogs on songwriting and production teams. So my question now to all of you who write alone, are you ready to start your own production or songwriting team? If you are a songwriter or producer who writes alone and is now ready to start your own team, but don't know where to find the people that you need, then I'd suggest the following things:

1. Network!!!!! Check out all the blogs I did on networking as I think they will help you find the right members for your songwriting and production team. Go to some music conferences. Check out JaWar's blog which lists over 25 upcoming conferences on mymusicconnection.blogspot.com. Please do attend one or more of these conferences, which are located all over the U.S.! Interestingly, it's from attending music conferences that I in fact found people in my own city to collaborate with, network with, find out about other events, etc. So again, get out the studio and network, network, network!


2. Find talented, business-minded, serious members who you'd enjoy working with! Well if you just met someone at a music conference, how do you know if that person fits that criteria? Well, do you see them out at multiple events, including music conferences, beat battles, open mics, industry events or a host of other networking places that I've mentioned in previous blogs? Do they have industry contacts? Have they been referred to you by someone who can vouch for them or by someone you know? Have you heard them sing (if they are a singer), heard their songs, heard their lyrics, their production work? Do you like what you heard? Does the person have business cards? Does the person have a CD of their work? Do they have a serious web presence? Are they currently working on their craft? Or are they constantly out partying, chilling, watching television, chasing women/men, etc? You can tell if a person is business minded and serious by listening to the person's conversation: what do they talk about the most? Don't just believe someone who says their "grinding" (an overused, misunderstood term in my opinion). Watch their work ethic which says more than their tongue service! And check the person's character and their personality and see if it meshes with yours or compliments yours.

3. Once you find those individuals, establish some rules. I gave you two days worth's of do's and don'ts to help you get started with setting a foundation for your songwriting/production team. Since you've found talented, business-minded individuals, there should be no problem with establishing some parameters!

4. Set up a schedule for when you will meet.

5. Meet and work with each other for awhile (I'd suggest no fewere than 6 months together), and then if the fit is there, meet with an entertainment attorney, see about going into business with your new members, and set up the right corporation for your production or songwriting team.

6. Then make great music together!

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More Do's and Don'ts for Songwriting and Production Teams

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In my prior post, I gave you some do's and don'ts for songwriting and production teams that I think will tremendously help your team! And in an effort to continue helping you and your songwriting and production team, I found another great article on tips that songwriting teams should consider when writing together. I think applying some of these tips will help you work better together: http://www.greatsongwriting.com/songwriting-teams.html

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The Do's and Don'ts for Songwriting and/or ProductionTeams

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In my prior posts, I listed some popular hitmaking songwriting and production teams. I also gave you the benefits of writing with a songwriting/production team. Now, I want to give some advice to new songwriting/production teams to help you work together effectively. Don't simply read these tips, apply them. Discuss them with your songwriting and production team. If you think it's necessary, print out these tips and have everybody sign these tips at the bottom as a sign that each member is committed to the songwriting/production team and will endeavor to make it another hitmaking songwriting/production team.

So here's the first set of tips and this first set of tips all revolve around one word: R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Without respect, no team can function! So follow these rules of respect:

1. respect each other - there has to be respect for each other in order for any team to work. There is a reason why you selected who you selected to join your songwriting team. Remember why you chose that person and why they chose to join the team. That will help you remember to respect each other.

2. respect each other's feelings - recognize that each person is different and may have to be approached or critiqued differently.

3. respect each other's opinion - you're a songwriting or production team. Because you're a team, give your teammate(s) the opportunity to critique your music and your lyrics. If you obey the first rule of respect, and that is, respect each other, then you should have no problems receiving and respecting that person's opinion, even if you disagree with it.

4. respect the session - turn off the cell phone! One, the cell phone transmit signals into the recording whether you are currently on the phone or not and two, it's disruptive when it does actually vibrate or ring and it messes up the flow of the session. Respect the session by working! Work hard, sing your best, play your best, write your best. Treat your session like the job you say you want! And have fun doing it!

5. respect each other's time - when you set a time to write, honor it! When you set a day to write, honor that day and do it. Be a woman or man of your word because your team is counting on you to show up. Sure things come up, emergencies and such, but repeated times of no-shows, repeated times of just giving excuses of why you can't show up, shouldn't be allowed. Why? That brings me to my next point on respect:

6. respect the group - it's a collaborative effort. If you respect the group, then you will show up because you know your team is depending on you. You know that they have to have your input, your presence, your strengths, and your skills to make things work. Also respect the group by not acting like you ARE the group! Sometimes one person thinks that they are the end all be all of the group and if it weren't for that one person, there wouldn't be a group. That type person has lost respect for the group. Sure there are leaders in a group. But just remember, a leader without followers is a person who walks alone! So respect the fact that you are a part of a group because there is no "I" in team!

7. respect each other's strengths - if you know that your strengh is lyrics, do lyrics. If your teammate's strength is composing music, let them compose music. When teammates stay in their lane, there are no crashes. It doesn't mean you can't state your opinion or suggest to the producer what music you may hear in your head if you're the lyricist and vice versa. It just means respect each other's talents, gifts, and skill level.

8. respect each other's contributions - that means get a split sheet and write down what percentage each person contributed to the song while still in the session! Don't leave without doing one! Have an understanding with your teammate(s) on whether everyone in the room regardless of whether they hummed or played a note or wrote a word will get a percentage or not AT THE BEGINNING! Don't assume everyone understands. Write it out.

9. respect your business - remember that you are a part of the business of music. You must respect your business. Take it seriously. Handle your business as a team. Do your paperwork. Hire who you need to hire. Remember that you can't just simply produce and write songs unless you have a business team (which I will talk about in later blogs).

10. respect your craft - work on your craft as often as you can. Show your teammates and yourself that you respect what you do by one: doing it! Two, study! Three, turn your weaknesses into strengths - learn how to do what your other teammates are doing. Four, learn what's hot right now and what's not. You show it by being humble enough to learn from people , from books, from courses, etc. In fact, I have mentioned several books and classes that can and will help you learn the craft of songwriting and producing. Have you purchased those yet? Have you followed through?

11. respect your intellectual property - in other words, copyright your songs! Don't do all this hard work and then not protect it!

12. respect others - stop hating on other songwriting teams and production teams! Stop being mad that somebody else got there before you did. Or some other team was able to work with someone you wanted to work with. Stop being mad at what equipment some producer used. Stop being mad, period. Show respect to other songwriting/production teams for being on their grind, for using what they got, for creating music that SOMEBODY ELSE liked or else it wouldn't have been recorded, respect the fact that they understand the business., etc Show some respect!

13. respect yourself - now if you find that your thoughts, opinions, suggestions, ideas, contributions, etc. are not being respected, then perhaps it may be time for you to respect yourself, leave the group, and start your own songwriting and production team!

Follow these rules of respect and your songwriting/production team will be a force to be reckon with!

Thedy B, Attorney/Songwriter

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Urban songwriting/production teams

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In addition to some of the songwriting/production teams I wanted to make sure that I mentioned in my prior blog, I wanted to highlight some urban music production/songwriting teams. Again I think studying these songwriting and production teams will help new production and/or songwriting teams know that writing as a team is not only possible but profitable. So the following is just a few of the successful urban songwriting and production teams:


Ashford & Simpson

Babyface and L.A. Reid

Cool & Dre

Dre & Vidal

Gamble & Huff

Holland-Dozier-Holland

Jimmy Jam & Terris Lewis


Karma Productions


Organized Noise


Souldiggaz


Stargate

Tim & Bob

Trackmasters

The Clutch

The Neptunes

The Underdogs

Google these songwriting and production teams! Find out what they are currently working on. Find out what hits they have had. Study their history. Learn from their successes as well as their mistakes! I think again that by doing so, you and your production and/or songwriting team can duplicate these great songwriting and production teams' success and avoid any mistakes!

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Why form a songwriting team?

Did you enjoy my latest post about songwriting teams? Reading the stories of songwriting teams was good because you get a chance to find out how people met, how long they were a songwriting or production team, what hits they wrote together, who they previously wrote songs with, which artist they wrote for, etc. It's good reading! So check out that post if you did not!

So the question is though: why form a songwriting team? Why have a production team? If I can write a whole song by myself, why work with anyone else? Why give someone else credit? Why would I choose to include someone in on a song and then have to share the royalties?

Well, you don't HAVE to do anything. You can write a whole song from start to finish. You can make a beat yourself. You can write all the lyrics. You can write or compose solo, get all the credit, get all the money, and all the fame.

But here's some benefits to writing or composing with a songwriting and/or production team:

1. A songwriting/production team can help you write more songs. You can writer more songs with a songwriting/production team than you can by yourself. If you only have to write the hook, or do the bass line to a song, think of how many bass lines or hooks you could come up with, knowing your partner's got the verses or the melody.

2. A songwriting/production team can help you finish a song. Each person can write different parts of the song or help with finishing a song you've started but couldn't finish. In most cases, you can depend on the other person or persons to help you with a line or part or lick that you're stuck on.

3. A songwriting/production team can help you brainstorm more ideas and thus generate more songs.

4. A songwriting/production team can help you remember melodies, lines, titles, lyrics, and licks that you forgot so you can develop that part better.

5. A songwriting/production team can help you develop your craft - Since we don't all think alike, having another person's style that's different from ours will help develop your craft so that your songs won't all sound alike. While some producers have a certain sound, and you know I encouraged that in one of my prior blogs (click here to read it), you don't want people to say your song sounds just like the one you did on another project.

6. A songwriting/production team will help you have versatility in your music.

7. A team will help encourage you to continue. If you are dedicated to a group, sometimes that dedication to the group will help you stay dedicated to your dream.

8. A songwriting team helps eliminate weaknesses - if you are a strong lyricist but not a strong melody writer, hooking up with a melody writer will help you write better songs with better melodies, finish your songs, give life to your lyrics, help you write better lyrics since your lyrics will have to fit with the music, etc.
Same with producers who are great with making a beat but you need someone to help with writing lyrics or with mixing, etc.

9. A songwriting team helps with getting recognized. Typically we don't all know the same people so imagine having several people on a production team who meet different people in the industry or worked with different people at different times coming together to write and based on relationships, they are able to get their songs recorded. It happens in the music industry all the time.

10.Having a songwriting team helps you stay on your grind. Being accountable to a team will help you stay focused on doing what you need to do to make it in this industry.

So while you may be able to get all the credit, get all the money, and all the fame from doing everything yourself, consider the above benefits for writing and/or producing with a songwriting and/or production team and ask yourself, am I missing out?

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Popular songwriting teams

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In my prior post, I indicated that I was going to start talking about songwriting teams and their importance. So I wanted to first list some popular songwriting teams just to demonstrate that there is power in collaboration and team work. As reported by wikipedia.com, here are just some of the popular songwriting teams:

John Lennon and Paul McCartney
The Motown team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland (collectively known as Holland-Dozier-Holland)
The team of Stock Aitken Waterman
George and Ira Gershwin
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry
Brian Wilson (and The Bee Gees)
Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora
Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Morrissey and Johnny Marr
Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam
Ian Brown and John Squire
Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway
Koshi Inaba and Tak Matsumoto
Guy Fletcher and Doug Flett
Geoff Stephens and Tony Macaulay
Rodgers and Hart
Sherman & Sherman
Albert Hammond and Mike Hazelwood
Joe Strummer and Mick Jones
Ashford & Simpson
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
Eddie Galan, Pete Doherty and Carl Barat
Don Henley and Glenn Frey
Roger Waters and David Gilmour
Brian Tatler and Sean Harris
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Daron Malakian and Serj Tankian
Grant McLennon and Robert Forster
Nicky Wire and Richey James Edwards
Steve Laine and Ken Cox
James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
Max Martin and others at Cheiron Studios


I would suggest clicking on some of the links above so you can read the stories of how these teams met, what songs they wrote and recorded, and read the history behind each one. I think it's great reading to help show the significance of collaborating and working with a team of producers and songwriters.

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The importance of having a songwriting or production team!

I'm a member of thestudioexposed. com. Its another ning social networking site much like my hitsamillion.ning.com site. But thestudioexposed.com consist of Bryan-Michael Cox, Donnie Scantlebury, Adonis Shropshire, Kendrick Dean, Sam Thomas, Troy Clark, Jahi Sundance Lake and Don Bowie. The show is produced by Breht Gardner, Bryan-Michael Cox and Fred Bumaye.

Both hitsamillion.ning.com and thestudioexposed.com are really great networking sites for producers, songwriters, rappers, beatmakers, musicians, and singers to meet each other, find industry news and information, collaborate, talk to and ask questions of industry professionals, etc. So please add these two sites to the list of great social networking sites I recommended that you join!

I've been asking the good folks on thestudioexposed.com in a forum discussion about what it's like being a part of a production team and/or a songwriting team. Every one of the teams that responded to that forum all said how much they'd recommend songwriters and producers to join or form a team. In my upcoming posts, I'm going to share with you tips on forming a team, writing with a team, building your team and the benefits of being on a team. So continue reading!

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