The document summarizes the story of two songwriters who moved to Nashville to pursue their dreams. While they were both talented and their songwriting ability was similar, one became a successful staff writer at a major publishing company while the other works as a barista to make ends meet. The major difference was that the successful songwriter learned how to test his songs online to get feedback and improve, while the other did not take advantage of this opportunity.

1. Jeremy,
Why do some songwriters succeed while others only sink?
It isn't always due to talent or dedication.
It's not that one songwriter wants success more than the other.
The difference lies in what each songwriter learns about his or her songs and how this
knowledge is applied.
Allow me to illustrate...
Seven years ago, two talented and ambitious friends from my home town moved to Nashville to
pursue their dreams of becoming professional songwriters.
Friends since high-school, they would co-write music from time to time. Their songwriting style
and ability was extremely similar.
Even though they lived and worked in Nashville, they didn't see much of one another.
Recently, they met at a local coffee shop to catch up, as old friends do. Both had an impressive
catalog of songs, and each had artistically matured over the years.
But there was one major difference.
One of them is now serving coffee at Bongo Java to make ends meet. The other is a staff writer
at Universal Publishing, writing songs for a living and making piles of money.
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our songwriting.
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has the greatest chance at climbing the charts?
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Yours for successful careers in music,
Jeremy,
You're probably not having any luck getting your songs on the radio, right?
That's because terrestrial radio doesn't want you.
You see, record labels have a full staff of professional radio pluggers whose full-time job is to
pitch their clients' record catalog to station managers, playlist programmers, DJs and program
producers.
They are insiders � they know all the politics and all the rules. Their rolodexes are packed with
every name, number and email in the industry.
So how are you supposed to compete?
Secret #4 : Plug Your Songs Online
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more than a third last year alone. Online radio has become the single most powerful source of
music discovery, which is why up-and-coming artists are falling over themselves to land even a
few minutes of airplay.
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Yours for successful careers in music,
Why aren't your songs making you the money you deserve?
Not every songwriter and recording artist out there succeeds in licensing his songs for film and
television.
And I'd be lying if I told you every music licensing opportunity pays big bucks.

3. But I can tell you that the music licensing business is the most lucrative and accessible business
for independent artists. Songwriters and performing artists make more money by licensing their
songs than performing live, signing a record deal and getting commercial radio airplay
combined.
Secret #7 : License Your Songs
Music Supervisors spend all their time searching for great music to place in film, television
shows and advertisements. They have big budgets, and are always willing to open their wallets
for fresh material.
These are the people you want to get your music to, hard and fast.
Best of all, unlike record labels and publishers, Music Supervisors love to receive unsolicited
submissions from artists. They even advertise for it.
But you need to know where to look.
Fortunately, a bright young mind (and good friend of mine) decided to create a marketplace for
Music Supervisors. It's a single hot spot where industry leaders come together to advertise their
projects and access independent music from artists just like you.
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Yours for successful careers in music,
Jeremy,
Tired of drum loops and sample CDs?
Technology has made it all too easy for the modern musician to write music faster than ever
before, all while stretching the boundaries of what was previously possible.
But though this quantum leap in available tools and at-home studios has allowed musicians to
experiment more than ever before, it has also led to a lot of lazy drum loops that all sound the
same.
You're a musician who cares about quality. This means that you're probably sick of hearing
these same old echoes.
Secret #8 : Write To The Track Of A Professional Drummer
What if you could write your music to the beat of a professional drummer, without hearing the
lingering, looping banality of the same old tired beats?

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These professional loops can be used in master recordings. Not only is this cheaper than going
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of all, you'll never have to wait for that one perfect take again!
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Yours for successful careers in music,
Lior Shamir
Managing Director
We Are Listening
www.wearelistening.org
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Jeremy,
Are song contests just a scam?

5. Derek Sivers, Founder of CD Baby, wrote on his blog:
"I'm thinking about song contests, what a scam they usually are, but don't have to be.
By song contests, I mean all those ones that want a submission fee to enter, promising big
prizes
if you win, and whose judges are a small group of insiders."
And who am I to argue? The man is a legend.
But before you write off the possibility of entering a song contest, consider this:
Secret #9 : Song Contests Are Not A Scam
Entering a song contest is no different to buying a T-shirt, booking a room in a hotel, or starting
your own business.
You want to know who you're buying from, what customers are saying, and whether your
investment will pay off.
You want to know what you're buying into before you buy.
If you don't perform a bit of due diligence, you're likely to be disappointed: your T-shirt unravels,
your hotel is dirty, your business fails.
Or you enter a song contest and don't win. It can all be very disappointing.
But it doesn't have to be that way...
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Yours for successful careers in music,
Lior Shamir
Managing Director
We Are Listening
www.wearelistening.org
P.S. Next week, I'll send you a summary of all my Best kept Music Marketing Secrets that
you've received over the past nine weeks. Look out for 9 Best Kept Music Marketing Secrets In
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