Stephen Finfer: Improving Production Quality for Pitched Songs

As a seasoned veteran of the music industry and the co-founder of Arthouse Entertainment, Stephen Finfer says the biggest problem for songwriters who get the opportunity to present their song to a music publisher is poor production quality. When pitching a song to a publisher or recording label executive, Finfer suggests mimicking the sound and production style of the artist the songwriter has in mind for the song. Understanding the style and types of songs favored by a particular artist is simply a matter of listening to the most recent single or album put out by that artist.

Stephen Finfer: Making Contacts to Get Songs Noticed

Mailing a song to a music publisher or record label executive is a waste of time for a songwriter with aspirations of making it in the music industry, according to Stephen Finfer. Before co-founding Arthouse and developing it into one of the leading music publishing companies in the world, Finfer held senior executive positions at major recording labels and publishing companies. Executives will not listen to unsolicited material for fear of litigation over copyright violations. Companies usually discard or send back unsolicited songs that are sent to them. Industry executives rely upon trusted sources to alert them to songs or songwriters.

Stephen Finfer: The Shift From Recording Companies to Publishers

The music industry has changed. Gone are the days when recording companies dominated the industry by controlling the singers and recordings they produced. Stephen Finfer is a music industry veteran who recognized the direction in which the industry was heading when he co-founded Arthouse Entertainment. Started in 2002, Arthouse is now one of the top music publishing companies in the world. Music publishing houses control the rights to the songs written by the songwriters they have under contract. Publishers determine which artists will perform the songs they control by licensing the rights to recording companies.