Monday, December 23, 2013

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.

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