03ÌýPublishing These guys make their money by buying the publishing rights to your material and collecting when your tracks get played.
"Build up relationships with people in key departments. Especially the assistants of the key people... remember, they have contact with the person you want to impress."
Phyllisia Adjei
Project Manager
Soul2Streets
Nowadays, they are more likely to sign new talent with a view to developing them than major record labels are.
They're more concerned with the quality of your song-writing and your ear for hooks rather than looking for totally finished saleable product.
Many artists have made fortunes with publishing and never even recorded!
That's because if someone else records a song you've written you still get paid even though you're not the one performing it.Ìý