Everything here starts with an honest answer about your song
Find out where the song stands first. What you need after that depends entirely on the answer.
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Song review and pitch evaluation
I listen to your song all the way through and tell you where it actually stands against the standard Nashville publishers use. No score out of ten. No paragraph of encouragement.
See a complete review before you submit a song.
- A written review covering all six areas: title, intro, story and lyrics, melody and top line, chords and arrangement, and commercial value.
- Written on purpose, so you can re-read it and work through it line by line during the rewrite.
- A clear verdict. Pitch-ready, or not yet and here is exactly what to fix.
- The option to send a revision back after you have done the work.
If I pitch your song, the review is free
When your song is pitch-ready and we reach a pitch agreement, the $25 review fee is credited back to you.
If your song is pitch-ready
Song pitching
Here is what actually happens. Your song goes into the curated catalog on this site. Publishers, record labels, producers, artist managers, and music supervisors placing songs in film and TV come here to listen, and I approve every one of them before they get access. When someone hears your song and wants it, they contact me and I come back to you.
I also bring songs to people directly when a specific project fits. Those are real conversations with people I have known for years, not a mass email to a list.
Most of those contacts are country and Christian, because this is Nashville. Real opportunities exist in other genres too.
How the terms work
Fees are negotiated case by case. There are two common structures. One is a per song fee for a set period of exclusive representation. The other is a percentage of income if the song is placed and generates revenue, usually around 10 percent.
There are no fixed industry rules here, only acceptable practices. We talk it through before anything moves and the goal is a deal that works for both sides. You will know the terms before you agree to anything.
I never promise a placement, a cut, or a hit. I promise the song gets pitched honestly to people who are actually looking.
If it is not ready yet
Two ways to close the gap
Sometimes the song needs work. Sometimes the song is fine and the recording is what is holding it back. The review tells you which one you are dealing with.
Song re-write
When the song itself needs work. You get hands-on direction across the same six areas the review uses: title, intro, story and lyrics, melody and top line, chords and arrangement, and commercial value. The goal is one thing, getting the song pitch-worthy. This is direction, not another round of notes.
Demo and master production
Recorded in Nashville with session players who play on records you have heard on the radio.
A demo communicates the song to industry ears. It is built to make the writing land in a meeting, and it does not need to be perfect. A master is the finished record. Radio-ready, release-quality, and ready to put out under an artist name.
Re-writes and production work are quoted individually and start with a conversation about the song, the budget, and the timeline. Contact me about a re-write or production.
One honest note about timing
Pitching, re-writes, and production all take time. Real time, measured in weeks and months, because good players have calendars and publishers take meetings when they take them. Anyone quoting you a fast turnaround on those is guessing.
A song review is quick and cheap by comparison, and it is the fastest way to find out which of these services you actually need. Most people find out they need less than they thought.
Start with the review
$25 per song. A detailed written review and a straight verdict.
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