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Catalog your lyrics and demo recordings

Catalog your lyrics and demo recordings

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Catalog your lyrics and demo recordings

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- [Instructor] Catalog your lyrics, song demos, and alternate mixes. Once you're the proud owner of a great-sounding, professionally-recorded demo of your song, you'll need to make sure you've got easy access to it. This way, when an opportunity presents itself, you'll know exactly where to go and what to look for. I can't think of anything more depressing than an artist, label, or publisher asking for a copy of your song and you not being able to find it. Ask the demo studio for high-resolution or .wav file mixes of your demo with and without vocals. Instrumental versions of your songs are always great to have. Learn how to use iTunes to not only convert your .wav files to .mp3 for easier emailing, but also to embed the necessary metadata, song title, contact information, et cetera, directly into the .mp3. This can be a bit daunting at first, but remember, if you're hoping to make money from your songwriting, then you're running a business. And knowing how to prepare your product is…

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