Find the Right Songwritng Manager to Guide Your Songwriting Career

By Louise Singleton

Finding the right Agent or Manager to
guide your songwriting career can be
a very important step on the way to
becoming a successful songwriter or
lyricist. After all, a well-connected
agent or manager can open doors for
you in the music industry and can be
the liason between yourself and the
record companies, music publishers,
producers and recording artists.

Finding the right manager or agent to
guide your songwriting career can be
somewhat challenging, because
there are many types of songwriters,
and each requires a different type of

agent. For example, songwriters who
are also poets and authors might
benefit from having a literary agent.

Songwriters who are also singers
and performers might benefit more
from having a booking agent to find
them work and paying gigs, instead
of, for example, guiding or managing
their careers. Talent agents are a
more general type of management,
who would manage all types of talent,
including actors and dancers.

A common choice for songwriters
and lyricists is a business manager,
who can look after all the business
aspects of your songwriting or music

career, such as contracts, publishing
rights, copyrights and of course,
royalties.

That's why finding the right manager
or agent is often one of the first key
steps to embarking on a successful
songwriting career, and well worth
the time and effort it takes to find the
right one.

The New Songwriter's Manager and
Agent Directory is available here, and
can help you narrow the search and
find the right Manager or Agent to
manage your songwriting career and
look after the sale of your songs.