Songwriting
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How Songwriters Can Promote Their Songs and Get Them Heard by the Right Audience
Impact. That’s what every songwriter I know (and I know quite a few!) wants to happen with their music. Sure, songwriters want to get…
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How Gospel Music Artists Can Find New Songs to Record
A note from 2026: we wrote this when Buy Demo Tracks ran a song marketplace, a library where artists could find unrecorded songs. We’ve…
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From Notebook to Studio: 5 Steps to Bring Your Songwriting to Life with Professional Demos
We have a saying at BuyDemoTracks.com: “It All Starts with a Great Demo.” It may sound a bit trite to say since we are…
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What is a Featured Artist Release?
Every so often, a seismic shift happens in the music industry that turns everything on its head. The last time this truly happened was…
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Writing Captivating Song Lyrics
What makes a lyric stick, and how to write a chorus people sing back to you, with examples from classic country and bluegrass songs.
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The Limits of Networking and Cold Outreach in Songwriting
Networking and cold calls only go so far. Three ways to get your songs heard by artists who are actually looking for material.
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Are Songs That Have Already Been Recorded “Damaged Goods?” No, and Here’s Why
I grew up during what many would consider one of the “heydays” of Southern Gospel music. Quartet music was quite popular still, but newer…
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How Fancy Does My Song Demo Need To Be?
Greetings, fellow songwriters! February was a short (but full) month, and as a result February’s post will be shorter than usual. That said, I…
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Six Tips For Overcoming Songwriter’s Block
Stuck on a song? Six practical ways to get the words moving again, from writing first thing in the morning to collaborating.
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If I’ve written a song, how do I record a demo?
Writing a song is a huge accomplishment, one of those things very few people will ever do in their lifetime. But writing a song…
Is your AI demo industry-ready?
What the people you pitch really hear in an AI demo, and ten checks that tell you whether your song is ready for a real demo. It takes about five minutes.