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Leading Music Companies Support Research On Songwriters' Experience With The Industry;
LiveWire Contacts, TAXI and Songsalive! Added As Sponsors of MusicDish Songwriter Report Series
Eric de Fontenay, founder & CEO of music industry e-publisher and consultancy Tag It, announced that web-based, information management provider LiveWire Contacts, independent A&R compan, TAXI, and Songsalive!, a non-profit ongwriting organisation, had joined USA Songwriting Competition and Songwriters Directory as sponsors of the MusicDish Songwriter Report Series. Based on the online survey conducted from April 16 to May 13 at music industry e-Journal MusicDish, the reports are meant to provide an in-depth perspective on the state and evolution of the songwriting industry today.
Leading Music Companies Support Research On Songwriters' Experience With The Industry
LiveWire Contacts, TAXI and Songsalive! Added As Sponsors of MusicDish Songwriter Report Series
New York, NY - May 30, 2001 - Eric de Fontenay, founder & CEO of music industry e-publisher and consultancy Tag It, announced that web-based, information management provider LiveWire Contacts, independent A&R compan, TAXI, and Songsalive!, a non-profit ongwriting organisation, had joined USA Songwriting Competition and Songwriters Directory as sponsors of the MusicDish Songwriter Report Series. Based on the online survey conducted from April 16 to May 13 at music industry e-Journal MusicDish, the reports are meant to provide an in-depth perspective on the state and evolution of the songwriting industry today.
"Surveys are an excellent method of getting to the bottom of what people think," said LiveWire Contacts CEO and Co-Founder, Jaime d'Almeida. "LiveWire Contacts supports these reports because they go to the source for that information - the songwriter."
The first report in the series, "20 Questions With The Songwriting Community," was released today through the MusicDish site at http://www.musicdish.com/survey/songwriter/. The report features 20 key results from the 46 question survey, including respondents experiences with music publishers, events such as song camps and songwriting workshops, and information-based resources.
"Songsalive! is very much behind Tag it and the Songwriter Report Series to create a stronger, global awareness about the importance of songwriting in the music business, and to nurture the songwriters, the key to any successful artist and album," said founder and President of Songsalive!, Gilli Aliotti.
"We've been very pleased, not only with the response to this project, but the caliber of the organizations stepping forward to support research that provides data and analysis to the songwriting community," said Eric de Fontenay. "Understanding songwriters' perceptions of organizations and activities meant to support their career is the first step in implementing concrete steps to empowering songwriters, those organizations and the broader music industry.
About the Sponsors
LiveWire Contacts offers a suite of web-based, information management products. LWC's flagship product is a contact manager specifically designed for musicians, enabling musicians to track communication with publishing or booking agents, maintain a calendar, create reminders
http://www.livewirecontacts.com
TAXI is the leading independent A&R company helping unsigned bands, artists and songwriters get record deals, publishing deals and placement in films and TV shows.
http://www.taxi.com
USA Songwriting Competition is the world's leading songwriting competition.
http://www.songwriting.net/tagit.html
Officially launched on June 4 1997, Songsalive! is a voluntary non-profit organisation, dedicated to nurturing, supporting and promoting songwriters worldwide.
http://www.songsalive.org/
The Songwriters Directory offers songwriters and musicians with a Songwriter Listings database used by music industry executives, A&R reps, and the listening public, while providing them access to business and career tools through the Songwriters Resource Center.
http://www.songwritersdirectory.com
About MusicDish
MusicDish is an e-journal that tackles the emerging issues facing the online music industry as it enters the digital era. Reknowned for its analysis by industry experts and audio interviews with leaders in the new industry, the publications also features one of the largest indie review sections and columns on succeeding in this controversial & precedent setting industry.
http://www.musicdish.com
About Tag It
Tag It is a leading online infomediary and consultancy in the entertainment & news media sector. The company publishes award winning publications including MusicDish (www.musicdish.com); Mi2N (www.mi2n.com), an industry news publisher and CSP; and 'LA'Ritmo.com (www.laritmo.com), a Latin music magazine. The company's research has been published and discussed in major industry forums such as the MP3 Summit, Harvard Law School, and ACSEL, the French multimedia & ecommerce association. Tag It and its executives have been featured in major media outlets such as the Washington Post, Wired.com, the NY Times, the Miami Herald and NPR's To The Point.
http://www.taggin.com
For more information on the survey and reports, contact:
Sounni de Fontenay
COO & Publisher, Tag It
Tel: 718-803-9075
Email: editor@musicdish.com
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