Tim Wipperman, Nashville Music Publisher

In my new book, Insider Secrets to Hit Songwriting in the Digital Age, I interviewed Tim Wipperman, the music publisher’s music publisher, in Nashville.

Nobody's been rejected more than I have. Here are a few words I hang over my desk, to get me through the sting, dismemberment and betrayal, then onto my best writing:

In my book, Insider Secrets to Hit Songwriting in the Digital Age, there is a very important chapter on co-writing. THIS is essential reading.

If you’re invited to co-write in a contemporary situation, sometimes with up to ten people, it’s usually a positive, spontaneous, creative experience. There’s usually an artist who is part of the team, waiting for your song.

Most of the money we earn as songwriters comes from the performing rights area. There are organizations that collect royalties for us in the USA and in foreign countries throughout the rest of the world. These organizations represent most songwriters, film and TV composers, and music publishers.

The performing rights societies are:

Josie was a poet with three jobs. She never made a penny writing sonnets and wondered if her poems could be lyrics. So, she nervously booked a private, telephone consultation with me.

I was very excited to see she had written several poems that could easily be “translated” into lyrics.