Welcome
to CowriterConnection.com
This website is a tool designed to help songwriters find collaborators.
It was conceived and designed by one of Nashville’s most respected teachers of
songwriting, Barbara Cloyd, who is a long-time host of shows at the world-famous
Bluebird Café and co-writer of the Lorrie Morgan classic “I Guess You Had To Be
There.”
In her work with developing songwriters, many of whom do not live in music
industry centers, one of the most frequent questions she gets is “Can you help
me find co-writers?” This website is her answer to that request.
HOW IT WORKS
The cost of using the site is $25 a year.
You begin by creating your personal profile, which includes answering a set of
standard questions about what style of music you write, whether you write
melody, lyrics or both, what instruments you play, etc. You post a link to where
your music can be heard on line, such as on Myspace, Broadjam or your personal
website. You can post a picture if you like and there is a section where you can
give any other information you want to about your songwriting and about what you
are looking for in a collaborator.
Click
here to see a sample of a profile
page.
Once you submit your profile your data is entered into the main grid and you
receive access to it. The grid contains the names of every writer who registers
followed by the answers they gave to the standard set of questions. You can sort
the grid by different criteria to help you find the type of collaborator you are
looking for – such as “writes rock music, plays keyboard” or “lives in Maryland,
writes lyrics.”
As you browse the grid, when you see writers who seem to have what you’re
looking for, if you click on their names their personal profiles will appear.
From their profile pages you can use the link they posted to listen their music
on line. Once you are at that link you can contact them through that site if you
want to invite them to co-write with you.
SIGN UP TODAY
Clicking here will take you to a page where
you can create your profile. Payment
will be made through Pay Pal. If
you do not want to pay with Pay Pal,
you can mail a check for $25 to
Cowriter Connection
PO Box 121497
Nashville, TN 37212
Please include the email address you
want to use for logging on to the site
and your phone numbers.
You will receive and email once your
account is set up. |
