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The question has been asked to me why are you writing this Handbook? In the early 90’s, I worked with several musicians who composed songs written by me. I had no knowledge about the music industry, so I would write songs lyrics without copywriting them and take them to musicians to help me develop them into songs.

I thought I had found the perfect combination with a musician in whom I worked with previously on several songs. We would work until the songs were finished. We then began to perform these songs in churches and started to gain a small fan base in return. Our goal was to move toward going into the studio. Months went by and we were unsuccessful in securing a studio, let alone a budget to offset the cost. With time passing, he began to pursue other groups with the songs I had written and finally landed a group with a budget to get him into the studio.

This group went forwards and recorded one of my songs. From then on I was driven to find out how I could PROTECT my songs and get the credit for ownership. I felt if this happened to me then it has happened to someone else and to my surprise it has happened to millions and is still happening today.

Now, my efforts are to spread the word to Indie Artist about protecting themselves and how to get all the credit and royalties that they are entitled too.