Collaborate your idea’s online
Co-writing is such a powerful aspect of songwriting, and it’s so often overlooked by the vast majority of writers out there. In today’s era, collaborating is getting easier and easier.
Check out this article by Casia (who is a lyricist and music manager):
Have you ever wanted to put together a complete song but were unable to find individuals in your area to collaborate with? Are you a singer, a lyricist, a composer, a musician, or a music engineer but just can’t seem to connect with the right talent to successfully see your idea through to completion . . .maybe internet music collaborating is your answer!
The music industry has definitely changed, even from a few short years ago. With the advent of Musician Collaboration Sites, anybody with an idea can connect with like-minded individuals, from just about anywhere in the world and produce a song. You no longer need to be in the same room, in the same country or even in the same time zone.
Everybody has busy lives and with music playing a big part in the lives of so many people, either as a hobby or to sell a few tunes, or even with the high hopes of making it big, musician collaboration sites have become "The" social network for musicians.
What better way to get to know someone than to work on a project with them; a lot of friendships are formed this way. These friendships can turn into long-term music partnerships which can turn into the formation of internet bands which produce albums for sale on the many music sites that are available. Many internet musicians are putting together collections of songs with the intent of re-selling them to up-and-coming, promising artists.
It’s a good idea to check out the various collaboration sites and find a site where you feel comfortable. Each site is unique in its offerings. Some sites are completely dedicated to making music and connecting in a warm, friendly environment where people are open to discuss the many issues of song production, mixing, and all the technical details needed to transfer files to the master engineer.
Some collaboration sites offer contests with prize giveaways, some produce a yearly album of the best selected songs for the year and put them on music sites for sale; some sites have a site radio and live radio-chat shows including interviews with artists, music charts, blogs, feature artists, forums or groups to discuss specific details of musical interest such as singing, engineering, production, instrumental groups, challenges, and social topics of interest.
Many sites have chat rooms where you can chat about your project or brainstorm with others artists that you have not worked with before. Some of these chat room sessions have even ended up in the creation of a "one-nighter" where lyrics and a musical concept are put together.
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Thank you Casia! I’d just like to point out that Casia did in fact put in resources (collaboration websites) but those links are not valid anymore. So, I need you guys to help out a little.
Could you put in any songwriting collaboration websites that feel would help others? Let me start off here.
Here are a couple that can help right off the bat:
http://www.musesmuse.com/forums/index.php - Probably one of the best songwriting forums on the net. There are people here ready to share a wealth of info with you, and plus you can share your idea’s in the forum and receive feedback from others
http://www.skype.com - If you guys have not download Skype yet, than shame on you. 
This nifty little free software sits on your computer and allows you to make calls (with anyone in the world who has Skype on their computer too) …for free. So if you’re in the USA, you can write with somebody in Africa! Or wherever! You can also send files. Another cool feature on Skype is that it saves your chat history.
Shamir
June 15th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
MusicForte is a site dedicated to indie musicians and they do have a section (in the forum I think) for finding collaborators, etc…it’s a good site and has lots to learn and see.
Chuck
June 15th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Could I Put my songs on here
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June 15th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Hi Shamir,
My greetings to you and your family, guess they are doing great.
There is this questions that worries me so much which I want to emphasis on it.
Well am from African Ghana, and am 19 years of age. Since my childhood I have been listening to Hip hop/ Rap music and my favorite rap star is 2pac because of his awesome skills of rap and concern in socialization.
Because of the fact that I enjoyed listening to rap music I have developed a taste for it. when I was in elementarily i wrote my first rap song dedicating it to my mon with the title (Dear mon) well no serious attention was focus on it because i did not know what i was even doing then.
My taste for hip hop music, keeps on rising from stages to stages as I grow up. And as at now. with the help of your tip on writing a good song with the help of inspiration I can admit that, my 4 songs with titles( life from the beginning, am a ghetto boy, Experience, do it) that i have written really needs to be heard for grading if am making progress.
My greatest misery is that, I don’t physically know where to begin, how to make it big, and ways to dynamite my talent. Thanks to the aid of internet. I study so hard, but, I can see is time i communicate with some one who can really show me the way. I will be much grateful to anybody contribution towards my carrier i have plans in future of really expanding aid world wide across the globe to help those who have the talent but are hindered due to either financial support or etc.
my real name is Samuel Adjei 19 years of age from Ghana Africa email address: sammybesco@yahoo.com tel +233272404606
Thank you.
June 16th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
A site just like Casia described, where people can upload audio, such as beats, guitar, and vocals, to be mixed and listened to, making true pieces of art!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Song co-writing is a great idea, but nothing new. From my song writing learning curve, I’ve been advised that most songs are co-written, because a known singer can request a one word change, and they would be legally a co-writer of your ideas and lyrics. (Correct me if you feel I’m wrong).
Due to this, I feel the internet is not a place to allow an unknown to have access to any lyrics you have written due to inspiration, musical talent, or hope for a career in song writing.
The internet may be a place to find possible contacts, but not to relay your work, without some sort of agreement before hand.
June 17th, 2009 at 5:52 am
hmm a new learning experience
June 17th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
I TOTALLY AGREE WITH BILL!! DO NOT LET SOMEONE POSSIBLY STEAL WHAT YOU HAVE WORKED TO MAKE. YOU JUST CANT TRUST THE INTERNET IN ALOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, OR YOU WILL END UP GETTING SCAMMED OR SCREWED.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Nice one Shamir I will check it out.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I’m curious why you aren’t posting my two comments I left??
Casia