CURRENT INDUSTRY TRENDS



MULTIPLE SONG COMPILATION CDs

Springbarrel begin pitching Multiple Song Compilation CDs (Pitch Comps) in 1998, a very popular trend today.


Why?


During past meetings with A&R Reps. we were often told that they do a lot of their listening during their drive times and prefer even in a meeting not to be changing CDs every 3 minutes. One Label Head recently said he had gone through 5 CD players in his car! With this information and the privilege of being able to play the Label Rep. 10-12 songs our Multiple Song Pitch Comp or USB Memory Sticks became a Springbarrel Standard. It is great when a A&R Rep. requests a Single Song off one of our Compilations.

Plus, our Pitch Comps are often kept for months, even years, and referred back to as new Artist Projects come up.


Artists today are looking for the their next monster hit, the song that is going to make them an even bigger Star.They know that song when they hear it. Through keeping up with the Project we know what they are and what they are not looking for and put those types of songs on our Pitch Comps. We try not to make the pitches too dead on, for one can run the risk it will make them feel too predictable and unable to sing something a little outside the box. A song that we feel has the potential of being a hit no matter who sings it will be on our Pitch Comps and then we will do a follow up Single Pitch on those particular songs.

Once we receive a Label, Artist, Management, or Producer Song Request our Springbarrel Pitch Comps are delivered asap filling the request.

Our Clients enjoy knowing that on any given day a Label Head, A&R Rep., Artist Manager or sometimes the Artist themselves could be in the car or on a laptop visiting A&R Special Email accounts listening to their song!


Group Pitch Meetings

Hosting a meeting of invited Songpluggers and Publishers is on the front burner these days,
often the Artist is present too. Springbarrel has hosted meetings or taken part in them since 2001.
Catering To New Artists
 Springbarrel began catering to New Artists when we opened our doors. We feel it is the New Artist that needs the Top Drawer song that will allow them to test well at Radio during their Artist Development. The Major Labels are doing less Artist Development these days forcing the New Artist with the help of an Investor to develop themselves. Good songs are vital to them. Springbarrel is fast becoming the first place they come to looking for songs. We know the importance of being on the ground floor of a New Artist's career, for they never forget the Writer and Song Plugger who helped them land their Record Deal!



Newsletters

Of course Newsletters have always been popular, but Newsletters specifically focused on Songwriters is fairly new. We began the Springbarrel Newsletter in 2002. Our Newsletters feature our Clients, their stories, their successes and Industry news. In 2008 we began working on Springbarrel Sunday, a Bible based Devotional inspired by and dedicated to Songwriters. Through Scripture and personal testimony we share how specific Biblical Scriptures can be applied in the daily life of a Songwriter along with a Pro Writer Songwriting Tip.