Submission Policy

Interested songwriters can submit a demo CD of no more than 3 songs addressed as follows:

RE:  Songwriters Connection

La Dolce Vita Publishing Co.

1301 Edenborn Av.

Metairie, LA 70001

Include your name, phone number, e-mail address, lyrics sheet, song titles, copyrighted (Y/N), and performing rights organization affiliation (if applicable).  Materials will not be returned unless submitted with a self-addressed stamped envelope.  Only songwriters whom we have an interest in promoting will be contacted.  Only materials following the guidelines noted above will be considered.

Songwriters Connection

La Dolce Vita Publishing Co.

(ASCAP)

The road to success as a songwriter is a treacherous one, with scores of opportunists waiting at every turn to take advantage of aspiring artists. The digital age of music has brought about an explosion of tools that songwriters can use to their advantage. Yet it has also brought about an explosion in the number of aspiring artists who have access to the recording process, making it even more difficult to get music noticed through scores of material in the marketplace.

Signing away a percentage of your royalties to a music publisher (50% is the standard) is a precarious venture. Having a large percentage of your song's proceeds tied up with one company can limit your options when another interested (and perhaps more reputable or well-connected) publisher shows an interest.

La Dolce Vita Publishing Co. offers another approach, with the best interests of the songwriter in mind. With so much music being recorded, music industry professionals have neither the time nor inclination to listen to all of the material that comes their way from individual artists. La Dolce Vita accepts and screens music from a limited number of aspiring songwriters. Our compilation CD's are then distributed to artists, publishers, A&R contacts, and record companies who can rest assured that these selections have been scrutinized and pared down to only the finest selections.

La Dolce Vita is also compensated by receiving a percentage of the performing rights of the song, though only a fraction of the percentage that most publishers require. Better yet, artists can choose to pay a finder's fee (similar to a staffing or personnel agency that connects employers with job hunters) once an interested party is identified that releases the artist from the terms of the original agreement (sort of a buyout clause). That way if a lucrative deal comes along, you're not shackled by the terms of your original agreement.

We also conduct periodic songwriting workshops to help aspiring artists discuss music industry issues and network with other musicians. Artists helping artists get noticed - We see it as a "Win-Win" situation.

"Most of us go to our graves with our music still inside of us."

- Unknown

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