Despite ever-changing music industry trends and styles, there continues to be a demand for quality new songs for recording artists, from top-names like Christina Aguilera, Celine Dion, Ronan Keating, Laura Pausini, Kylie Minogue, Cliff Richard or Westlife to up-and-coming new acts who depend on finding the right material or most suitable co-writers to work with. Of course getting songs placed with top name acts is no easy task even for major publishers with the best connections, and where SongLink scores is that we can provide many opportunities to place material with local stars or new acts around the world.

SongLink's biggest success rate has been in mainland Europe, particularly Germany, Holland and Belgium, where A&R executives and artist managers are always very keen to find great English-language commercial pop songs, and tend to respond quickly if they like something. We always list many local artists whose names may not be known outside their own country, but are often huge stars who can sell millions of records, and often successfully use SongLink to help find their new material.

For instance, back in October 1998, SongLink ran a listing for unknown new RCA artist Christina Aguilera, which was spotted by UK subscriber Pam Sheyne. Her LA-based co-writers David Frank and Steve Kipner pitched a certain song to the project entitled 'Genie In A Bottle', and the rest, as they say, is history. Of course it doesn't always happen as easily or fast as that, but without that small mention in SongLink, who knows if that particular song would have been submitted, or if Christina's career would have taken off so enormously...

In January 1998, SongLink acquired the monthly Los Angeles tipsheet "Crossroads," which was merged into SongLink, retaining the services of editor Valerie Jones and her research team, who today still provide many of the US and Canada listings for SongLink. We are also proud to continue our longstanding co-operation with Songs Wanted, the Munich/Germany-based newsletter published by Ellie Weinert - our two independent publications regularly exchange new leads and information, and we also share booths at Midem (Cannes/France) and Popkomm (Berlin/Germany), the two biggest music industry trade shows in Europe, where we meet many of our subscribers and advertisers.

SongLink founder David Stark also visits the main USA music centres New York, Nashville and Los Angeles on a regular basis, and over the years has built up relationships with 1000's of publishers, writers, A&R executives, producers, managers and their artists. David also has excellent contacts within all the main industry associations, e.g. ASCAP, BMI, PRS, SESAC, British Academy of Composer & Songwriters, NSAI, APRA, SOCAN , etc. For further information about David's other activities in the music industry, click to About the Editors.



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