How to Get Started as a Professional Music Ghost Writer

Before I begin I will say this I am just getting started as a Professional Music Ghost Writer myself so the information that I will provide will be from learning experiences and ways I've tried and believe I still need to gain success hopefully I am able to point you into a direction but more than likely I will spark a brand new idea in your head so please share!

Getting Started

1. Website hook ups- You may want to start your own website so that you can put your guidelines and demo's of your work there and attempt to get traffic to your site. This will also (if you're able to get heavy traffic) help you to gain revenue off your site just being up and active. If you don't have time or money to build a website of your own there are various music networking sites that allow you to register free, there you can set a profile and provide potential customers with demo's of your work.

2. Business Email- You may want to have a business Email this would be an email address different from your current ones that would be used for business only. More than likely you would like to put the name of your business in side of email in some way. Also if you have built a site you can have an email address directly connected with your website for example if your business name is musicghostwriter.com you would have a email address that would say customerservice@musicghostwriter.com or something like that this just makes your business look more professional however it is not needed. An Email address people can reach you that you know to check on a regular basis will be sufficient.

3. Contacts- Gather as many contacts as you can contacts can vary. They could either be potential customers or other ghost writers or perhaps composers (those that make beats) even producers or any record label connections you may have singers/rappers etc. You should create a contact list using word or Microsoft excel featuring names and telephone numbers, and email addresses so that if you have something new to present you can contact everyone easily. Having others view your work that won't buy is always good because you can ask them to rate your product/song they can give you some tips or advice that you may want to use on your next creation. (I would recommend not changing your current if someone says it sucks or don't like it keep it how you finalized it and just work on something new using their ideas no matter how many people may down it there is always one that will give it a thumbs up be patient wait for the one). You can find contacts on various music networking places even on facebook.com and myspace.com a lot of people will people will leave email address in there profiles but you must be aware a lot of people will mark you as spam if you don't ask them permission to send them stuff usually you want to choose people who are at least interested in what you're doing so if you ask you'll usually get a yes.

4. Creation- Create about 10 different projects try to do different genres you may think you're an excellent pop writer but you might be a better country writer. You should try to expose yourself to a wide range of music this will only help bring more attention to you. The reason you want to have a lot of projects is because you don't want to be in a situation where someone is asking for demos and you don't have any or you only have one. You never know who may contact you at any given time it is best to be prepared for anything and everything. Now ghost writing is writing as someone so try to write as 10 different artists that are already signed. A lot of unsigned Artists try to purchase sound a likes anyway, as well even people that don't want to sound like anyone else might sound like someone unintentional that's just the way it is. Writing is not really writing the first book/poem writers they wrote they actually had the gift to write now days we are all just twisters. We tell the same stories just put a different spin on it.

5. Studio/Singers- This is a biggie in a way because though you may consider yourself just a writer there are a lot of people that won't invest in you if you don't have a voice and a beat to your song. It is hard for most to read and believe its any good mostly all people will ask for a demo to really hear what has been written. This is why you should invest in a home studio if you can't rap find someone that can if you can't sing find someone that can. As well if you're a lyricist start trying to compose, if you can compose and write the lyrics you will find that your lyrics will turn out better because you actually made the beat. For all those that believe making a Studio is hard all you need is a room for a computer and a room for your booth which could be a bathroom or closet (preferably with a door to close the microphone off). You don't need top quality stuff because you're just trying to give a feel or rhythm of how the song goes however the better the quality the better you're likely to pull that off. These types of people (ones with studios or that can sing and rap) would be good to keep as contacts as well because if they live nearby you can have them do what you can't for a small price or sometimes for free if you let them keep the demo to use for themselves. (Which is something I do if someone sings an R&B song I wrote I let them use it as a demo to send into record companies who knows I might not sell the song to someone else and the person I did the demo with might get signed and want to buy it you really never know!)