Submit Your Songs to Publishers

Submit Your Songs to Publishers
The Nashville Songwriter Success Kit

By Todd Bailey

ISBN 978-0-557-99100-6

Book Specifications
Book Size: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)
Page Count: 261 Pages
Interior Color: Standard Black & White
Paper Type: 60# White — Uncoated
Binding Type: Paperback Perfect Bound
Cover Finish: Matte

Book Description

You’ve written the songs. Now it’s time to get them heard.

Whether you’re dreaming of hearing your music recorded by a major artist, signing your first publishing deal, or simply taking your songwriting career to the next level, Submit Your Songs to Publishers: The Nashville Songwriter Success Kit gives you the practical roadmap to navigate today’s music publishing industry with confidence.

Written by award-winning singer-songwriter Todd Bailey, this comprehensive guide combines decades of real-world songwriting and music business experience into an easy-to-follow system that helps aspiring and independent songwriters prepare, organize, and professionally pitch their music.

Inside you’ll learn how to:

Understand how music publishers discover and develop songwriters
Evaluate whether your songs are truly ready for submission
Build a catalog that publishers want to hear
Write professional pitch emails that get noticed
Avoid the most common mistakes that cost songwriters opportunities
Understand publishing deals, copyrights, royalties, and ownership
Network effectively with publishers, artists, producers, and co-writers
Organize your songwriting business like a professional
Create a 90-day action plan to start pitching your music with confidence

The book also includes practical bonus resources such as publisher submission checklists, professional email templates, catalog tracking systems, co-writer split sheets, publisher research guides, and business planning tools you can use throughout your songwriting career.

Whether you’re writing country, Americana, folk, pop, rock, or any other genre, this book provides the knowledge, strategies, and encouragement to help you move from writing songs in your notebook to confidently presenting them to the music industry.

Success in songwriting isn’t just about writing great songs—it’s about giving those songs the best possible chance to be heard.

If you’re ready to take your songwriting seriously and pursue new opportunities in music publishing, Submit Your Songs to Publishers: The Nashville Songwriter Success Kit is the guide you’ll return to again and again throughout your career.

This product is for the book only, shop other songwriter products & services:

Song Publisher Submission – Submit 5 songs to publishers
Basic Song Critique – Submit 1 songs for Review
Songwriter Success Bundle – Submit 1 song, 1 basic critique and the 261 page book