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Frettie's an exclusive community for songwriters to get feedback on their music and connect with other songwriters and industry professionals. Hundreds of songwriters from all over the world use Frettie and you should too. Frettie's a growing community and we're currently accepting new songwriters. Join today!
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Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on January 24, 2018
When you write a song with a cowriter, it’s standard practice in Nashville to have even splits between all the cowriters, no matter how much they contribute. This means every writer on the song (or their publisher) owns an...
Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on January 17, 2018
In the music business, songs travel on relationships like boats on a river. Think of your song as a boat and your network of relationships as the water in the river. You can have a big, deep river (a lot...
Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on January 10, 2018
Imagine you walk into a room called “Country Music” and Mr. Music Row hands you darts. He says, “These darts are your songs. Hit a bullseye with a dart, and that song gets cut.” You look at the wall on...
Announcements by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on January 04, 2018
I'm excited to announce a NEW benefit for Frettie subscribers! It's called "KNOW THE ROW." Here's the scoop... Each quarter, hit songwriter, Brent Baxter, brings in a special music industry professional to reveal what YOU need to know about breaking...
Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on January 03, 2018
Prioritize your goals like you’re setting up dominos. Which of your goals, if you accomplish it, will make it easier to accomplish your OTHER goals? Like toppling dominos, which goal, when accomplished, will help to knock over your next...
Announcements by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on December 27, 2017
Frettie is taking it up another notch. As you know, I want Frettie to be a great resource for songwriters like you. It's here to help you on your songwriting journey, and guess what? We've just added some great new...
Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on December 20, 2017
I’m bad at a lot of things. I don’t sing well. I don’t write melodies. I’d be an atrocious producer. I hardly play guitar (don’t even take it to cowrites). Yet... I’ve written cuts...
by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on December 13, 2017
If songwriting were football, inspiration would be the quarterback and the songwriter would be the receiver. Like any good receiver, we all want to catch the deep ball- the great idea that’s like a 50-yard touchdown pass. But, also...
Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on December 06, 2017
I keep a hook book. It’s where all of my song ideas go. It’s a literal notebook I keep in my desk or carry around with me. There’s also a running list in a file on my...
Tips & Resources by Brent Baxter, Pro Songwriter on November 29, 2017
Remember the days when people largely believed in paying for something BEFORE they walked out of the store with it? A lot of stores like Wal-Mart and Sears used to offer something called layaway. Back when I was a kid,...
