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TOTAL Son writers & Publishers ARTISTS & MUSIC CONTROL NO_ i SONG CREIDITS T I T L E W R I T E R P U B L I S H E R THE HOT 100 OVER SongCatalog launches BUTTERFLY Anthony Kiedis, S. Binzer, Bret Mazur, Flea, John Frusciante, Chad Smith Crazy Town/ASCAP, Moebetoblame /BMI, Screen Gems -EMI /BMI Site Brings Songwriters, Buyers Together HOT COUNTRY SINGLES & TRACKS WHO I AM Brett James, Troy Verges Sony /ATV Tree /BMI, Songs Of Teracel /BMI, INTERNET Songs Of Universal /BMI BY JIM BESSMAN "We had over half a million hits in HOT R &B SINGLES NASHV ILLE- SongCatalog.com the first month," Whitworth says, not- PROMISE Jermaine Dupri, Brandon Casey, Brian Casey, Bert Young, Bryan -Michael Cox, professional song sup- ing that much of the site's appeal is its Gary Smith So So Def /ASCAP, EMI April /ASCAP, Them Damn Twins /ASCAP, SHEET is bringing BderUASCAP, Babyboy's Little /SESAC, Noontime Tunes /BMI, Gizzo /ASCAP pliers and buyers together through ease in managing users' catalog. `They HOT RAP SINGLES a novel means of online catalog stor- get their material encoded and cate- WHAT WOULD YOU DO Ryan Toby, Robby Pardlo Pladis /ASCAP, EMI April /ASCAP, Hot -ish /ASCAP age and management. gorized and placed in the Vault, which MUSIC HOT LATIN TRACKS The recently launched Internet is completely and easily searchable by SOLO QUIERO AMARTE Desmond Child, Victoria Shaw, Gary Burr Sony /ATV is based in Nashville them. A lot of publishers have their Tunes /ASCAP, Deston /ASCAP, Desmundo /ASCAP, Norma Desmond /SESAC, Victoria service, which Shaw/SESAC, Sony /ATV Songs/BMI, Gabburr/ASCAP, Universal- MCA/ASCAP and has an office in Vancouver, helped music stored on CDs and have to rum- PUBLISHING! land songwriter Larry Weiss use of his mage through them when they get American Breed hit `Bend Me, Shape requests for songs, but if the music's in Me" in TV spots for Mercedes -Benz. the Vault, it's all at their fingertips - Other users with early success via and they can also promote it without Using Songs Of The Century SongCatalog include Shawn Pierce, a having to send out CDs and tapes." Juno Award-winning music supervi- Instead, suppliers can just E -mail For Teaching Purposes sor/producer who found two songs on 50-second teasers of songs to poten- the site for Canadian TV series Cold tial buyers, says Whitworth. Buyers N ENS SONGS OF THE CEN- a rainbow formed ?' For geogra- Squad, and Destiny's Child opening act can save time by searching the site for TURY: Somewhere over the rain- phy, `Where's Kansas, and what Xcentric, which found two tunes there material fitting their specific needs, bow, maybe, someone knows more happens in tornado season ?' Social by songwriter Walt Adridge. instead of going through the "frus- about popular music than Robert studies would be, `Why are there Among other song suppliers trating" process of finding suitable K. Oermann, whom the National child labor laws ?' -because of already signed up with SongCatalog songs via more traditional means. Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Judy Garland -and how they are such notable writers as Jerry "If you're an ad agency looking for naturally turned to in putting came to be. English would be L. Leiber and Mike Stoller, Michael a'70s love song with a certain tempo, together its massive Songs of the Frank Baum and his Oz books. McDonald, Andrew Gold, Victoria you'd have to go to a superstore and Century educational undertaking. The art component could divide Shaw, and Randy Bachman; publish- look through all the '70s compilations The joint NEA/Recording Indus- the colors of the rainbow and ers on board include Curb Music, to find a couple songs, then track down try Assn. of America project, which show how they occur in the spec - HoriPro Music, and Bahnur Music. the publishing information in order to the Nashville -based NEA consult- trum. But they'd also learn about "The main function is make contact," says ant and renowned music journal - Judy, and Harold Arlen's songs, Use the same to connect copyright hold- Whitworth. "So you tend ist/historian Oermann coordinated, and the Academy Awards." technology as ers with professional to make decisions based amassed 1,100 songs broken down Incredibly, Oermann began with Hal Leonard', music buyers through on time constraints. Our by genre into 20th century decades. a list of 18,000 key recordings based catalog management," says company site narrows down the search time in After sending out 48 -page ballots to on awards lists from ASCAP, BMI, Boosey & Hawkes" COO Chris Whitworth The process, he locating copyright holders, hooking up music industry representatives, the National Academy of Recording and more! notes, involves two key tools provided buyers and sellers, and facilitating media, elected officials, teachers, Arts and Sciences-"every list I by the site: the Vault and the Exchange. transactions." and students, 365 final songs of the could find," he says. He culled these The Vault is where publishers, SongCatalog will also provide pub- century were identified for use in down to 2,000, but when that num- Major sheet music publishers songwriters, and labels can upload lishers with their own custom Inter- fifth -grade ber proved too have found a perfect E -com- their music and categorize it, he says. net address in order to bring prospec- classes during daunting, he merce solution with Sibelius® IE Categories are many, including song tive buyers to the publisher's catalog the 2001 -02 further nar- WoriIs&M usic rowed down (Internet Edition). Sibelius IE title, writer, publisher, lyrics, genre, only. "This way, they don't have to school year. it to where it was creates Scorch® files that can be subject, theme, language, mood, emo- worry about bringing buyers to their Scholastic to have them then go after will now cre- roughly a one- viewed, played and printed by tion, chart history, and tempo. site, only The Exchange is SongCatalog's someone else's catalog that's also ate a class cur- out -of-three anyone with the free, download - by Jim B essman search engine. "It's designed around using SongCatalog," he says. riculum based choice. able Scorch reader*. the needs of professional music buy- Other features for buyers are proj- on the evolution of music from a his- "You didn't vote according to ers," explains Whitworth. Song sup- ect- management tools involving the torical, social, cultural, and techno- favorites but by what best repre- Sibelius IE lets you place your pliers who have audio song samples storing of search results; collaborating logical perspective. America Online's sented each era," says Oermann. sheet music on the Internet, in the Vault can list them on the on song decisions with colleagues; and AOL@school service will stream the "And within each decade there where it can be seen, heard, and Exchange, where buyers can log in keeping track of online negotiations. songs into the classrooms on a daily were numerous breakdowns: jazz, distributed with secure encryp- and search. They can also make con- For songwriter Weiss, the system basis. country, musical theater, gospel, tion. It's the E- commerce choice tact with suppliers directly through greatly improves on traditional song "One day it might be Bessie Kirland hot rods, British Invasion. of leaders like Hal Leonard for the site's online messaging system; plugging. "Unless you have the right Smith, the next the Beach Boys, We wound up with 365 records couple of agents Bill Monroe, or Elvis," says Oer- weighted proportionately through good reason: Sibelius IE is the any negotiations can then proceed relationships-or a on the doors for you mann, who expects the project to the decades, so they're not just all only Internet solution that puts without SongCatalog's involvement. banging -it's While SongCatalog makes its Vault potluck," he says. "For instance, I had reach 1 million students in two from the '60s." you in complete control. available to song suppliers for free, it a song in the Deep Impact movie years and ultimately extend Hence, Oermann notes that the does charge a monthly "host" fee for because of a relationship the co-writer beyond the fifth grade. "I really Haydn Quartet's 1908 "Take Me If you're considering an online including audio, as well as for its had with the film's director-which is believe in the communicative Out to the Ballgame" peacefully music presence, we'd love to Exchange service. Twenty-five audio how it ordinarily happens. But Song- power of music and appreciate that coexists with Louis Armstrong's tell you how to get started by samples in the Vault cost $4.95 per Catalog is plugged in better and gives the earliest music kids remember 1938 "When the Saints Go March- licensing Sibelius IE and Scorch. month, with charges escalating up to me exposure as a songwriter, which I today is probably rap or heavy ing In," "Over the Rainbow," Bing Give us a call at (925)280-0600, $139.95 for 1,000 samples. Twenty - ordinarily wouldn't have." metal. They think about the Crosby's 1942 "White Christ- or e-mail to sie @sibelius.com! five samples on the Exchange cost Ron Irving, president of Vancou- Supremes the way I think about mas," Bill Haley & His Comets' $9.95, with 1,000 costing $279.95. ver's SueCo Music, praises the site's Caruso." 1955 "Rock Around the Clock," All audio samples are in MP3 format, international value. "As they say in Caruso's 1907 recording of Pagli- Aretha Franklin's 1967 "Respect," *See our special Web and all songs listed on the Exchange this business, `Good songs don't go acci's "Vesti La Giubba," inciden- Don McLean's 1971 "American page for Sibelius IE & must also be in the Vault.