American Songwriter
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American Songwriter is a bimonthly
History
The American Songwriter staff concentrates on fulfilling the original objective of the magazine as set forth in the first issue in August 1984: producing an insightful, intellectually intriguing magazine about the art and stories of songwriting.
American Songwriter covers all
In 2004 the magazine, previously published by Jim Sharp, was sold to an investment group based in Mobile, Alabama.[4] In 2011, Albie Del Favero took over the reins, "joining the team as Co-Publisher, and President of its parent company ForASong Media, LLC. Del Favero’s extensive background in media includes being founding publisher of the Nashville Scene. More recently he served as Nashville-area group publisher at SouthComm, which currently owns The City Paper and the Nashville Scene."[5] Since 2004, American Songwriter has grown from a 2,000 circulation to more than 30,000 as of November 2013, and claims a readership of approximately 90-95,000 per issue and 150-200,000 unique visitors to AmericanSongwriter.com each month. American Songwriter is distributed worldwide.
The magazine holds six bi-monthly lyric contests.
In 2019, American Songwriter was acquired by Savage Media.
A special section of the website, Songwriter U, focuses on the business of songwriting and includes articles on royalty collection, marketing, touring, guitar instruction and lyric technique.
Advertisers include national instrument manufacturers, record companies who want to gain exposure for their singer/songwriters and bands, publishers who honor writer achievements, demo studios, recording software and a select group of non-musical companies who are positioning their products within the musical culture.[7] [8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "About Us". American Songwriter. 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ^ "Open Directory – Arts: Music: Songwriting: News and Media". Dmoz.org. 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ^ a b Katz, Bill (1993). "Magazines". Library Journal. 118 (4): 114. Retrieved 4 May 2016 – via EBSCO.
- ^ Jim Bessman, "Words & Music", Billboard, May 15, 2004, p. 67.
- ^ ""American Songwriter" Under New Ownership". MusicRow - Nashville's Music Industry Publication - News, Songs From Music City. 8 August 2011.
- ^ ISBN 9781599638423.
- ^ "American Songwriter: About Us". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
- ^ ""American Songwriter" Under New Ownership". 8 August 2011.