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Hebrew 11:6 KJV The Book Of Job KJV
Blessings To You
"Strategy" Hebrews 11:6 KJV and The Book Of Job
But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for
he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and
that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 (KJV)
If you know what it takes to win a battle you can
plan your strategy for victory. Satan understands
Hebrews 11:6 even better than we do; he constantly
throws things at us to destroy our faith. But, God
allows this because He wants to give us the
opportunity to defeat Satan and have the victory by
turning something meant to destroy us into a thing that
will please Him. We must turn every personal attack,
family attack, every trial, testing, financial setback, etc.
into new ways of showing our faith in God. In doing so,
we please Him and win not only the battle but the war.
PRAISE GOD!
Wordsmith Wisdom
As a Songwriter you may face an unbelievable
amount of Satan's "darts", all of which are meant to
destroy the wonderful gift God has placed within you.
We all know the potential power of a song, so
successful song writers who love God are not
necessarily part of Satan's plan. If you're successful
you just might be able to give a larger tithe or make
some other special offering to God's work. Of course,
Satan doesn't want this to happen. Have you ever
wondered if Satan is attacking America's (and indeed,
the world's) financial system? The book of Job tells us
the first thing Satan took was Job's livestock, the very
thing used to make sacrifices to God. But, we, like Job,
have a shield against Satan's darts. All we have to do
is turn each of Satan's attacks into another opportunity
to show our faith in God.
The 4 P's to a successful songwriting
career.
PRAISE, PRAYER, PATIENCE,
PERSISTENCE
Here at Springbarrel, we're often asked the
following two questions: "Which do I need, a
Publisher or a Song Plugger?" and, "Does
Springbarrel accept all songs submitted to them?"
1st Question: "Which do I need, a Publisher or a
Song Plugger?"
The answer depends on whether the Writer wants
to retain control of her/his portion of the copyright
(publishing) on the song.
When a song generates revenue, both the Writer
and Publisher receive a separate royalty. If you retain
your publishing rights, you will naturally receive a
writer royalty plus a publisher royalty. When feasible,
many Writers choose this option and hire an
independent song plugger or a song plugging
company such as Springbarrel. This means the
Writer's total income will be greater in the long
run.
If you hire a Professional Song Plugger you can
expect to pay them a monthly retainer fee and backend
bonuses in the event a cut is secured.
Should you opt for a Publishing deal on your song
(s), then be prepared to assign all or part of your
publishing rights to the Publisher. In exchange, the
Publisher is expected to have a salaried song plugger
on staff to pitch your material or will have contracted a
song plugging company such as Springbarrel to pitch
their music catalog.
If you assign publishing rights to your song to a
publisher, you should not be required to pay that
publisher to pitch it since the publisher will be entitled
to future royalties.
It is worth noting here that if Writers retains their
publishing rights they may also use this to negotiate
an exclusive writer contract which may provide for a
weekly or monthly draw to write songs for that
company.
This decision rests with the Writer, but more and more
Writers are choosing to retain as much of their
publishing as possible. Again, it means more long
term income for the Writer.
2nd Question: "Does Springbarrel accept all
songs submitted to them?"
No. Springbarrel turns down submissions almost
daily. We passed on approximately sixty (60) songs
over the past week. We must feel that any song we
accept has a shot at being recoded. Otherwise, we
would be wasting our valuable time and the writer's
money. We do not want to do either.
We have worked hard at Springbarrel to earn a
solid reputation for representing good songs, and we
plan to continue to doing so.
May God bless you and your songwriting
endeavors.
Carol Perdew
Creative Director and owner of Springbarrel
Songwriter Services, LLC., has worked within the
Music industry since 1970. Currently serving
Songwriters and Publishers through Catalog
Representation, Consulting and Creative
Services.
"Strategy," an excerpt from the upcoming book
Springbarrel Sunday. A volume of devotionals inspired
by and written especially for Songwriters.