#111: Go Behind the Scenes of the Songwriting Business—with Tom Douglas (legendary songwriter) and Troy Tomlinson (CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing)

Business Made Simple Podcast

StoryBrand.ai

Marketing, Story, Bmsu, Businessmadesimple, Brand, Business, Bms, Storybrand, Entrepreneurship, 474622, Storytelling

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Ever wondered how songs get written, pitched, and cut? How songwriters and publishers work together? How the creative process unfolds? The role publishers play in getting a song out there?

To answer all these questions, we sat down with legendary Nashville songwriter Tom Douglas and the president and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Troy Tomlinson. It’s a fascinating look at both the art and business of songwriting. If you’re in a creative field, you’ll find plenty of takeaways for your own business.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Building of Story Brand Podcast, where we believe if you confuse you'll lose.
0:14.0	Noise is the enemy and creating a clear message is the best way to grow your business.
0:18.9	I'm your host Donald Miller.
0:20.0	I'm joined by my co-host, J.J Peeerson, J.J. how are you?
0:24.0	I'm doing fantastic.
0:25.0	J.J. tell me this.
0:26.0	Do you recognize this song?
0:28.0	I'm going to do something very vulnerable.
0:29.0	Okay.
0:30.0	I think I'm on the roll here in a little rock.
0:34.0	I, no.
0:36.0	And it's probably not because of, I don't recognize the words,
0:40.0	the melody sounds dead on.
0:42.0	Yeah, melody is dead on.
0:45.0	The melody might be familiar.
0:47.0	It's the words I don't recognize.
0:49.0	The only way I can sing is if I put a little R in my voice.
0:52.0	R. R. R. R. R.
0:54.0	Here. Rock.
0:56.0	That's a song by Colin Ray.
0:58.0	And he was a big country singer back in the day.
1:00.0	Oh, of course.
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