How did you find your first songwriter as a new artist or label ?
Some info about me im an entrepreneur who has founded and sold many businesses over the last decade. Now I mostly spread my money across VC deals.
My man background is brokering meaning I bring all the players to the table. Fund it. Execute it. Implement a CEO to scale.
I recently started a record label because I have a lot of connections in the music industry and I am a consumer of music. I have my first artist. He has the look. He has the voice he has the beats. He lacks in lyrics which as a broker my instinct is let’s contract this out to someone whose strengths offset our weaknesses, ie someone who is great at songwriting but maybe not capable of being the face of the brand. And an artist who can be the face of the brand but not good at writing.
Regardless, it’s necessary we get a songwriting so we can get diversity out at effective scale. I also have high contacts in producing, engineering, promoting, etc. the reason I do not want to seek songwriters from them is because I want to retain as much control and margin when coming to the table.
I do not know where to begin to find ghostwriters. I’ve done some research on the going rate per word or deal and dif structures and it’s within budget.
Please let me know how you found your first songwriter if you don’t mind sharing. Thank you :)