The companies which make Songwriter101 possible:

		Performing Songwriter is the only publication that speaks directly to and for songwriters on any subject that helps them do what they do: write, record, perform and get their music into the hands of listeners. Founded by Lydia Hutchinson in 1993, it remains a completely independent publication which provides the platform for the voice of the music community to be heard. performingsongwriter.com
		Founded in 1939, BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music. Through its music performance and reciprocal agreements with sister organizations around the world, it grants businesses and media access to its repertoire of approximately 4.5 million songs and compositions. bmi.com
		Live365 is the world's largest Internet radio network, with an audience of more than 3 million listeners each month. Live365 is unique in that its programming is created by music fans; anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can create their own Internet radio station for a small monthly fee. The result is the most diverse array of high-quality streaming audio available today, with thousands of stations spanning myriad genres, broadcasting from over 100 countries. live365.com
		Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson's digital guitar, introduced in 2002, represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in over 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, MI, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.'s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Valley Arts, Kramer, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Trace Elliot, Maestro, Baldwin, Ellington, Chickering and Wurlitzer. gibson.com
		Founded in Cincinnati by D.H. Baldwin as a music store in 1862; first vertical (upright) pianos made in 1890, first grands in 1895; became leading American piano maker; played by Liberace, Dave Brubeck, Marian McPartland, Bruce Hornsby; acquired by Gibson in Nov. 2001; pianos made in Trumann and Conway, Arkansas. baldwinpiano.com

 

		The DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, teaches artists and entrepreneurs how to create, promote, protect and distribute independent film, music and books. The show is directed by Songwriter101 Faculty Member Bruce Haring and features prominent artists and executives talking about the paths to success and has appeared in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and many other cities. diyconvention.com