Music scores and music books are easier to find than ever because of many online retailers. For working musicians, large and obese "fake books" containing lead plates [ie, simplified scores are stripped to simple necessities] are still popular.
You might ask, "Paper and ink sheet music? - In this era, all numbers and that?"
Yes. People still buy paper with musical symbols, learning and remembering, especially for their own happiness and satisfaction. Amateur musicians buy music scores together. Student musicians buy music scores to learn from the masters. They seek pop songs and classical solo sheet music.
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Not all songs are published in the form of musical scores. from
Some of the songs you hear on the album are not chosen by their publisher to prove the cost of creating the score for them.
In addition, even if a song is released, the song has a shelf life, and the score can be used for a period of time, but their supply is not supplemented by the publisher. from
If you didn't buy a score in the first year or the second year, you may never have a chance.
At some point, the demand for song scores has become so low that retailers have no incentive to maintain live music that is no longer needed. When this happens, the song is technically out of print.
But this brings up an interesting question:
Q: How do I find a score that I no longer print or never print?
Q: How did you find a song that is "hard to find"?
A simple solution is easy to give advice because it's three small words: "Find the publisher." But this simple solution is not easy to implement.
The steps to find the publisher are simple. But just because the steps are simple, this does not hinder success. Your chances are low and the publisher will respond to your letter or phone call via a real solution.
Despite this, despite attaining a great chance of success, at least three basic steps can be taken. Below are the steps I recommend you take.
Step 1: Find the right song from all the songs with the same title.
Beware: Song titles are not protected by copyright. According to the US Copyright Office. Therefore, there will be countless songs using the same title. So if the title of your favorite song is "Sunday morning" or "My girl" then you will have to pass countless songs other Writer, other Publisher, and other Record the artist and find the right song from the right person.
Step 2: Find the song title in the database of all performance rights organizations.
Fortunately, all copyrighted published songs will certainly be registered in a database maintained by one of the organizations responsible for collecting money on behalf of the songwriter. Such an organization is called "Performance rights organization." In the United States, the two largest performing rights organizations are from
ASCAP from
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BMI from
The smallest one from
SESAC from
. They all have online search engines that list the songs they are responsible for. If you know who wrote the songs you are interested in and have the exact title, then even if you have to skip 10 or 20 songs with the exact same title, you will encounter the correct entry in the database. But before you look at it, you won't know if your song is under the control of ASCAP or BMI or SESAC.
Step 3: When you find the right song in the database, make a note of the publisher's name and address.
Your mission is almost finished. You will need to contact the publisher and ask the publisher how to get the score for your song. Writing in the old way may be your best bet because you will be assisted by the US Postal Service to forward your letter to the appropriate address or the appropriate company.
I cannot guarantee the customer service of any particular publisher. They may respond quickly or not at all. They may provide email access to their customer service department or they may not be able to access them at all.
Again, the publisher often shuts down. If your target publisher has merged with another company or has filed for bankruptcy, then you have few tasks to find a compassionate person in the right publisher. This is another reason to write a letter instead of making a phone call or emailing. - The help you get from USPS goes further than yourself. Renaming or changing the headquarters can get your hound away from the smell of promising traces.
The final step in "Contacting the Publisher" completes the process. It's that simple.
Now, as long as your letter arrives at the right address, you will be at the mercy of the fate and reach the right side. Even so, if the right party has no budget, no resources to support its customers or support fans of a given recording artist, then you are unlucky. Keep in mind that small publishing companies don't have any budget for personalized customer support. They tend to just sit down and collect royalties, and they won't be interested in sales here and there every few weeks. They just don't have staff to offer any type of personalized service. There is no profit in selling a moderate inventory of them in a song.
On the other hand, because countless small publishing companies have a management relationship with a large publishing house, your letter may reach large companies, and large companies manage hundreds of small publishing companies. This large publishing house may point you in the right direction, such as introducing you to a major retail store that has official relations with the large publisher.
Summary: nevertheless from
Your chances of getting the out-of-print scores of your favorite songs are low. from
The steps you can take are like this from
Easy to do from
You can also take the opportunity to invest in online inquiries, invest in stamps and mail your mail. At the very least, you can quickly send an email to see what happens. You can even get lucky and find knowledgeable representatives with the right contacts.
Who knows? If there are enough people to write this letter, then the publisher may think, "Hey, this song has market demand. Let us make full use of this interest and print it again, then start popular until the bank."
You will sit down with a guitar or piano and play a brand new score to celebrate you.
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