Music and Worship Arts Resources

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of over 225,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. ASCAP protects the rights of its members by licensing and distributing royalties for the non-dramatic public performances of their copyrighted works. ASCAP's licensees encompass all who want to perform copyrighted music publicly. ASCAP makes giving and obtaining permission to perform music simple for both creators and users of music.

BMI is an American performing rights organization that represents more than 300,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music.

Christian Songwriter's Network (CSN) provides Christian songwriters resources for ensuring success in their songwriting. Find the best songwriting contests for Christian music, participate in the active forum, and find ways to get your music heard.  Fellowship with other Christian songwriters and improve your songwriting skills by giving and receiving critiques. The forum also has a feature to help connect artists/labels/A&R's with songwriters: singers can post calls for new music (this is a free service and forum registration is not required; there are over 1,000 members, so there's bound to be a good fit for the type of song you need!); songwriters who wish to be notified of calls for new music simply need to join the forum (free), and then join the 'Seeking Songs Subscriber' usergroup (also free).

Awesome City Music Ministries - they are an apostolic and prophetic global portal for musicians, singers, and artists: a place to download current teaching, communicate, and access resources relevant to the apostolic reforming that is happening now in the Body of Christ! http://www.awesomecitymusic.com/

Integrity Music - The international music ministry that helps people worldwide experience the manifest presence of God. http://www.integritymusic.com/

Music Theory for Songwriters - This great resource will help you with the foundations of music and guide you through the mechanics behind songwriting. http://mugglinworks.com/chordmaps/index.htm

RhymeZone has a rhyming dictionary and thesaurus that can help with your songwriting.

Worship Leader Magazine - Believing that God is the Audience of our worship, Worship Leader provides a trusted gathering place in our changing world, a point of excellence where the global worship community can connect, communicate, sharpen their skills and be offered a platform to author multi-media devotional arts that direct the Church toward the one true worship leader, Jesus Christ.
http://www.worshipleader.com/

WorshipLinks.com - They have links to hundreds of pages on the web dealing with worship, and dozens of worship recordings and books available for purchase. All of these resources can help to deepen and expand your understanding of worship, but ultimately, worship is something that you do. It is our hope that the information that you gather through WorshipLinks will inspire you to new heights of praise and adoration of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. http://worshiplinks.com/

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