Some important resources for songwriters, publishers, and all music people!

Organizations
United States Copyright Office
Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559 -- (202) 707-3000 for information
(202) 707-9100 hotline for ordering forms
Copyright forms are downloadable from the U.S. Copyright web site at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/forms.html

Performing Rights Organizations
BMI
Nashville Office: 10 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203-4399 -- (615) 401-2000
New York Office: 320 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3790 -- (212) 586-2000

ASCAP , American Society of Composers and Publishers
Nashville: Two Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203 -- (615) 742-5000 New York: One Lincoln Plaza, New York, NY, 10023 -- (212) 621-6000 or 1-800-95-ASCAP (membership)

SESAC
55 Music Square East, Nashville, TN 37203

Songwriter Organizations
Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI)
1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN 37203 , TN 37203 -- (615) 265-3354

Las Vegas Songwriters Association (LVSA)
P. O. Box 42683, Las Vegas, NV 89116-0683 -- (702) 459-9107

The Songwriters Guild of America (SGA)
New York: 1560 Broadway, Suite #306, New York, NY 10036 -- (201) 867-7603
Nashville: 1222 16th Avenue South, Suite #25, Nashville, TN 37212 -- (615) 329-1782

National Academy of Songwriters
6255 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1023, Hollywood, CA 90028 -- (800) 826-7287; in CA (213) 463-7178

Other Web Sites

TAXI : The Independent A&R Vehicle connecting unsigned artists, bands and songwriters with major record labels, publishers, and film & TV music supervisors.

Billboard
One Astor Plaza, 1515 Broadway, New York NY 10036 -- (800) 745-8922 (subscriptions)

American Songwriter Magazine
121 17th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203 -- (615) 244-6065

Country Music Association (CMA)
1 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN 37203 -- (615) 244-2840

Gospel Music Association (GMA)
1205 Division Street, Nashville, TN 37203 -- (615) 242-0303

Harry Fox Agency, Inc./National Music Publishers' Association
711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 -- (212) 370-5330

Music Business:Producer: Find out about the Music Industry at Music Business: Producer, with the dirt on record labels, music lawyers, producers, and more.

Music Forte: A website where artists and bands can interact, list gigs, post music and so much more.  A good resource for indie artists, bands and songwriters.

Books
This Business Of Music , Sidney Shemel and M. William Krasilovsky
All You Need To Know About The Music Business , Donald S. Passman
The Craft Of Lyric Writing , Sheila Davis