Beware of the Song Sharks

In the days of the Infancy of my musical journey. I wote poems and short stories, but found an outlet for my creative itch in many old magazines i once read such as Right On, Jet, Ebony and many tabloid magazines  that were available at the time with companies soliciting the public for poems many with nice perks and promises of fame and possible royalties.  The  main purpose of t hese  advertisements were designed to reach as wide a demographic as possible, using the allure of music stardom to appeal to everyday individuals who consumed these popular publications.  I responded to one of these companies who for a fee would create a melody for your poem and send you about 5 lead sheets of the completed composition.  They would also transcribe your melody from a cassette recording into sheet music as well.  However these were vanity music companies, primarily a scam promising you the reader the possibility of royalties and songwriting contracts.  The...

  Copyright Rules for Unpublished Works Hello I am Warren Pittman , aka the Funk Gypsy. as the owner and creator of Funk Gypsy Music I wear many hats and perform many functions.  I Have been involved in the creation of music for as long as I can remember aquiring my first song contract in 1979,  a tune entitled " Wanna Be Real " and received a hand cut single sided  45 rpm vinyl record for my effort and a 1.00 advance but thats, a story for another day.  I copyrighted this song and and another song entitled "Finders Keepers - You don't have to Weep Girl" in 1980.  Since that Time I have copyrighted dozens of songs, often on scraps of handwritten sheet music, cassette tapes and poems and other writings.   In 1995 The Funk Gypsy's was founded and Warrens Music Company was founded in 2017, along with Warwren Records in 2018 about the same time my debut cd entitled "Warren Pittman- After The Dreams begin to Fade" was recorded and released. This song...