Hey Peggy,
I just had another thought on this. If these songs are "DEMOS" you have done with other singers, you would not be ABLE to present this to radio. You have to get a release from the singers to be able to use their voice on your songs for any kind of commercial gain. These are "DEMOS" of a song, which stands for "DEMONSTRATION" record. That is not for "commercial release" which is what a performance on a radio station is, even a small, local station.
Demo singers are always singers who have their own careers, their own songs, often tied to publishers or often record deals. They do demos for quick money but it is not a career move. I hired Gretchen Wilson before her deal, and there are hundreds of recordings with Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Trisha Yearwood, etc. out there. People couldn't just start selling those as "Garth and Allen songs."
And there are other considerations. Songs that we do (and I've been a demo singer for 30 years) are not always what we WOULD want to represent us. Years ago, I brought a client to Jay's place. He was a writer and a pretty terrible singer so he hired myself, and several other singers to record his songs. A couple of years later I found out he was SELLING those songs on his web site. With our voices. AND THE SONGS WERE TERRIBLE!!!! There was nothing any of us wanted to be associated. Very sophomoric, like a fifth grader on some of them, and the subject matter in many places were nothing we were interested in. Some very "racy subject matter" (and somewhat offensive songs) using a couple of the females really caused some problems. It was not a good situation.
These are all "work for hire" and not "career representations."
If these songs are you singing or you are working with an artist (ANOTHER REASON TO WRITE WITH THE ARTISTS) and they are fine with it, or the singer has given you their permission, that is fine, but if you have not done that, you cannot present these to a radio station. Sorry, but that can land you in some trouble. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but these are really questions you should ask before attempting to get songs "out there."
MAB
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