The Songwriter Directory · original songs written for and by school performers — opening as songwriters join
An early-access directory for the songwriters behind school and community productions.
A choir or ensemble director looking for an original song has one question to answer first: the song, its key and range, and whether the group may perform it without a licensing fee. The Songwriter Directory is being built around that question — not a biography. It is an early-access address: the directory is empty today and opens as songwriters join. Nothing is listed yet.
This is an early-access directory, not a live catalog. There are no songs listed, no songwriter roster, no count, and no waitlist — the directory opens as songwriters join it.
What this directory is for — and where its edges are
The Songwriter Directory is for original songs and toplines written for and by school performers: the writer, the song, and the one thing a director needs to know before rehearsal — its key and range, and whether the group may perform it without a licensing fee. It is organised around that permission question, not a writer’s biography. It is distinct from its neighbours: thecomposer.directory is for people who write original scores (forces, instrumentation, and whether the score can be looked at); songwriter.network is one songwriter’s own page for the credit-and-split side of the craft; thevoiceactor.directory is for voice and narration. A person who performs a song, rather than writes it, belongs on the performer family linked below.
Illustrative example · not a real song or songwriter
What one song entry will hold (illustrative)
Every value above is a placeholder describing the shape of a field, not a real entry. Nothing here is a real song, a real writer, or a cleared right — it exists only to show what a claimed profile will look like when the directory opens. It carries no count, no rating, and no review.
How it will work, when the directory opens
None of the steps below is running yet. This is the shape the directory will take as songwriters join it — described honestly in the future tense, because there is nothing to list today.
- A songwriter claims a profile. When the directory opens, a songwriter lists themselves by choice and puts up their own original songs — it is not a site anyone scrapes or posts to on someone else’s behalf.
- Each song lists the fields a director actually uses. The song, its key and vocal range, and whether a group may perform it without a licensing fee. That perform-without-a-fee field is the organising question — the reason a directory is useful to a choir director at all.
- The permission question is the boundary, not a biography. A writer’s life story is not the point; whether the group in the room may sing the song this term is. That is what separates this from thecomposer.directory next door.
- Minor songwriters stay consent-gated and unlisted by default. Songs are written for and by school performers, so a songwriter may be a minor. A minor’s profile is consent-gated and not listed by default; a songwriter is listed only by their own choice, with consent in place.
- Posted material stays the writer’s own. A song a writer posts is never sold, and the platform never feeds posted material to an outside AI to train on. Any royalty or split figure stays honest-off — this page clears no rights and quotes no numbers.
Until the directory opens, this page describes that shape and lists nothing. There is no live search here today.
Where this actually stands today
The Songwriter Directory is an early-access address, empty at launch. To be exact about it: no songs are listed, no clearance path is running, and there is no songwriter roster, count, waitlist, or testimonial behind this page. It is not a live, populated, or searchable directory today, and this page invents nothing to look busier than it is. It opens as songwriters join it.
What is real right now: this early-access address, and the self-serve path a songwriter will use to claim a profile. What is planned: the searchable directory of songs and the profile engine behind it — the songwriter discipline of the same performing-arts engine behind the sibling directories. The organising field, whether a group may perform a song without a licensing fee, is the future directory’s design; no right is cleared and no royalty or split figure is quoted here today.
Privacy: a songwriter lists themselves, by choice
When the directory opens, a songwriter appears here because they chose to list their own work — not because anyone scraped a name or built a roster from the outside. Because songs are written for and by school performers, a songwriter may be a minor, so this matters: a minor’s profile is consent-gated and not listed by default. This is a performing-arts directory of creators who opt in, not a school program — there is no class, no roster, and no school-official framing here.
Listed only by choice
A songwriter claims and controls their own profile. Nothing is listed from the open web, and no profile is built from a scrape.
Minors consent-gated, unlisted by default
A minor songwriter is not listed unless consent is in place. The directory never publishes a minor’s profile by default, and never a standalone student roster.
Never sold, never fed to an outside AI
A song a writer posts is never sold, and the platform never feeds posted material to an outside AI to train on. Any royalty or split figure stays honest-off.
This page describes no specific age range, no facial-recognition or photo-matching mechanic, and no specific consent workflow beyond the plain posture that a minor songwriter is consent-gated and unlisted by default.
Request early access
The directory opens as songwriters join it. If you write original songs for school or community performers and want to be among the first profiles when it opens, request early access — there is no sign-up form, no waitlist to pad, and nothing to browse yet.
Common questions
Is this a live directory of songs I can search today?
No. The directory is empty at launch: no songs are listed, no clearance path is running, and there is no search here today. It opens as songwriters join it, and this page invents no roster, count, or waitlist behind it.
How is this different from thecomposer.directory?
thecomposer.directory is for people who write original scores -- forces, instrumentation, and whether the score can be looked at. The Songwriter Directory is organised around the permission question for a song: its key and range, and whether a group may perform it without a licensing fee. That permission question, not a biography, is the boundary between the two.
How is this different from songwriter.network?
songwriter.network is one songwriter's own page, organised around the credit-and-split side of the craft -- co-write credits and composition provenance. The Songwriter Directory is a directory of songs a choir or ensemble director can look through by the perform-without-a-fee question, not one writer's provenance page.
Who can list themselves here?
A songwriter who writes original songs for school or community performers, once the directory opens. A songwriter lists themselves by choice and controls their own profile; nothing is built from a scrape of the open web.
Are minors listed?
No, not by default. Songs are written for and by school performers, so a songwriter may be a minor -- a minor's profile is consent-gated and not listed unless consent is in place. The directory never publishes a minor's profile by default, and never a standalone student roster.
Can I search the directory today?
No. There is nothing to search yet -- the directory is empty and opens as songwriters join. The only thing to do today is request early access.
Does this clear rights or quote royalties?
No. Whether a group may perform a song without a licensing fee is the field the future directory is organised around, but this page clears no right, runs no clearance path, and quotes no royalty or split figure. Any such figure stays honest-off.
How do I get in touch?
Request early access from this page, or talk to us. There is no sign-up form and no waitlist -- the directory opens as songwriters join it.