Contact Us

Before you email us (links at the bottom of this page), you may find the answer to your query here:

New Member Queries
If you have recently joined but have not heard from us, please be aware applications are only processed 2 days a week. If you still think there has genuinely been too long a delay, please email the Head of Membership.

Commission Fee Guidelines
Please see our Campaigns section for up-to-date information.

Eurovision
The Eurovision Song Contest and potential song entries are now exclusively administered by the BBC Entertainment Department in London. Please contact the BBC Switchboard direct on: 0845 519 1471.

Copyright & Contracts
BASCA has the following sample contracts for members which can all be downloaded via the members area of the website:
> Single Song Assignment (N.B. This can be purchased by non-members for £15)
> Model Synchronisation Licence
> Commissioning Contract
> Collaboration Agreement
> Contributors Agreement
> Session Agreement
> BBC Commissioning Guidelines
> Joint BASCA & MU Archive Agreement

If you need general advice about contracts or copyright please check out www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/legal. This website is great and explains producer agreements, production agreements, record contracts, publishing agreements, copyright and everything to do with samples.

Legal Service
The legal service is intended for members who have a contract/agreement which they would like to have checked. If you are a member who would like to make use of the service, please visit the Legal Service page of the members' area of the website to download a legal questionnaire, which you should use to outline the issue.  This service can take up to 10 working days. Please note that our legal service can only comment on UK contracts - if someone has a US contract we can not offer advice as a UK Lawyer must be registered in the US to comment on US Law. We suggest that you contact ASCAP who may be able to suggest a UK Lawyer who is US registered.

General Advice on How to Get Started in Songwriting
If you are looking for performers to cover the songs that you have written, then you will need to produce a demo recording to be sent to music publishers. Ideally this should be well recorded, with clear vocals. The demo will need to be re-recorded periodically to stop the recording sounding dated. We are not able to recommend any one studio or service over another. Please visit The Association of Professional Recording Services - www.aprs.co.uk - who are the industry association for studios and give out details of their members.   You would then need to target a publisher or act with your material. The Music Publishers Association - www.mpaonline.org.uk - produce a list of their members which is available on their website. All main libraries should stock a book called the Music Week Directory; this gives contact details of all major UK acts and record labels. If you cannot find it there, you are able to purchase a copy - please contact 01858 438893, or access a restricted amount of information for free at www.musicweekdirectory.co.uk.

Songwriting Courses
We are unable to make recommendations regarding courses run by music colleges or universities. However, the following book contains helpful information on this area:

Musicians' & Songwriters Yearbook
Edited by Jonathan Little & Katie Chatburn
A&C Black London ISBN 978-0-7136-8472-8

If you're looking for a short-term specific songwriting course, we can only recommend those that are run by professional members of BASCA. As such we can suggest the following:
> Tom Robinson runs an annual residential songwriting course in April called Stand and Deliver - www.tomrobinson.com/stand
> Bath Spa University hosts the UK Songwriting Festival every August - this is also a residential course - www.uksongwritingfestival.com

Contacting Members
If you wish to personally contact a member, please check to see whether they have chosen to be listed in the members' directory - many members who have opted to appear in our directory also provide contact information on their page. If they have chosen not to appear, but you know they are a BASCA member, we can pass on an email or forward on a letter - however, we cannot give out personal contact details for our members.

Advertising
If you wish to contact our entire membership you can advertise in our magazine with a display advert - email our Business Development Officer to discuss this. We also welcome discounts for appropriate products and services which can be offered to our members and we can advertise such offers via our members only e-bulletin. Please contact our Membership Manager (link below) regarding this.

Booking to Attend a Seminar or Workshop
Please email the Head of Membership (link below). Certain seminars are now open to non-members at a fee of £30, refundable if you then join BASCA - please email for details of upcoming events.

If you wish to write to us our mailing address is:
2nd floor, British Music House
26 Berners Street
London
W1T 3LR