The Song:

■  Good catchy hook 
■  Unique 
■  Trendy lyrics

The Production:

■  Vocal arrangement and performance (the right singer)
■  Musical arrangement and performance (the right Musicians)
■  Overall sonic quality (the right studio)

The Singer:

■ Showmanship
■ The right look
■ Interesting
■ Vocal ability
■ A good attitude

So you think you wrote a song??

Think again. Ironically the word “song” is never mentioned in the Copyright Act, so there is no legal definition for it. So if the law can’t define a song, how can we, as writers, copyright it? Remember, you can’t copyright something that can’t be held in your hand (like a piece of paper or an audio cassette). So a song is really a “work” that is the embodiment of a “literary work” accompanied by a musical composition “fixed” in a tangible medium in its “best edition”