Songwriter 101

A site where music business professionals help new songwriters learn the business.

Songwriter 101 was a project for BMI, the performing rights organization that collects royalties for songwriters and publishers. It was a place where music business professionals helped the next generation of songwriters learn the ins and outs of the business.

I was the primary developer of the site, which ran on pMachine. I also wrote a polling module for its back end, then released it for other pMachine sites as Poll Mod.

The Poll Mod home page, with a sample poll asking “How many movies did you see this summer?” and its results graphed as bars — The Poll Mod home page, with a sample poll from Cinema Treasures.

Poll Mod’s News page, announcing Poll Mod 1.0 — The launch announcement for Poll Mod 1.0.

Poll Mod’s Download page, with a link to download version 1.0 — The download page.

Poll Mod’s Install page, with an overview of the installation steps and a warning to back up first — Step-by-step install instructions.

Poll Mod’s Tags page, with sample sidebar poll blocks from Cinema Treasures and Songwriter 101 — Poll blocks for sidebars, as used on Cinema Treasures and Songwriter 101.

Poll Mod’s Customize page, with a sample bar graph of poll results and alternate bar styles — Customizing poll bars and styles.

Poll Mod’s Frequently Asked Questions page — Frequently asked questions.

Poll Mod’s Examples page, with screenshots of the polls pages on Cinema Treasures and Songwriter101.com — Poll Mod running on Cinema Treasures and Songwriter101.com.

Poll Mod’s Donate page, with a PayPal donation button — The donation page.

Poll Mod’s License page, with the text of the GNU General Public License — Poll Mod was open source, under the GPL.