CREATE
Songwriters receive a creative challenge and write an original song.
A CITESHARE BUSINESS STORY EXPERIMENT
PROJECT
SONGWRITE
PROJECT RUNWAY FOR SONGWRITERS.
THE AUDIENCE'S PURCHASES BECOME THE VOTES.
What if discovering the next great songwriter became the show—and the audience helped choose the winner by buying the music it actually wanted?
Project SongWrite is a reality competition built around the people behind the songs. Songwriters create original music under competition pressure. Artists perform it. The songs reach the audience.
WATCH TRAILER ↓PROJECT SONGWRITE · CONCEPT TRAILER
OPEN TRAILER ↗Press play to watch the existing Project SongWrite concept trailer.
A CITESHARE BUSINESS STORY EXPERIMENT
PROJECT SONGWRITE
PROJECT RUNWAY FOR SONGWRITERS.
THE AUDIENCE'S PURCHASES BECOME THE VOTES.
What if discovering the next great songwriter became the show—and the audience helped choose the winner by buying the music it actually wanted?
Project SongWrite is a reality competition built around the people behind the songs. Songwriters create original music under competition pressure. Artists perform it. The songs reach the audience. Instead of casting a conventional vote, listeners support their favorites through purchases that count toward the competition.
WATCH THE PROJECT SONGWRITE TRAILER
Project SongWrite concept trailer
The Project Runway comparison is an explanatory analogy. Project SongWrite is an independent concept and is not affiliated with Project Runway.
THE PREMISE
THE SONGWRITER IS THE STAR.
THE SONG IS THE PRODUCT.
THE AUDIENCE IS THE MARKET.
THE SONGWRITER IS THE STAR.
THE SONG IS THE PRODUCT.
THE AUDIENCE IS THE MARKET.
Songwriters write the music the world sings, but they often stand behind the performers who bring those songs to the public. Project SongWrite moves the songwriter to center stage.
Streams and shares can reveal attention. Purchases do something different: under the Project SongWrite format, they become the vote.
WHICH SONGS DOES THE WORLD ACTUALLY WANT?
THE CORE MECHANISM
SONGWRITER → SONG → AUDIENCE → PURCHASE = VOTE → RESULT
The format turns audience choice into a market signal while the competition is happening.
CURRENT FORMAT HYPOTHESIS
HOW IT WORKS
HOW THE STORY MOVES
01 · SONGWRITER
Creates original music under competition pressure.
02 · SONG
Performed and released.
03 · AUDIENCE
Discovers the music.
04 · PURCHASE = VOTE
A purchase becomes support in the competition.
05 · RESULT
Market response matters.
PERFORM
Artists bring the competing songs to life.
RELEASE
The songs reach the audience.
DISCOVER
People listen, watch, share and find the songs they care about.
BUY / VOTE
Audience purchases count toward the competition result.
ADVANCE
Market response helps determine what moves forward under rules still being tested.
Purchase windows, pricing, rights, royalties, verification, judging and anti-manipulation rules remain part of the Project SongWrite experiment.
SONGWRITER ZERO · PARTICIPATION EXPERIMENT
THINK YOUR SONG BELONGS ON THIS STAGE?
Step into the Project SongWrite audition room. Tell us who you are, tell us the story behind your song, and show us what you wrote.
01 · MEET THE SONGWRITER
Your name or stage name, photo, location, and a short introduction.
02 · TELL THE STORY
Give us the song title and the story behind it: why you wrote it and what listeners should hear.
03 · SHOW US THE SONG
Share a video performance, playback, or presentation of your original song.
04 · RIGHTS CHECK
Confirm that you wrote or control the music and recording you are authorized to submit.
THE AUDITION PACKAGE
SEND YOUR STORY + SONG TO PROJECT SONGWRITE
For this first experiment, Songwriter Zero will go through the submission process before it opens to outside songwriters. That test will help define the upload, moderation, judging, rights and publishing workflow.
SUBMIT YOUR SONG ↓Submission received. Project SongWrite can now review your songwriter story and video link.
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Submitting a song will not transfer ownership or establish competition eligibility. Public submission terms, moderation, releases and reuse permissions must be finalized before outside submissions open.
SONGWRITER ZERO · PARTICIPATION EXPERIMENT
THINK YOUR SONG BELONGS ON THIS STAGE?
Step into the Project SongWrite audition room. Tell us who you are, tell us the story behind your song, and show us what you wrote.
01 · MEET THE SONGWRITER
Your name or stage name, photo, location, and a short introduction.
02 · TELL THE STORY
Give us the song title and the story behind it: why you wrote it and what listeners should hear.
03 · SHOW US THE SONG
Share a video performance, playback, or presentation of your original song.
04 · RIGHTS CHECK
Confirm that you wrote or control the music and recording you are authorized to submit.
THE AUDITION PACKAGE
SEND YOUR STORY + SONG TO PROJECT SONGWRITE
For this first experiment, Songwriter Zero will go through the submission process before it opens to outside songwriters. That test will help define the upload, moderation, judging, rights and publishing workflow.
SUBMISSION EXPERIMENT COMING NEXT →THE BIGGER IDEA
THE SHOW COULD BE THE FRONT DOOR TO A SONGWRITING MARKETPLACE.
Project SongWrite could become more than a competition. The show can introduce audiences to new writers and original music while a larger ecosystem helps songs move from idea → creation → discovery → market.
CREATE → COMPETE → DISCOVER → LISTEN → BUY / VOTE → SHARE → CREATE AGAIN
ADD A PIECE TO THE STORY
INDUSTRY
TV & Film · Music Industry · Distribution
BUILD
Technology · Strategic Partners · Sponsors
KNOWLEDGE
Evidence · Expertise · Connections
AN UNFINISHED BUSINESS STORY
WHAT DOES THIS STORY NEED NEXT?
Maybe you have the missing piece.
Project SongWrite is a live CiteShare experiment. Moving it forward requires people with different knowledge, resources, relationships and perspectives.
TV & Film · Music Industry · Technology · Distribution · Strategic Partners · Sponsors & Advertisers · Evidence & Expertise · Connections
WHAT CAN YOU BRING TO PROJECT SONGWRITE?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THE WHOLE STORY. YOU MAY JUST HAVE THE PIECE IT NEEDS NEXT.
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WHERE CAN YOU HELP?
Choose the part of the story you can move forward, then tell us what you can add.
