As far as getting into the advertising-music industry, you need to create a "reel", which is a demo used to promote your services. This can be done very cheaply nowadays with inexpensive home-recording equipment and a CD burner, although if you are going for "big brands", you would most likely need to do a demo in a recording studio to get the best quality possible.

Then, you must take the time to create a few professional documents describing what you can do fo...

This really depends on your personal preferences. First thing you must realize is that SESAC is usually very hard to get into, unless you are already having great success in the music business...it's almost like you have to be invited to join. For most composers, songwriter, or publishers, this isn't an option...

ASCAP was founded and is still run by the composers, authors and publishers which makes up it's membership. BMI, on the other hand, is run by broa...