Marthie Nel HauptfleischWoman on Fire — Filled with Spirit. On Fire.
Marthie Nel HauptfleischWoman on Fire — Filled with Spirit. On Fire.
I have spent years writing songs — in English and Afrikaans, across different styles, subjects and projects.
Now the job is not simply to write more. It is to help the right existing song find the right home.
You don't need to know publishing language. Tell me what you are making, what you want the music to do, and when you need it — and whether you'd like to use an existing song, or have me write something new.
Tell me the song and what you would like to use it for. Before anything is licensed, the rights and available recordings for that particular song will be checked.
My catalogue has grown over many years and includes music across different subjects, moods and projects. Search by things that are actually useful:
Schools, community theatres and organisations can license a full performance — scripts, songs and a standard agreement, with clear rates for every performance length.
If those assets already exist, they can be supplied where appropriate. If they don't, we first decide whether creating them is genuinely needed for the opportunity.
If you already have a brief, send it. Include your references, mood, scene, deadline and any important rights or technical requirements you already know.
Publishing deals with the songs and their rights. For releases, artist music, radio and listening, go through the Record Company Door.
A song can begin with a piano and a voice.
Then it can become a recording, receive radio airplay, find its way into a film, be sung on a stage, travel into another country — and continue earning long after the writing session is over.
That's what this Door is for: helping the songs I already have find more places to live.