Five Big Mistakes

The Five Beginner Mistakes

That Prevent Songwriters From Making Money

We’re living in a strange and wonderful moment.
For the first time in history, a songwriter does not need a record label, a band, a studio contract, or permission from anyone to create commercially usable music.

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Fang and Smitty on Sunset Strip

Turning Songwriting Into a Profitable Practice

If you hold a Pro membership in Suno, you generally retain commercial rights to the songs you create. That means your songs are not just creative exercises — they are intellectual property you can legally use, distribute, and monetize.

The important shift is this:

You are no longer trying to sell one hit song.
You are building a catalog.

Modern success comes from many uses of many songs.

Below are several realistic paths.

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Aliens, Aliens — Wherefore Art Thou?

Roswell, Aliens, and the Front Lawn Test

Every few years the Roswell story floats back into public conversation. The original headlines, the sudden retraction, the weather balloon explanation, the secrecy, the speculation — it’s all still with us. And like most long-lived mysteries, it has layered itself into culture far beyond whatever actually happened in that New Mexico field in 1947.

Let’s begin with something simple and reasonable: it’s hard to believe we’re alone in the universe. Continue reading