Even the Beatles networked their songs in the early years of their career. Not knowing the success they would achieve as musicians, Lennon and McCartney had "a desire to emulate the success of composing duos such as Goffin & King and Leiber & Stoller in having their compositions recorded by other artists," according to Wikipedia. There was a list of 20 songs recorded by other artists during this period in the article. There was also massive hits with their songs recorded by The Rolling Stones and Badfinger.

My suggestion is you do the same with artists in the region where you live. I ran sound for about two years for a band that played festivals and colleges mostly. I posted a photo of one of their concerts. Imagine them standing before that crowd and saying, "Here's one our originals. You can get our latest CD at our table by the gate." and the CD contained songs you wrote for them.

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