Friday, February 4, 2022

SONGWRITER NOTES NEWSLETTER ISSUE #229 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022

 HAPPY NEW YEAR from Dallas, Tx


We made it through 2021 and that is something to celebrate! I know this is a little late coming but I've had a lot on my hands to keep me busy with the award shows.

Thanks to Zoom and our Harry Hewlett, we stayed very active in 2021 and have more activities planned for 2022.

On January 15th we has our Awards Program for the 32nd Annual Dallas Songwriters Song Contest with performances from our semifinalists and appearances from our illustrious judges. Awards were given in each of the eight categories, plus grand prize awards, Lyric Contest Awards and a Young Songwriters Song Contest Awards .   More info on our song contest and to view the winners got to: https://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com For the Young Songwriters Song Contest Winners see: https://youngsongwriterscontest.blogspot.com  For the 2021 Quarterly Lyric Contest winners: https://dallassongwriterslyriccontest.blogspot.com Next deadline Next deadline March 30, 2022.

On January 22nd we awarded the Best Songs of the Meetings, Song of the Year and Vern Dailey Songwriter of the Year Awards, plus our community awards. Community Awards went to Red Byboth at Love and War in Plano, Both shows were on Saturday 12-2 via Zoom streamed to facebook and archived to Youtube.

RECAP OF 2021
Along with our Awards show in January, our special events for last year included:
 our Hall of Fame in April, a booth at the Dallas Guitar show in May, the Wild Dawg Fishing Adventure in June, Showcase at the Staples in Ft Worth in August, 2 stages for 2 days at the Deep Ellum Arts Festival in Sept, a booth at the guitar show in Arlington in Oct., and our Christmas party at the Neathery in McKinney.
   At our booth at the guitar show, we handed out the Spring 2021 Songwriters Notes Issue which contained a list of our contest winners for the past couple of years. Get the issue here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r8sOxwzmlP_W5fLjb0-PPrZAuxku5pmb/view

The Wild Dawg Fishing Adventure in June, 
A bunch of us went to the coast to Port Aransas in June for some deep sea fishing. What a lot of fun. Check out the DSA Facebook page for photos . We brought instruments and played our songs at a dinner on Saturday night that was streamed to Facebook live. Harry put it on youtube for us. Check us out here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2QmQKUl70-0l1P2b_GE1aDxctg1HmYEm

Showcase at Staples in August, 

Starting February we are adding a 2nd Thursday Open Mic at Opening Bell 6-8pm and a 3rd Thursday Songwriters Spotlight to our regular Monthly Events.
Here are the monthly events:
1st Thursday Virtual Workshop with Guest Speaker and Song Critiques
2nd Thursday Open Mic and Showcase at Opening Bell
3rd Thursday Member Songwriters Spotlight
4th Thursday Open Mic at Love and War
Every Saturday Virtual Showcase
3rd Friday Songwriters Round at Porta Di Roma
Every Wednesday Night Virtual Open Mic



Harry Hewlett hosts the Bring Your Own Mic Open Mic at Love & War on the 4th Thursday each month. Great fun, great music and great food. Who could ask for more. DSA's open mic is there every 4th Thursday and streams to Facebook.  Performances are archived on the DSA Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2QmQKUl70-2BUBV_3yyYejRGK4lu9vMM
Porta Di Roma - Songs In The Round is still going strong with great songs and excellent Italian food! DSA Songwriters Round takes the stage there on the 3rd Friday every month and is streamed live to Facebook. Rickey Gene Wright is the host of that Songwriters in the Round format. Three DSA members perform each month: You can find archives on the DSA Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sH48H7wcW0&list=PL2QmQKUl70-0i4zr97msbRLENE-cPTBLV

 EVENTS - Quick look events page: https://dallassongwriters.blogspot.com

The Between the Waves Music Conference, presented by Broadjam, is back and ready to rock in 2022! This year, BTW will be a 1-day, fully-virtual conference on February 26, 2022. See more below.
Register Today! 

WILDFLOWER SONG CONTEST
Al Johnson Performing Songwriting Contest
Deadlne to Enter March 4 Enter here:


 DSA Hall of Fame - 

The 2022 Hall of Fame ceremony will be held on Saturday April 23, hopefully in a live venue, Loe and War in Texas, or option is virtually on Zoom and streamed live to Facebook.  

Seven years ago we began to honor famous singer/songwriters with roots in the Dallas/Fort Worth area through an induction into the Dallas Songwriters Association Hall of Fame. This year's honorees are: Willie Nelson, Charlie Pride, Townes Van Zandt, Kelly Clarkson, Leann Rimes and David Card.

In the previous years we have honored legends such as T-Bone Walker, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Freddie King, Trini Lopez, Sam Samudo (Sam the Sham), Cindy Walker, Gus Levine, Al Johnson, Bruce Channel, Jerry Lynn Williams, Gary Nicholson, Delbert McClinton, the Nightcaps, Larry Henley, Steve Miller, Boz Scaggs, Stephen Stills, Rod Phelps, England Dan Seals, John Ford Coley, Janie Fricke, Steve Weisberg, John Denver, and Gregg A Smith. The DSA's initiative is to encourage young aspiring musicians to celebrate our legends with their performances of songs made famous by our inductees. We reached out to the local music schools and asked for auditions at each school for the honor to perform. The show is also archived on our Youtube channel.

  For more information about our program and inductees, go to the Hall of Fame website:  https://dallassongwritershalloffame.blogspot.com
 Donate to Hall of Fame

https://dallas-songwriters-association.square.site/product/donate-to-dallas-songwriters-hall-of-fame/27?cs=true&cst=custom


Past programs can be viewed on our Youtube Channel  - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2QmQKUl70-3Y_SmChiZRqM9rmPfrLWbL

DSA YOUTUBE CHANNEL - PLEASE SUBSCRIBE
      2020 Community Awards went to Dunn Brothers Coffee and Broadjam, Inc.
             https://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com/p/dsa-community-awards.html

 Wanna join us online for our events via Zoom? It's easier than you think ! Here is a how to video: ZOOM’S JOIN A MEETING VIDEO (Watch this video first!)
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-?zcid=1588

 Check out the blog for DSA website. There are eight categories: Songwriting Tips, General, Humor, My Lyrics, Music Business, Music Promotion, Music Technology and Inspirational. Don Wall has another new blog post about the Wild Dawgs Fishing Trip. https://blog.dallassongwriters.org/wild-dawgs-fishin-on-the-guff/
Please check out the blog site and read the new articles: https://blog.dallassongwriters.org 

We have a song contest for young singer/songwriters so spread the word to your young friends.
DSA Young Songwriters Contest - for youth 18 and under.   June 1 - Sept 30
https://youngsongwriterscontest.blogspot.com


Donate to DSA in general here:

Check out the newsletter, Songwriters Notes, for details at:

Stay connected to us on Facebook:

BECOME A DSA MEMBER OR RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP

We are migrating our member forum from yahoo to google groups. Here is the new google group. https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dallas-songwriters-members

We still count on you for support with your membership and donations. But most of all we want you to take advantage of the educational opportunities and participate. Your generosity keeps our organization going. Just go to www.dallassongwriters.org and click on the donation link. 

Thanks to Paul Zander, John Jaggers, Ben Halim, Bobby Montgomery, David Lewis, Michael Brandenberger, Phillip Casteel, Alexis Tapp, Don Wall, Harry Hewlett, Kery Maddox, Ginger Stanoia, Kenneth Shoemaker, and Kristi Myers for their recent contributions to our fall fundraiser. Other contributors include Ireland, John Jaggers, Bill Kapac, Rio King, Mimi Balkey, Suzi Morse, and Jared LoStrato. Go to this link: https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association

Thanks to Harry Hewlett you can view some of our open mics and guest speakers in a live stream on Facebook? See guest our guest speakers, and past Angela's showcases. Can't make it? Then tune into Facebook/dallassongwriters. Want to be on our facebook streams? Show up and perform.

Stay at home and stay safe.

Songcerely,
Barbe

1. DSA SONG CONTEST -   2021 Contest Awards Program January 15, Noon - 2.


Songwriters compete in 8 categories.

Category and overall winners share in almost $5,000 in prizes, including a song demo, a keyboard, a song critique, deluxe memberships in on-line music communities, $$$ cash prizes and more.

  

http://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com

http://www.dallassongwriters.org


                                         2021 GRAND PRIZE WINNER Louie Cate


Grand Prize winner Louie Cate Shows off his Casio PX-S1000 Privia Piano

Press release about our 3 grand prize winner is still to come.

             2021 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
 
Again this year we had two awards ceremonies.

On January 15th we has our Awards Program for the 32nd Annual Dallas Songwriters Song Contest with performances from our semifinalists and appearances from our illustrious judges. Awards were given in each of the eight categories, plus grand prize awards, Lyric Contest Awards and a Young Songwriters Song Contest Awards .   More info on our song contest and to view the winners got to: https://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com For the Young Songwriters Song Contest Winners see: https://youngsongwriterscontest.blogspot.com  For the 2021 Quarterly Lyric Contest winners: https://dallassongwriterslyriccontest.blogspot.com Next deadline Next deadline March 30, 2022.

On January 22nd we awarded the Best Songs of the Meetings, Song of the Year and Vern Dailey Songwriter of the Year Awards, plus our community awards. Community Awards went to Red Byboth at Love and War in Plano, Both shows were on Saturday 12-2 via Zoom streamed to facebook and archived to Youtube.
 
 
2020 AWARDS PROGRAMS

         Saturday, January 9th, 12 - 3 Dallas Songwriters Song Contest Semifinalists showcased.
                       Streaming on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/events/385918485667970/
                                              2020 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O53tKlKWRs&list=PL2QmQKUl70-2fZsHAIcWZTejZVKttRKMX

         
        Saturday, January 16th, 12 - 3 Dallas Songwriters Song Contest Awards Program.

2020 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZJ_TN9f7_I&list=PL2QmQKUl70-0NTzHsFcVDDtQRkAyMoZud


2020 DSA Song Contest Award Winning Songs - 30 sec clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVnE1vn4cN4


2020 DSA Award Certificates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY7CJkGDKwg


Read about the top three 2020 grand prize winners on our press blog:

DSA Young Songwriters Contest - for youth 18 and under.   Winner Announced Jan 16
https://youngsongwriterscontest.blogspot.com


http://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com      Cash Prizes +

DSA is proud to announce that this years Grand Prize Casio Privia Keyboard is the new PX-S1000. This new electronic keyboard sounds and feels like a real piano and it is lighter weight than other keyboards with the same features. This “world’s slimmest digital piano” weighs in at just 24.7 pounds. The back panel includes a USB port, an audio (stereo mini-jack) port,  and two 1/4 inch outputs, (stereo and mono). The Privia PX-S1000 contains 18 different "bread and butter" sounds, including numerous acoustic pianos, Rhodes and Wurlitzer-type electric pianos, vibes, string patches, organs, harpsichord, and acoustic bass. You can also layer and split these sounds.




Every working pianist in a metropolitan area where space and portability are paramount should try Casio's Privia PX-S1000 for themselves. From its realistic piano sound and touch, to its extreme portability and modern connectivity it’s truly a marvel.

Read full review at Keyboard Magazine.


THANKS TO OUR SONG CONTEST SPONSORS



1st, 2nd and 3rd place 

wins recording time at 
Jo-Musik
Grand Prize winners receive:
($199.95 Value) 
Includes Artist Website, 1 Yr. Hosting


Category winners get cash prizes
Winners announced at our Awards Banquet.

2. DSA MEETINGS - http://dsameetings.blogspot.com

    For anyone that's not familiar with Zoom, Check out instructions here:   ZOOM’S JOIN A MEETING VIDEO (Watch this video first!)
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-How-Do-I-Join-A-Meeting-?zcid=1588 it's very easy to do but you can email Harry  and he can give you a quick lesson on how to set it up.  

MONTHLY MEETING - Virtual 
DSA Monthly Meeting and Song Critiques

Date: Thursday, January 6

https://zoom.us/j/907852000    Zoom link
Zoom ID # 907 852 000

CREATING CLICK AND PLAY ON YOUTUBE

Make it easy on your fans by creating a click and play function on each of your videos, enabling the viewer to go directly to a specific song.

Date: Thursday, February 3

Ann Ammar of Ammar Music Publishing


Date: Thursday, March 3
Jack Kay - Tx-Watt Amp


WWW.Tx-Watt.com

www.facebook.com/TxWattAmps/

www.instagram.com/txwattamps/

[https://.twitter.com/hashtag/txwattamps]https://twitter.com/hashtag/txwattamps


Critiques will follow:
As usual, for members we will also have song critiques by industry pros Barbe McMillen and Joe Milton.  Play your song live, from your computer, or your phone or email an MP3 to Harry Hewlett , and also you can display your lyrics from your computer so the members can give comments as well.  You will also be entered into the DSA Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year contest. The cost is $10 per song.  
https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/

Location: Your home
6:00 pm: Doors Open/Networking and visiting
7:00 pm: Program followed by song critiques for members only
Pay online for critique. https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association or
https://dallassongwriters.org/shop/dsa-meeting-song-critique-entry/
Each song is entered into the Song of The Year and Songwriter of the Year Competition which is awarded at our December Awards Banquet. 


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3. BEST SONGS of the Meeting -  2021
https://bestsongsofthemeeting.blogspot.com
There is a comprehensive list on this website of all submitted. Also, past winners can be located at the above url.

2021
Semifinalists

BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING 2021

SEMIFINALISTS

You’re the Best by Michael Brandenberger

Now That Your Gone by Stephen Troum

That's The Kind of Love I'm Talking About by Eric Ramsey

Hearts In Heaven by Louie Cates

I Should Have Kissed You by Stephen Troum

Lift Your Head by Stephen Troum

I’ve Got A Thing For You by Seth Ginsberg

Retake Our Time by Troy Ensley Vanderhoof

Made My Day by  Rickey Gene Wright

Thrift-Store Hero by Michael Roth, Eric Ramsey

Run-in' Away by Wayne Willingham, John Terry


SONG OF THE YEAR

1. You’re the Best by Michael Brandenberger

2. Now That Your Gone by Stephen Troum

3. That's The Kind of Love I'm Talking About by Eric Ramsey



SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

Stephen Troum




4. WORKSHOPS and CONFERENCES


DSA MONTHLY GUEST SPEAKER AND SONG CRITIQUES -  on First Thursday, at  6:30pm - Zooming into DSA Events https://zoom.us/j/907852000

The Between the Waves Music Conference, presented by Broadjam, is back and ready to rock in 2022! This year, BTW will be a 1-day, fully-virtual conference on February 26, 2022. 

Speakers at this year's event include Butch Vig, Craig Anderton, Fett, DJ Pain 1, Nancy Moranand other music industry professionals. More presenters and sponsors will be announced in the coming weeks, so stay tuned! 

Reserve your tickets today for as low as $5! Or, register for $59 to receive some awesome schwag. 

Register Today! 

Various workshops are coming up weekly during the lockdown. I Will share them by forwarding the emails through the member google group.


5. SHOWCASES AND OPEN MICS

You can view our open mics and showcases LIVE via our facebook page 
https://www.facebook.com/dallassongwriters/ or Zoom to perform. 


 SHOWCASES: DSA SPOTLIGHT

We offer the opportunity for our members from all over the world. Please join our fun community via zoom and showcase. Harry offers one on one instructions to get your sound right. Zoom in with us on the Wednesday open mic and let us know you are interested in showcasing or email Harry. 

Don't know how to Zoom? It's easy! You can Zoom on computer, tablet or phone. Check out instructions here:   ZOOM’S JOIN A MEETING VIDEO (Watch this video first!)

DSA GLOBAL VIRTUAL SHOWCASE - every Saturday 12 - 2.

Wanna perform on our virtual showcases?  Here’s how: 
1. Join Dallas Songwriters Association here: https://dallassongwriters.org/join-dsa/

2. Contact Harry Hewlett hhhewlett@gmail.com to have a free private session to help you understand how to get the best sound on Zoom. 

3. Join us for the Wednesday night open mic to get your feet wet.

4. Once you got the virtual performance under your belt, schedule a showcase with Harry.


DSA FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT STAGES

Deep Ellum Arts Festival Sept 10-12 2021
Wildflower cancelled
State Fair Stage in Oct 2022

OPEN MICS - these events will be on Zoom except Love and War

 Love and War - 4th Thursday, 7-10, Bring Your Own Mic Open Mic - perform for Audience - streamed to Facebook


 DSA VIRTUAL OPEN MIC every Wednesday, 7-9
Harry will be hosting these events as an open mic on Zoom. We will perform in the round in the order that you come into the meeting.
Hosted by Harry Hewlett - streamed live to Facebook
OPENING BELL OPEN MIC every 2nd Thursday 6-8pm

DUNN BROTHERS COFFEE HOUSE - Addison. 
Has been discontinued in June 2020 and beyond until further notice
In November 2019, DSA celebrated 15 years at Dunn Brothers. DB was discontinued in June 2020 and beyond until further notice. The longest running open mic in DSA history was started by Craig St Clair on Thursday, November 18, 2004 and was held on every third Thursday of the month, 6:30 - 8:30pm for 15 and 1/2 years until the COVID pandemic shut us down in March of 2020. Dunn Brothers will be receiving a DSA Community Award on January 16 at our 2020 Awards Program.

Check out our facebook page for performance videos
see review of
11th Anniversary DSA 3rd Thursday Open Mic at Dunn Bros.

Renew your membership online.
You'll find the link to the store on the panel to the right
Or paste this link in your browser: https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association

6. EVENTS - Featuring local and worldwide events of the songwriting community including, seminars, conferences, and showcases. A List of DSA events only can be found at https://dallassongwriters.blogspot.com

2022
All DSA events are via Zoom except Love and War,  Porta Roma, Deep Ellum Arts Fest, Wildflower

JANUARY
1 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase
5 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
6 - DSA 1st Thursday Meeting and Song Critiques
8 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase
12 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
13 - DSA Open Mic at Open Bell 
15 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase
19 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
21 - DSA Songwriters Round at Porta Di Roma
27 - DSA Showcase at Love N War
22 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase
26 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
29 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase

FEBRUARY
2 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
3 - DSA 1st Thursday Meeting and Song Critiques
5 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase
9 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
12 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase
13 - DSA Open Mic at Open Bell 
16 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
18 - DSA Songwriters Round at Porta Di Roma
19 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase
23 - Harry's DSA Virtual Open Mic
24 - DSA Showcase at Love N War
26 - DSA Virtual Global Showcase


See Texas Music Office events calendar https://gov.texas.gov/music/events
Moses Avalon's List of Top Ranked Music Conferences.
See house concerts and coffee houses here: http://unclecalvins.org/
Local Blues events: Bluelisablues.blogspot.com
Local Jazz events: https://www.kntu.com/live-wire/

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7. DSA LYRIC CONTEST 

- Next deadline SPRING CONTEST postmarked March 30
http://dallassongwriterslyriccontest.blogspot.com
Enter online https://dallassongwriters.org/dsa-lyric-contest/ 
or https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association
or by mail
Dallas Songwriters Lyric Contest,
Sammons Center For The Arts
3630 Harry Hines Blvd #20 Dallas, Tx 75219

2021 FALL LYRIC CONTEST WINNERS

1. One Eyed Ghost  by Ynana Rose & Roman Mastandrea, San Luis Obispo, CA

2. Remember Me As A Sunny Day by Bill Kapac, West Wildwood, NJ

3. Nothing Aches as Hard (as a Broken Country Heart) by Robert Divoli, Lincoln, MA

HM Lavendar and Love by Robert Divoli, Lincoln, MA


2021 SUMMER LYRIC CONTEST WINNERS 
1. “HOUSE UP ON THE HILL“ by Bill Kapac, West Wildwood, NJ
2. “ A KISS THAT NEVER ENDS “ by Bill Kapac, West Wildwood, NJ
3. “ SILENT POET “ by Bill Kapac, West Wildwood, NJ
4. “MISS PEGGY LEE SINGS THE BLUES” by Bob Davoli, Lincoln, MA

2021 SPRING LYRIC CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED 
1. Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues by Robert Davoli, Lincoln, MA
2. Good Old Days by Layne Bruno, Mansfield, Tx
3. Lavender and Love by Robert Davoli, Lincoln, MA
4. Daddy Had Another Bad Day by Robert Davoli, Lincoln, MA

2021 WINTER LYRIC CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED 
1. Fishing Alone by Bill Kapac, West Wildwood, NJ
2. Ships, Nicotine stains on the bloodshot cowboy by Martin Robley, West Leeds, Australia
3. Will There Ever Be a Break of Day by Robert Davoli, Lincoln, MA
4. Lost Angeles - Lost Angeles by Bill Kapac, West Wildwood, NJ


WINNERS ANNOUNCED HERE http://dallassongwriterslyriccontest.blogspot.com


                                     2020 Summer Winners
                                       2020 Spring Winners
                                      2020 Winter Winners 
                                     Enter Here

DETAILS and COMMENTS ON THE WINNERS  - https://dallassongwriterslyriccontest.blogspot.com

LYRICISTS GAIN RECOGNITION THROUGH COMPETITION
Quarterly deadlines - Winter - March 31 - Spring - June 1 - Summer - Sept 30 - Fall - December 31
Entry fee is $10
Please see lyric contest webpage for details.

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8.  MEMBER NEWS -

Wanna get involved? Become a committee member. It's fun! Be apart of the inner workings of the DSA. We have committee positions open. Let us know if you'd like to be on the board. Just show up a our membership meeting.

Directors opted to continue same lineup for another year due to the pandemic and in ability to meet in person for the elections.

Officers 2021
Michael Brandenberger - Prez
Bobby Montgomery - VP Programs
Phil Casteel - Treasurer
Jessica Ewy - Secretary
Alexis Tapp - Lyric Contest Director
Position open, VP Membership
Barbe McMillen - Administration, Newsletter
Harry Hewlett - VP of A/R, showcases
Ben Halim - VP of Technology, Marketing
Bill Martin - Showcase Co-Director,
Don Wall - PR Communications
 Joe Milton, Ken Duren, Rene Sullivan, Jack Allday - At Large

If you are not a DSA Member, you missed these tips sent out through our yahoo group:
* Publisher looking for songs
* Artists/Producers looking for original material for recording artists
* Major Brand X (To be disclosed at a later time) Seeks Independent artist for music campaign.
* Where to get your cd reviewed
* Music related job listing
* Film Licensing Co. seeking instrumental music
* Cheap and free tickets - Free tickets to selected Workshops

Lyricists are invited to co-write with music writers by submitting your lyric through the member forum group. We are currently migrating the yahoo group to a google group. 


Members have a chance to play in local venues and festival stages.

MEMBER NEWS

NEW MEMBERS: Have you joined our member only google group where you can talk with the group and get special offers and last minute updates on events? subscribe: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/dallas-songwriters-members

PATRON SAINTS: PAUL ZANDER, BOBBY MONTGOMERY, JOHN JAGGERS, BEN HALIM

Patron Sponsor L3: Jeff Groce, Michael Brandenberger, Bill Honker, John Stone, David Lewis
Patron Sponsor L1: Cliff Monroe, Suzi Morse, Rio King, Ginger Stanoio
Patron Sponsor: Mimi Balkey, Kristi Myers

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS: Don Grantham, Steven Dresser, Dr Francis Langdon, Dwight Green, Steve Dresser, Brad Davis, Heather Hatchet, Emmeline Miles, Dalia Maraoulaite, Joe Parfume, Eric Ramsey, Kwame Adjei, Chuck Ehrmann, Larry Beamer, Trevor Valentine, Stephen Troum, Seth Ginsberg, Rick Valente

THANK YOU FOR RENEWING YOUR MEMBERSHIP: Brook Buchanan, France McCottry, Bradley Banning, Ian Dickson, Minnie Murray, Chris Albert, Bob Barraza, Steven Tran, Prudence Huskey, Helene Cronin, Ken Duren, Cat McGee, Stephen Houpt, Raquel Linderman, Julie & Jeff Cater, Cara Thronton, Kyle Short, Ben Halim, Bill Sibley, Trisha James, John Mason, Keith Dodson, James Foster, Richard Kirby, William Lee, Gregg Hinds, Carl Roberts, Stephen Hill, Adam Rekerdres, Liza Messiah, Anna Xiong, Wayne Willingham, Donette Murphy, Jeff Groce

Renew your membership online.
You'll find the link to the store on the panel to the right
https://dallassongwriters.org/join-dsa/
Or https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association
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9. Featured Articles:  Visit the new DSA blog site at: https://blog.dallassongwriters.org


MUSIC BUSINESS



RECORDING



LISTEN 


IN MEMORIAM

VIDEO


 BOOK REVIEW - looking for book reviews
We have a book review by Allan Larson of the Terry Jennings book about his father Waylon Jennings. Read it here: https://dsabookstore.blogspot.com

CRAFT OF SONGWRITING

Barbe McMillen's blog, The Craft of Songwriting

Online Thesaurus and Rhyming Dictionary

Great web tool for lyric writing

Music Theory Resource
http://www.hooktheory.com/

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 10. Song and Talent Contests

DSA offers four contests to meet our mission of providing a benchmark for competency in songwriting.  Anyone can enter our Annual International Song Contest. Entries are worldwide. You do not have to be a Dallas Songwriters Association member. The 2021 contest opens June 1. 

DSA Song Contest JUNE 1 - Sept 30

More info  http://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com  Enter here: https://dallassongwriters.org/dsa-annual-song-contest/ 

DSA Quarterly Lyric Contest

The Dallas Songwriters Quarterly Lyric Contest Entries are worldwide. You do not have to be a Dallas Songwriters Association member. Quarterly deadlines - March 31, June 30, Sept 30, Dec 31. More info: https://dallassongwriterslyriccontest.blogspot.com  Enter here: https://dallassongwriters.org/dsa-lyric-contest/ 

Best Songs of the Meeting - for DSA Members only - submit your song for critique on the 1st Thursday,  at the Monthly Meeting at Half Price Books.
Location: Zoom Virtual meeting
6:00 pm: Doors Open/Networking and visiting
7:00 pm: Program followed by song critiques for members only
Pay online for critique. https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association or https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/

DSA members bring their songs to our monthly song critique session. Each song critiqued is entered for a chance to win Songwriter of the Year or Song of the Year annually. DSA members who are unable to attend in person can upload theirs songs online and receive a recording or the song critique. Ongoing monthly on the 1st Thursday.  More info: http://dsameetings.blogspot.com   Members only enter here:https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/ 

DSA Young Songwriters Contest - for youth 18 and under.   June 1 - Sept 30, 2021

Our annual Young Song Contest for Rising Star Award  is for young songwriters 18 and under. More info: https://youngsongwriterscontest.blogspot.com/  Enter Here: https://dallassongwriters.org/young-songwriters-contest/ 

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WILDFLOWER SONG CONTEST
Al Johnson Performing Songwriting Contest
Deadlne to Enter March 4 Enter here:

https://www.folk.org/page/Regions

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DSA depends on your support.

Giving Rocks! While it never hurts to remind you that DSA is a non-profit organization (and so your contributions are tax-deductible) -  this year it means so much more. We're proud to be celebrating our 25th Anniversary as a non-profit. DSA has been an organized songwriter group since 1985 and became a non-profit in 1990.

Your gift enables us to meet our mission.

Our programs created to meet our mission goals are: a monthly newsletter, workshops, critique sessions, showcases, contests, networking opportunities and community service.
If you like what we do, and want to help us keep doing it, please make a contribution today. Gifts of all sizes are meaningful and appreciated.
Donations are welcome year round. 
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Songcerely,
  Barbara McMillen, Editor
  Songwriter Notes
  Founding President Emeritus,
  Online Songwriting Workshop

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