Hello Songwriter,
It's looking like spring here in Dallas. I have some exciting news to tell you about our contest winners of the 2023 DSA International Song Contest and our Member Awards. Also, we have a busy calendar
with our virtual and live meetings with 9
regular events monthly and a special event almost every month. So hold on to your hats (Texas hold "Em?), cause here we go. What happened in JANUARY -
We held elections for officers at the Board of Directors Planning Meeting on January, 6 where we enjoyed the hospitality of Michael and Karol Brandenberger who opened their home to us. Our monthly workshop guest speaker was Chuck Rainey on January 4. You can find his talk on our Youtube
channel. On January 13 we held a virtual awards program for the DSA International Song Contest with semifinalist performing and directors and judges presenting, all made possible by the wizard HH Hewlett as director. Look for that program on YouTube. See below, more on our Grand Prize winners, M'Lynn Musgrove and Will Townsley along with all the category winners. plus the winner of the Young Songwriters Contest, Emma James.
What happened in FEBRUARY - Our monthly workshop guest speaker was Roy Elkins who spoke about the use of AI in songwriting on February 1. You can find his talk on our Youtube
channel. On the 13th we celebrated Red Byboth's birthday at Love and War.
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Choya and Alexis Tapp, Red Byboth, Barbe McMillen, Troy Inslee, Karol and Michael Brandenberger
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On the 17th we held a virtual Best Songs of the Meeting Awards Program with 11 performers and 21 songs from the submissions of the meeting critiques. Winners were announced for the Song Of The Year Award, Keith Dodson, and the Vern Dailey Songwriter Of The Year Award, Wayne Gathright. See below for details and YouTube for the program.
SPECIAL EVENTS coming up.
DSA HALL OF FAME PROGRAM -
DSA
announces the Hall of Fame inductees for 2024 and a lit of suggested
songs for performance on the program. On April 20, 2024, Rising Stars,
DSA Members and the BYO Band will perform songs by our inductees. There will be performances by M'Lynn and Pam Musgrove, Sue Schildts, Wayne Willingham, Rio King, Kenzie Hutcheson, Bella Raper, Taya Bell, Dylan George, Claire Halsey, Junia Rodriguez, Cloe Rae, Vada Burns, and Taylor Aline.
Here are our Inductees and the songs to be performed.Tom Douglas - The House That Built Me, Little Rock
Billy Joe Shaver - Georgia On a Fast Train, Old Chunk of Coal Nora Jones - Don’t Know Why, Come Away With Me
Buck Owens - I’ve Got a Tiger By the Tail, Love’s Gonna Live Here
Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder and Lead, Famous In a Small Town
Erykca Badu - On and On, Back In The Day Michael Aday (Meat Loaf) - Hot Patootie
Bless My Soul, Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad
Music Industry inductees - Dave Choas of KNON, Jack Calmes, Chuck Rainey- Bass Player
DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY ARTS FAIR - DSA STAGES
DSA members will be performing on the outdoor stages and inside at the Wounded Ostrich
Six Springs wants
you to perform at our 1st Thursday open mic 7 - 9. Rickey Gene Wright
hosts with a songwriters round format. Come out and sign up with RGW. Mar 07
The
SECOND THURSDAY VIRTUAL MEETING WORKSHOP is
held monthly and features a guest speaker and song critiques. It is
streamed live to facebook. See below for details and the Zoom meeting
link.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2476523092
DSA Monthly Meeting and Song Critiques - March 14
Third Thursday join Emmeline Miles for the Opening Bell Showcase - March 21, 6 - 8
The Journey of A Song - Songwriters perform in the round. Please sign up with host Emmeline Miles open mic 7 - 9.
Love and War wants
you to perform at our 4th Thursday open mic 7 - 9. Rickey Gene Wright
hosts with a songwriters round format. Come out and sign up with RGW. Mar 28, Apr 25
Third Tuesday Songwriter Spotlight streams to YouTube. 7-9
Hosted by Harry Hewlett featuring co-host Barbe McMillen and songwriter performance and interview
Tuesday, March 19 - M’Lynn Musgrove
Quick look events page: https://dallassongwriters.blogspot.com
