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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on May 12, 2020
Here are the winners of Songwriting Pro and Song Placement Pro's Music Industry Pitch Event!
First of all, thank you to each of you who took a chance, took positive action, and submitted one or more songs to this special event with hit country artist, William Michael Morgan. Ya’ll are just plain awesome.
Out of about 400 songs, it took a while to whittle it down to just 10.
There were a lot of worthy songs sent in, and it was tough to leave so many out. If your song wasn’t chosen this time doesn’t mean that it isn’t a good song.
You know, one time I turned a song in to my publisher, and they didn’t know what to do with it, so they didn’t want to do anything with it. My cowriters wanted to demo it, and the publisher said they wouldn’t pay for a demo.
The song was called, “Crickets,” and we got it cut by Joe Nichols. It’s the title track to one of his recent albums.
That’s right. The song my publisher wouldn’t even pay to demo got cut anyway. (My cowriters did an out-of-pocket guitar/vocal, and we pitched it ourselves.)
Welcome to Nashville. So while each and every song was heard and every effort was made to pick the ones that have the best chance of catching Morgan's ear… we could be wrong. That’s just the way the music biz works. So if your song wasn’t selected, it doesn’t mean you should give up on it.
Okay, here are the Top Ten (in no particular order):
"SHE LOVES TEQUILA" by Lew Garrison, Jack Williams
"DRINK AROUND THE WORLD" by Dan Harrison, Stephen Lawrance , Brian Palay, Chad Albert Sellers, Tyler (TJ) Simpson
"PILLS OR PAIN" by Gregory Putnam, Nelson
"BETTER WITH AGE" by Goran Kralj, Zac Wrixon
"WRECKED THE WHOLE TOWN" by Steve Smentek, Kelly McKay, Ethan Bell
"CRAYONS" by Bonnie Warren, Jeffrey East, Mike Rhodes
"WE THE PEOPLE" by Bill Gue, Michael August Walton
"YOU HAVE MY WORD" by Tedd Swormstedt, Jeffrey East
"SPIN" by Marla Rubenstein, Troy Castellano, Jayne Sachs
"HOME WORK" by Goran Kralj
You can hear each our our Top 10 songs with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
William Michael Morgan, Ray Hamilton (of Song Placement Pros), and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on May 19! Keep your eyes open for the invitation in your email.
As I said above, these 10 were not the only good songs. Here are some of the songs that landed just outside the top 10. I hope you'll be encouraged if your song made this list. They were right there in the mix!
"I STAND" by Steve Smentek, Kelly McKay, Scott Voelkerding
"BOTTOM OF IT" by Jeff Roe, Zach Neil
"HEY LONELY" by Bonnie Warren, Anthony “Train” Caruso, Jakob Miller
"PRETEND IT'S SATURDAY" by Larry Center
"LITTLE RED DRESS" by Cathy Reyes Little
"ONE MORE SIP OF WINE" by Derik Schumacher
"IT'S THE WEEKEND" by Donald Hoffman
"I DEAL" by Doug Folkins, Aaron Goodvin
"LOVE DON'T WORK THAT WAY" by Dan Harrison, Gary Burr
"FOREVER MAN" by Ashton Elvis
"DAD" by Noel Cohen, Billy Seidman, Sarah Bonsignore
Hey, would like some face-to-face time with a multiple #1 hit songwriter?
Want to ask him some questions- and get answers? Well, this is your chance! On Tuesday, May 26, Songwriting Pro is hosting another Know The Pro online event! Our guest this time is Steve Dean, writer of the huge Rodney Atkins hit, "Watching You," as well as cuts by George Strait, Dierks Bentley, Reba, Alabama, and more! If YOU want to meet Steve and ask him your questions, join Songwriting Pro today! (If you miss the live event, members get to watch the replay of ALL of our Know The Pro events in the Songwriting Pro Member Area.) And this event is ONLINE, so it doesn't matter where in the world you live. If you're already a SWPro subscriber, just keep an eye on your email for the invitation link. If you're not yet a member, CLICK HERE TO JOIN SONGWRITING PRO TODAY!
God bless,
Brent
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