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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on July 12, 2021
Here are the winners of Songwriting Pro's "Play For A Publisher" event for July 2021!
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 pro music publisher, Stacey Willbur. Ya’ll are just plain awesome.
Out of about 200 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 Stacey’s ear… I 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):
"SANCTIFIED" by Patrick Dodge, Clayton Jones
"WE MADE IT" by KASH MEMPHIS (Brian Havens)
"THIS IS YOUR ART" by Arlen Russell
"DAMN WELL" by Terri Burch, M. Beeson, A. Quade
"I WANNA GO HOME NOW" by Patrick Adams, Brad Hacker, Kris Tiscareno
"HALLELUJAH HIGH" by Derek James, Steve Smentek, Kelly McKay
"FIRST" by Scott Miller, Townsend, Kent
"HE AIN'T DONE YET" by Lew Mills
"MY RADIO" by Tedd Swormstedt, Ken Curcio
"STRANGER IN THE PEW" by Jordan Burks, Randy Maynor, Amber Guderian
You can hear each Top 10 song with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
Matt and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on July 19! Keep your eyes open for the invitation in your email.
Of course, these weren't the only good songs sent in for the event. Here's the list of the "On Hold" songs. These were the next 10 songs, just outside of the Top 10. Any of these songs could have ended up in the top 10 - they were right in there fighting it out for a spot in the Top 10. And there were several that were SO close to making this list, too. So please be encouraged, and keep on writing!
Okay, here are the 10 On Hold songs (in no particular order):
"YOU ARE ENOUGH" by Kash Memphis (Brian Havens)
"CAROLINA RAIN" by Tedd Swormstedt
"INSIDE" by Jayne Sachs
"DIAMONDS AREN'T FOREVER" by Selby Copeland, Ellie Rivers, Colleen Francis
"TWO PIECES OF WOOD" by Denise Bain Barker, Amy Carlock
"HER BOOTS" by Joyce Sampson, Kellie Niederhelman, Jeffrey Scornavacca, Victoria Banks
"PRAYERS AND WHISKEY" by Avrim Topel, Steve Sample, Matt Rogers
"TROUBLE IN PARADISE" by Rich Cloke, TJ Simpson, Tamara Laurel
"BABY TALK" by Jesse Slack, Daryl Scott, Ella Hartt
"MY LITTLE WHISKEY MAKER" by George Smith, Kevin Reardon, David E White
You can hear each of the "On Hold" songs with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
God bless,
Brent
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Who is Brent Baxter?
Brent is an award-winning songwriter with songs recorded by Alan Jackson (the top 5 Country hit "Monday Morning Church"), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Steve Cropper, Andy Griggs, Buddy Jewell, Lonestar, Gord Bamford (the #1 hit and CCMA Single Of The Year "When Your Lips Are So Close"), The Sound (the #1 hit and Dove-nominated Southern Gospel Song Of The Year "Can I Get A Witness"), Wilburn & Wilburn (#1 single), The LeFevre Quartet and more!
