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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on December 28, 2022
Here are the winners of Songwriting Pro's "Play For A Publisher" event for January 2023!
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, Michael August. Ya’ll are just plain awesome.
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 Butch’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):
"FIRST" by Scott Miller, Mitch Townley, David Kent
"FOOTPRINTS" by Kay Mott, Paul deMarco, Chad Mott
"GIN AND PLATONIC" by Sue McMillan, Ashlie Tabor, Brooks Huntley, Jarne Aktun
"SPIN" by Marla Rubenstein, Troy Castellano, Jayne Sachs
"HALFWAY TO HEAVEN" by Tedd Swormstedt
"HEAT" by Patrick Dodge, Lo Lind
"NEEDLE FULL OF ANGELS" by Jayne Sachs, Michael Davey
"RABBIT HOLE" by Tery Wayne Wilkins, Stacy Riddle, Nick Lewkowski
"ROLL AWAY THE STONE" by Tracy Richardson, Mikey Goode
"THE DOG" by Brad Hacker, Kris Tiscareno, Mike Parker
You can hear each Top 10 song with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
Michael and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on January 5! 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):
"BABY GIRL" by Sundi Jo Graham, Kris Tiscareno
"CLEAR OUT" by Terri Burch, P. Barton, R. Tanzilli
"FIXIN' MY ADDICTION" by Stan Lewis
"GOOD ON MY FEET" by Jayne Sachs, Chris Robbins
"HEARTLESS" by Mark Fuhrer, Fox Beyer
"LITTLE ALIEN" by Brad Hacker, Kris Tiscareno
"MEMORIZED" by Avrim Max Topel, Mark Irwin, Skaie Knox
"ONLY EVERY TIME" by Patrick Dodge, Jeffrey East, Jessica Mack
"NO SIGNS OF SUMMER" by Carin Fradin, Derek James
"UNDERTOW" by Joy Kate Lawson
"WAIT FOR GRACE" by Keri Edwards
"WOMAN IN LOVE" by Robert Abernathy, Marla Rubenstein
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!
