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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on May 04, 2023
Here are the winners of Songwriting Pro's "Pro Connect" event for May 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, Randy Cox. 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 our guest'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):
"HIDDEN" by Naomie Celestin, Crystal Hott, Aryn Michelle Calhoun
"UNTIL YOU ARE THE ONE" by Shirley Nagel
"GOD I LOVE THAT" by Karen Kiley, Matt Rogers, Jennifer Marie Jardine
"NOT THE STORM" by Tracy Richardson, Sundi Jo Graham
"HALLE HALLELUJAH" by Adam deWeber
"THERE ON THE CROSS" by Patrick Dodge, Toni Wortherly
"SUPERHEROES" by Mitch Matthews, Dawn Kenney, Davis Morris
"WHO DO YOU KNOW" by Michael Lacey, Suzanne Hodson, Brittany Mackie
"DID YOU SEE THE MOON LAST NIGHT" by Carey Latham
"O AMAZING GRACE" by Bill Gue
You can hear each Top 10 song with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
Randy Cox and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on May 11! 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):
"GREAT BIG PICTURE WINDOW" by Scott Miller, Dave Easterling, Mitch Townley
"THE DAY I MET THE DEVIL" by Jim Karns
"WE ARE YOUR CHURCH" by Patrick Dodge, Clayton Jones
"YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW ME" by John Pitsenbarger
"NO ONE LIKE YOU" by Will Gunnell
"ROAD TO HEAVEN" by Carin Fradin, Jennie Larsen
"ROOM 17" by Paul Lombardo
"BORN TO LOVE JESUS" by Bob Sammons
"CHURCH ON THE FRONT PORCH" by Sundi Jo Graham
"CHILD OF MINE" by Bill Gue
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!
