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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on March 11, 2020
Here are the winners of Songwriting Pro's "Play For A Publisher" 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 pro music publisher, Woody Bomar of Green Hills Music. 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 Woody’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):
"SHE KNOWS ME BETTER" by Victoria Banks, Diana Taub, Avrim Topel
"THAT'LL BE THE DAY" by Todd Williams Jr, Caleb Conrady, Alex Maxwell
"DO SOME DON'TS" by Brandon Kilgore, Roscoe Rinehart, Tommy Curry
"EVEN MY DEMONS" by Lisa Boullt, Jason Goolesby, Daniel Leathersich
"BEACH, BEACH, BEACH" by Karen Kiley, Jeff Roe, Steve Smentek
"WRECKED THE WHOLE TOWN" by Kelly McKay, Ethan Bell, Steve Smentek
"ANCHOR-DOWN TOWN" by Derek Breshears
"LET'S DIE YOUNG" by Selby Copeland, Brittany Brant, Karen Kiley
"FIRST TIME LAST" by Jason Duke, Tony Brice
"WILD HAIR" by Molly Brown, Joanne Stacey, Lucy LeBlanc
You can hear each our our Top 10 songs with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
Woody and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on March 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. So please be encouraged, and keep on writing!
Okay, here are the 10 On Hold songs (in no particular order):
"BUBBA'S SUPER SECRET BUNKER BAR AND GRILL" by Michael Parker
"SUNBURNED & CRAZY" by Andrew Pankey
"CAN WE START TONIGHT" by Brad Hacker, Jesse Thompson
"POOR TOWN" by Jim Karns
"THREE DRINKS INTO YOU" by Alexsi Mallory
"JERSEY GIRL" by Carrie Cunningham, Steve Smentek
"SOMERSAULT" by Tokunbo Akinro, U. Rode, M. Meusel
"MARRY HER NOW" by Johnny Alvin Jr. (Johnny A.)
"FINE WINE BEAUTIFUL" by Adam Marcus
"MIDDLE OF RIGHT THERE" by Alan Richeson
You can hear each our our Top 10 songs with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
Hey, if you'd like to find more (and better) song ideas, finish more songs, impress more cowriters, and impact more listeners, I have just thing opportunity for you! In the video course, "Song Ideas: From Blank Page to Finished Lyric," I reveal valuable lessons I've learned over my years in the business. And you can watch on YOUR time- no appointments. So it doesn't matter WHERE you live or WHEN you can watch! CLICK HERE for all the details.
God bless,
Brent
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