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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on January 25, 2022
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 rising artist, Leah Turner. Ya’ll are just plain awesome.
Out of a bunch songs, it took us a while to whittle it down to just 10. This is the Top 10 for Session Two of the Leah Turner 2-part event.
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 one.
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 evaluated and every effort was made to pick the ones that have the best chance of catching Leah’s eye… 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):
"CALI EN TEJAS" by Curt Campbell, Michael Lewis
"CHULO" by Alyssia Dominguez, Keith Pulvermacher
"EVEN" by Larry Center
"I NEVER MEANT THAT" by Amy Gilvary
"LIKE YOU DO" by Srini Veeraraghavan
"NEVERLAND" by Kristy Deck, Ilya Toshinsky
"NO MANANA" by Patrick Dodge, Alexa Valentino
"OTRA VEZ" by Alyssia Dominguez, Marta Albarracin, Kevan Kirk
"STEP INTO YOUR GROOVE" by Sandra DeVault
"THE WHOLE TRUTH" by Coco OConnor, Spencer Bartoletti, Presley Tucker
You can see each Top 10 song with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think! (Disclaimer: Since it's my SongSpace account, it automatically lists me as a writer, but I am NOT a writer on any of these songs. They get full credit, not me!)
Leah, Ray and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on Monday, January 31! 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, 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):
"BRING IT ON BACK" by Scott Little, Maggie Watkins, Coco O’Connor
"CATALONIA" by Phil Ireland
"EVERY TIME YOU CALL ME BABY" by Danielle Peck, Steven Dale Jones, Jim B. Martin
"EVERYTHING'LL BE ALRIGHT" by Tim Koerber, Scott Gerow
"GRASS STAINS" by PAT Aureli, Todd Dickinson, Marty Dodson
"HAVE TO LET YOU GO" by Kristy Davis
"THAT KISS" by Brad Hacker, Carin Fradin
"UNPREDICTABLE YOU" by Matthew Allan Butter, Amanda McCarthy
"WHISKEY KISSES" by Kellie Niederhelman, Joe Taylor
"YOU HAVE MY WORD" by Jeffrey East, Tedd Swormstedt
You can see each of the On Hold songs with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think! (Disclaimer: Since it's my SongSpace account, it automatically lists me as a writer, but I am NOT a writer on any of these songs. They get full credit, not me!)
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 (the #1 hit "Hallelujah Homecoming"), The LeFevre Quartet and more!
