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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on February 26, 2020
Here are the winners of Songwriting Pro and Song Placement Pro's "Play For A Pro" 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 hit music producer, Ted Hewitt. Ya’ll are just plain awesome.
Out of about 300 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 Ted’s ear… 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):
"ABOUT A GIRL" by Todd Dickinson, Leslie Bowe
"BLUE COLLAR BEAUTIFUL" by Dan Harrison, Stephen Lawrance, Brian Palay, Chad Albert Sellers
"ONE" by Patrick Dodge, Victoria Banks, Johnnie Mikel
"UNDERSTAND" by Patrick Dodge, Jeffrey East, Tim Foust
"THE MAN FOR THAT" by Tony Brice, Victoria Banks, Joyce Sampson
"MISSING ON YOU" by Goran Kralj, Narmore
"YOU FALL HARD" by Tammy Marler
"AIN'T NO APP FOR THAT" by Tedd Swormstedt
"BEEN" by Jayne Sachs, Leslie Bowe, Bobby Evans
"BETTER THAN YOU FOUND 'EM" by Goran Kralj, Doyle, Burgoyne
You can hear each our our Top 10 songs with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
Ted, Ray Hamilton (of Song Placement Pros), and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on March 9! Keep your eyes open for the invitation in your email.
Did you miss out on this event? Did your song not make the top 10? Ready for another opportunity?
Let me help you meet legit music publisher!
On March 19, I’ll be sitting down with music publisher, Woody Bomar of Green Hills Music to listen to songs from the Songwriting Pro community! Here’s how it works…
You enter your song. I listen and choose the 10 I think have the best chance to catch the publisher’s ear (in a good way). The 10 winners join me and the publisher on a live Zoom videoconference, and he listens to your songs and gives feedback. This is a real meeting with a real publisher. And everyone who enters a song gets to watch the video replay of the event, which will be FULL of real-world wisdom and advice for songwriters on the CLIMB.
CLICK HERE TO GET ALL THE DETAILS AND JOIN THE EVENT.
God bless,
Brent
PS- Thanks for stopping by Songwriting Pro! I appreciate it. As a matter of fact, I want to give you a special little something just for your visit. It's my FREE ebook "Think Like A Pro Songwriter," and it reveals valuable I-learned-it-the-hard-way-so-you-don't-have-to tips to help you succeed at the art, craft and business of songwriting. You can download it at www.GiftFromBrent.com.
