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Announcements by Brent Baxter, Team SWPro on July 05, 2022
Here are the winners of Songwriting Pro's "Pro Connect" event for July 2022!
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 music industry pro, Rick Schweinsberg. Ya’ll are just plain awesome.
Out of a load of 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 Rick’s ear for his target artists… 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):
"WASTED PRAYERS" by Bill O'Hanlon, Hal O'Dell, Danny Myrick
"FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE" by Doug Folkins, Carson Beyer, Serg Sanchez, Dan Segall
"CHANGE" by Tedd Swormstedt, Jeffrey East
"CHURCH ON THE OUTSKIRTS" by Carrie Cunningham, Victoria Banks, Trace Thompson
"THIS IS LIFE" by Kris Tiscareno, Brad Hacker, Patrick Adams
"ROLL AWAY THE STONE" by Tracy Richardson, Mikey Goode
"I HOPE HEAVEN IS A SMALL TOWN" by Rick Lane, Bill Ferguson
"CAN I GET AN AMEN" by Patrick Dodge, Brian White, Tedd Swormstwdt.
"THE DAY I MET THE DEVIL" by Jim Karns
"KEEP KEEPIN' ON" by Brad Yunek
You can hear each Top 10 song with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
Rick and I look forward to meeting with you (online) on July 12! 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):
"BIG ENOUGH TO SEE" by Kathy Kay Wallace, Russ Parrish
"HIT THE GROUND PRAYING" by Doug Folkins, Scott McIntyre, Aaron Steenhoven
"LAST CRUSH" by Tracy Richardson, Sarah Peterson
"EVERYDAY ANGELS" by Patrick Dodge, Victoria Banks
"MY H.A. DOUBLE P. WHY" by Valentine Sheldon
"CLEAR THE STONES AWAY" by Jim Karns
"HE CROSSED IT OFF" by Randell Karber
"DANCING WITH ANGELS" by Jayne Sachs, Jason Michael Ray, Damon Iddins
"SIX FOOT DEEP" by Randy Maynor, Regi Stone, Jordan Burks, Val Dacus
"A FARMER'S WIFE" by Brad Yunek
You can hear each of the "On Hold" songs with a CLICK HERE. Let us know what you think!
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God bless,
Brent
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Who is Brent Baxter?
Brent is an award-winning songwriter with songs recorded by Alan Jackson (top 5 hit "Monday Morning Church"), Randy Travis, Lady A, Joe Nichols, Ray Stevens, Steve Cropper, Andy Griggs, Buddy Jewell, Lonestar, Gord Bamford (#1 hit & CCMA Single Of The Year "When Your Lips Are So Close"), The Sound (#1 hit & Dove-nominated Southern Gospel Song Of The Year "Can I Get A Witness"), Wilburn & Wilburn (#1 hit "Hallelujah Homecoming"), The LeFevre Quartet and more!
