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Mar 14, 2009

ALLEGRA WINS 3RD ANNUAL SAN DIEGO SONGWRITERS PERFORMING SONGWRITERS CONTEST.

Pacific beach singer/songwriter Allegra is the winner of the 3rd annual San Diego Songwriters Performing Songwriters Contest held recently at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach.

32 local songwriters competed in the event. Seven semi-finalists were selected to perform live at the Belly Up. The semi finalists were:

Contest winner Allegra received cash from SDSG, recording time at Studio West, and CD manufacturing from CD Rollout in Los Angeles.

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild # 10:09 AM

NARM/A2IM Music Business Crash Course in San Diego June 7

FYI: Here is an event that is coming in San Diego

NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) /A2IM (American Association of Independent Music) Music Business Crash Course in San Diego June 7.

When: Sun. June 7-8:30am-7:00pm
Where: San Diego Marriot, 333 W. Harbor Dr.
Free for NARM 2009 convention attendees,
A2IM members and individual artists-$25
all others- $75.
Includes lunch and invitation to the NARM opening cocktail event

For who:

individual artists
music labels
music entrepreneurs looking to get into the music commerce space who need to learn the music industry rules & regulations

The course will start with an industry overview and music basics for artists and newbie labels and businesses and then, as the day progresses, cover the pressing industry issues that all music creators and content users at any experience level need to know. A2IM Pres. Richard Bengloff will moderate the program and as a portion of the morning present portions of his music industry course that he teaches at Fordham MBA as well as at ADA University, Fontana University and to members of the Billboard editorial staff, among others. The instructors will include music label owners, distributors/aggregators, retailers and social networking/web execs. The curriculum is as follows:

2009 NARM Music Business Crash Course Agenda:

8:30am - 9:30am - Welcome & Opening Panel "How to access the U.S. Market"
9:30am - 10:15am - Music Industry Overview & 101 Business Basics
10:15am - 10:30am - Break
10:30am - 11am - Music Business 101 Cont'd
11am - 11:30am - Seven Ways to Market Music
11:30am - Noon - Label War Stories panel - I wish I had known...
Noon - 12:30pm - Lunch
12:30pm - 1pm - Hiring staff in-house or out-sourcing your radio promotion, publicity and other functions
1pm - 1:30pm - Social Networks & The Web as Free Promotion!
1:30pm - 2:15 pm - Distribution/Retail access - How do I get it? (Physical/Digital)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Break
2: 30pm - 3:00 pm - Label Back Room - Royalty & Tech. Support
3:00pm - 3: 45 pm - Current industry issues
3:45pm - 5pm - NARM Speed Dating
5:30pm - NARM Cocktail Reception

NARM WEBSITE

A2IM WEBSITE

Labels: a2im, convention, music business, music marketing, narm, san diego

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild # 9:36 AM

Mar 2, 2009

Contest Finalists to Perform at Belly Up

On February 23, 2009, a talented group of musicians submitted recordings for the review of a panel of judges, with the six top entrants being selected to move on the 2009 SDSG Performing Songwriters Contest finals. At the end of the listening session, the judges commented on the overall quality of the submissions, noting that everyone who came out presented strong material with professional recording quality predominating. As one who can recall the days of cassette submissions being the norm, it was gratifying to hear the solid, well-crafted material that was presented. Kudos to all our contestants for a job well done!

Our judges still had to select top entries to move on to the Belly Up and the contest finals; they picked seven top songs from the 32 entrants. Scoring was very tight, with only a few points separating songs in the scoring.

Slated to perform at the Belly Up on Tuesday March 3, 2009 are Allegra and the Allegra Collective, Blues Lyne, Candice Graham, Kerri Dopart, Lindsay White, Reverend Stickman, and Steven Ybarra. The winner of the Contest finals will receive a Six-Hour Studio West Recording Session, a 500 CD Package from CDRollout.com, and $250 in cash from SDSG.

Our panel of judges for the Qualification Session at Country Inn and Suites included SDSG President Sandi Shaner, SDSG Vice President Tim Turner, former SDSG President Bridget Brigitte, and Contest Sponsor Studio West's Kyle Z. Helmstetter.

Board Members John Pape and Richard Widney, assisted by SDSG associate Barby Hattersley, diligently ran the sign-ins, organized the entries and handled the housekeeping chores as the judges reviewed our contestants' songs.

Mark Hattersley served as the Contest MC and handled sound for the session.

We couldn't do an event like this without the support of our members and our generous sponsors. Thank you KPRi 102.1 FM, CDRollout.com and Studio West for your support for this event. And thanks to Country Inn and Suites for your proving us with a fine venue for the listening session.

Finally, thanks to everyone who entered and attended our 2009 Performing Songwriters Contest. Keep your eyes peeled for upcoming events... we'll see you there!

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posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild # 2:09 PM

Feb 25, 2009

The Results are In

Thanks to everyone for a great job with the first leg of the Performing Songwriters Contest.

The artists moving forward to the next round at the Belly Up on March 3rd are: