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Feb 24, 2005

 

Upcoming San Diego NSAI Workshop Events

http://hometown.aol.com/sdnsai/myhomepage/index.html

Special Event
Workshop with Grammy-nominated #1, LA-based songwriter
PAMELA PHILLIPS OLAND

WHEN:
Saturday, March 19, 2005
2-8pm
(Group dinner break from 5-6:30pm - Dutch treat)

LOCATION:
Piano Press Studio
1425 Ocean Ave. #6
Del Mar, CA 92014

COST:
The cost is $40/person.


Checks should be made out and sent ASAP to:

Liz Axford
PO Box 85
Del Mar, CA 92014-0085

Pamela Phillips Oland is a Grammy nominated songwriter (Whitney Houston hit, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do"). She is also the author of the popular books "The Art of Writing Great Lyrics" and "The Art of Writing Love Songs" in addition to the SongU.com course, LYR 220 Thinking Like A Songwriter. Pamela will answer our questions about the craft and business of songwriting as well as do song and lyric evaluations.


More About Pamela Phillips Oland:

Pamela is a widely performed career lyricist, recently commissioned to write lyrics for two original songs "Christmas All Year Long," and "What If?" for the CBS Hit TV series J*A*G, and who co-wrote with LeVar Burton the theme to "Blizzard" - his recent big screen directorial debut, recorded by rising Canadian Star Aselin Debison.

She wrote the opening and end title song "Digga Digga Dog" to Disney’s "102 Dalmatians," and in fact her works have enjoyed more than 300 recordings, film and television themes and songs.

Frank Sinatra provided her break when he recorded "Monday Morning Quarterback." Her award winning Grammy-nominated #1 song "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" was recorded by Anne Murray and Dave Loggins as well as Whitney Houston and Jermaine Jackson, and has received well over 1 million airplays.

Other artists who've recorded her lyrics include Aretha Franklin and The Four
Tops, "If Ever A Love There Was" Selena, "Is It The Beat" Peabo Bryson, Berlin, Laura Branagan, Earth Wind and Fire, The Whispers, The Jets, The Spinners, Atlantic Star, Five Star, Brian Wilson, Tiffany, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jennifer Rush, The Jacksons, Gladys Knight, Dusty Springfield, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Reba McIntyre, and diverse others -- pop, rock, R&B, country and gospel.

Pamela and Tom Harriman have recently partnered in a production company called TOPA Productions, and are developing and producing three extremely exciting and diverse young talents.

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 2:27 PM

Feb 23, 2005

 

February 26 Urban Network Magazine Seminar in San Diego

2/26: Urban Network Magazine Presents: Music Biz 101 “Forging A Successful Career In The Music Industry”

Urban Network Magazine Presents
Music Biz 101 “Forging A Successful Career In The Music Industry”

The First in a Series of Regional Music Seminars Kicks off in San Diego
As a pre-cursor to its renowned annual Palm Springs, Calif.-based Conference, Urban Network Magazine—the nation’s leading music-entertainment trade and consumer publication—is hosting a series of one-day regional seminars around the country.

The first event will take place in San Diego, Calif., Saturday, February 26, 2005 (beginning at 9am) at the Scottish Rite Center, 1958 Camino Del Rio South.

Many seasoned music industry veterans have signed on to share their expertise with young, aspiring record executives, recording artists, and future entrepreneurs. Panel sessions will include such topics as “Packaging Your Demo & Getting A Record Deal in Today’s Uncertain Climate,” “Getting Your Music & Product To The Masses,” and “Career Opportunities in the Biz.”

Attendees, for a designated fee, will have an opportunity to participate in the independent artist showcase from 6-9:30pm. Industry judges will be on hand to critique the musical entrees.

Kashif, award-winning songwriter-producer, founder of Kashif University and author of the best-selling book, Everything You’d Better Know About the Record Industry, will be the event’s keynote speaker. In addition to his own successful solo career, Kashif has written and produced songs for a bevy of superstar artists including Whitney Houston, Kenny G, Evelyn Champagne King—while his music has been sampled by many of today’s hit recording artists such as Warren G, Nate Dogg and Janet Jackson

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 2:21 PM  

SDSG 2005 Board Members

Election of New Officers and Board Members of the Guild

A general meeting was held in November 2004, in which the following members were elected as officers and board members of the San Diego Songwriters Guild:
The next scheduled Board Meeting is set of March 22, 2005. This meeting is open to all SDSG members. You are encouraged to participate in the discussions relating to future of the Guild. The meeting will be held in the lobby of the Mission Valley Doubletree on Hazard Center Drive.

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 1:31 PM

Feb 21, 2005

 

Petition to Save Music Education

A national online petition drive to support music in America ’s schools is coming to a star-studded Congressional presentation next month, but teens everywhere can still participate by visiting www.themusicedge.com before the February 25 deadline.

On March 9, talented young performers Justin Guarini, Diana DeGarmo and John Stevens from Fox’s American Idol and the legendary Commodores will join other artists and education advocates to deliver the tens of thousands of petition signatures personally to members of Congress and visit Capitol Hill to make their case for saving music education in schools. The non-profit effort to let kids tell the world they want music in their lives and in their schools is an initiative of NAMM, the International Music Products Association, its non-profit affiliate the American Music Conference (AMC) and its teen web site, themusicedge.com, along with TEEN PEOPLE.

The Petition

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 2:37 PM

Feb 15, 2005

 

Harriet Schock

in San Diego Feb. 17 and 18, 2005

www.harrietschock.com

She is available for one-on-one sessions/song critiques
Friday morning February 18th from 10am-12noon at Liz's...
please contact Liz directly if you would like a time slot.

Harriet will be in San Diego for the following show:

Love Songs and Lullabyes Night
organized by songwriter Bridget Brigitte

Thursday, February 17, 2005 6:30-11:30


Humphrey's by the Bay Backstage Lounge & Music Club
$8 cover all night
2241 Shelter Island Drive. Over 21
For more info: Bionic Sisters Productions 858-759-3567
Humphrey's Concert Line 619-523-1010 & Backstage Lounge 619-224-3577

www.humphreysbythebay.com
www.bridgetbrigitte.com

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 7:08 PM  

MP3.com Cofounder Creates Auction House For Song Copyrights

Url: http://www.auctionsongs.com

Rod Underhill, former founding music director of MP3.com and current professor of music law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, has announced that he has created the world's first auction house dedicated to the sale of music related copyrights. "I accepted the challenge of a Canadian music company to create an online resource, AuctionSongs.com, where independent musicians can sell their songs to the highest bidder. This opens a new method of income for talented musicians who can offer both the sound recording or composition copyrights of their songs. Auctionsongs.com will work in conjunction with our companion site, Auctionmovies.com, where filmmakers can sell their unsold movies to the highest bidders, and songwriter and musicians can network with independent filmmakers." Auctionsongs.com is under the leadership CEO Chad Gillies, a longstanding Internet music professional who has previously worked to further the careers of Canadian musicians.

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 7:05 PM

Feb 12, 2005

 

Songalive! Los Angeles Workshops

Songsalive! holds workshops where songwriters gather to share their songs, gain feedback and develop relationships within the songwriting communities we have created around the world. The first half is solely dedicated to an in-the-round workshop where writers present one song each - either on tape, CD or live - followed by a guest speaker/industry discussion in the second half and plenty of time to talk and network.

For complete information go to http://www.songsalive.org/losangeles.html

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 10:39 PM

Feb 11, 2005

 

San Diego NSAI Fourth Monday Workshop

Monday, February 28, 2005
7-10pm
San Diego NSAI Fourth Monday Workshop

Piano Press Studio
1425 Ocean Ave. #6
Del Mar, CA 92014

Group Song Critiques
Writing Lesson from Nashville Office

Free to NSAI Members
Non-Members may attend two meetings at no charge, then $10/meeting
Please RSVP to Liz Axford [email protected]
or (619)884-1401

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 10:24 AM

Feb 10, 2005

 

MP3tunes Online Music Service Opens With 300,000 Songs

MP3tunes, a new digital music store started by Michael Robertson, founder and former CEO of MP3.com, opened for business on the Internet at www.mp3tunes.com. Robertson, CEO of MP3tunes, unveiled his new venture at the Desktop Summit in San Diego this week. Songs are available for download from the MP3tunes site for $0.88 per song or $8.88 per album.

All music sold at MP3tunes will work on any computer and with any portable player including popular models like the Apple iPod, Dell DJ and Creative Nomad. At www.mp3tunes.com, consumers never run the risk of losing their music - songs that have been purchased are permanently stored in a "music locker" and accessible from any Web browser. Even if a computer crashes or a user switches machines, the music is saved and can be accessed without repurchasing.

"Digital music sales make up less than two percent of the total music business because many consumers know they aren't really buying the music - they're renting it from a big corporation that controls what software, computer and portable devices they can use," Robertson said. "A consumer-friendly digital music store that provides true music ownership to paying customers can triple the digital music business almost overnight. MP3tunes gives the consumers more value because they can use the music on all their computers and MP3 players - whatever brand they may have. And it's permanently stored in their music locker, so they never lose the music they paid for."

MP3tunes only offers songs for purchase and download that are legally licensed for distribution from the copyright holders. More than 22,000 artists are participating in the launch of MP3tunes, and 300,000 songs representing nearly 30,000 complete CDs are now available for immediate purchase in high-quality 192k MP3 format at www.mp3tunes.com. No special software is required to sample the music and make purchases and virtually any Web browser will work.

MP3tunes differs from other online music services such as Apple's iTunes and Microsoft's MSN Music Store because it does not use digital restrictions management (DRM) technology, which restricts how a buyer can use the music. DRM restrictions limit what software or computer can be used to listen to the music and also limit what types of portable players will work. Songs in the open MP3 format, like those found at www.mp3tunes.com, are the most flexible for consumers because the songs work with a wide array of software players such as iTunes and Windows Media Player and are also compatible with virtually all digital players or computers, including the iPod series.

Major features of MP3tunes:

Affordable music - Only 88¢ per song and $8.88 per CD
Free Music Locker with permanent storage for all purchased songs
Songs will play on all portable MP3 players
Songs will play from any computer (Mac, Windows, Linux)
Unlimited CD burning and downloads for personal use
Super-high-quality sound - 192k MP3s (most sites offer 128 KB)
Discover great new music with chart-driven Web site
Sample song clips before you buy
You own the music - it never times out or refuses to play or be copied

The design of www.mp3tunes.com makes finding new music simple. Charts, featured artists, user reviews, similar artist recommendations, and other features encourage visitors to browse, sample and discover new music.

"All new trends in music start with emerging artists and progressive-thinking labels who are most willing to try new approaches, which is where MP3tunes is focusing initially," Robertson said. "MP3.com started with complete songs in MP3 format from promising young artists like Linkin Park and Maroon 5. Then it expanded to include new artists from major labels, and eventually it grew to be a key promotional vehicle for all the major record labels. I'm confident MP3tunes will follow the same path - if music buyers come to MP3tunes, then ultimately forward-thinking labels will too."

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 3:35 PM  

LOS ANGELES: BREAKING INTO THE BUSINESS: Getting Your Music Into Film & TV In Today's Competitive Markeplace (April 16, 2005)

This course will be taught at:
The Wyndham Bel Age Hotel
1020 N. San Vicente Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA
Course Fee: $155 (including materials) *** Limited Seating ***

Register Today at:
http://www.theindustrystore.com/losanbrinfit.html

This high-impact course focuses on specific methods and practices songwriters and composers can use to immediately get work in the film and television music business, including where to find jobs, how to approach filmmakers, deal points on film and television projects, contracts and licenses, how to maximize your royalty income, and how to build your business in the industry.


Whether you're at the beginning of your career or are looking to move to the next level of the business, this course will give you practical, usable techniques that you can use immediately to build your career in the film and television music business.


For any questions about the course, please call 1-800-774-3700 or email [email protected]

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 3:31 PM

Feb 8, 2005

 

Meet the Composer Series

Up Close and Personal With The Industry's Top Composers
PLUS: Individual Private Sessions with Composers (limited space available)


First Workshop: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Featuring Top Video Game Composer TOMMY TALLARICO


Film Music Announces a new series of special workshops designed to deliver an up-close and personal experience with the industry's top composers. The workshop has two parts - you can sign up for the morning session only, or the morning session plus a private one-on-one session with the featured composer.


Our March workshop features one of the very top composers for the video game industry, Tommy Tallarico. If you have an interest in scoring video games or want to expand your business in this direction, Tommy Tallarico will provide you with the specific techniques, business ideas, creative direction, and more to help you become more successful at writing for video games. In addition to creative issues, Tommy will focus on how video game composers can find work, retain work, and build their reputations in the fast-growing and highly competitive field of video games.

For full details on this event go to: http://www.theindustrystore.com/losanmecoone.html

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 6:22 AM

Feb 6, 2005

 

Harriet Schock

Harriet Schock in San Diego Feb. 17 and 18, 2005
www.harrietschock.com
She is available for four one-on-one 1/2 hour sessions Friday morning February 18th from 10am-12noon at Liz's... please contact Liz directly if you would like a time slot.

Liz Axford [email protected] or (619)884-1401

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 3:15 PM

Feb 5, 2005

 

Be Heard Scholarships to the Kauai Music Festival

Songwriters are invited to apply for one of Performing Songwriter
magazines. Be Heard Scholarships to the Kauai Music Festival, held May 26-29.
Sponsored by BMI and Songwriter101.com, each scholarship (valued at
over $2,000) will cover airfare, hotel costs, a per diem and
registration fees to this event where small group workshops, master
classes, instructional panels, seminars and concerts are presented by
hit songwriters and industry leaders.

As an added bonus, every applicant will receive a one-year
subscription to Performing Songwriter magazine, starting with the May
2005 issue (if you're already a subscriber, a year will be tacked on
to your existing subscription).

Simply go to Songwriter101.com, sign up if you're not already a
member, download the application form, and send in your song along
with an application fee of $15 to Performing Songwriter(see site for
official rules). Submissions must be received by February 25, 2005.
Scholarship winners will be chosen by members of the
Songwriter101.com faculty and announced on March 18, 2005. So apply
now, and hopefully we'll see you in Kauai!

Performing Songwriter, 2805 Azalea Place, Nashville, Tennessee 37204
Phone: (615) 385.7796 | Fax: (615) 385.5637
www.performingwriter.com

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 8:17 AM

Feb 4, 2005

 

Michael Robertson To Launch New Digital Music Venture, MP3tunes

Michael Robertson, the founder and former CEO of MP3.com, will announce next week that he is starting a new digital music company called MP3tunes. The company will focus on music products and services with an emphasis on the MP3 format to maximize interoperability and consumer choice. Over the coming months, MP3tunes will make several new products available online including a hardware device, software products and an online music store. Robertson will officially announce the new company at the Desktop Summit, February 9-11 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego (www.desktopsummit.com).

"When I started MP3.com, the term 'MP3' was an obscure acronym recognizable only by geeks," Robertson said. "Back then, we had to battle for the legality of MP3 players. But because of those early efforts, consumers now have a spectacular array of portable players to choose from.

"Today, certain market forces are trying to drive consumers away from MP3 towards proprietary systems, which lock out some consumers and force everyone to buy a particular company's player or software program. I wanted consumers to have more options, so I felt compelled to reenter the music space to bring the limelight back to MP3."

Robertson will unveil MP3tune's first service - an online music store focusing on high-quality music downloads at the Desktop Summit. Unlike other popular music stores, MP3tunes will offer all tracks without digital rights management (DRM). This ensures that paying customers can use the music they purchase on any player or computer, as well as make unlimited copies of their songs and burn their music onto CDs.

The founding of MP3tunes comes three years after Robertson stepped down as the CEO of MP3.com. San Diego-based MP3.com was founded in 1997 and grew to nearly 300 employees, becoming the largest digital music site on the Web with more than 1,000,000 songs from 250,000 artists and hundreds of thousands of unique daily visitors. Vivendi Universal purchased the profitable company in 2001 for $372 million in stock and cash.

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 1:11 PM  

The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2004 finalists.

Starting February 1 to February 28, 2005, members of the public can take part in the 2004 Peoples' Voice, an online voting contest that allows them to listen and vote for their favorite ISC finalist. The winner of the Peoples' Voice is in addition to, and completely separate from, the regular winners who will be selected by the ISC judging panel. The winner of the Peoples' Voice will receive $3,000 in prizes, including a home recording studio from Xytar Digital Systems.

Visit http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/PVWelcome.htm now to listen to and vote for your favorite song.

ISC is now accepting entries for 2005; entry forms are available on the ISC website at http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/entry.htm

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 10:28 AM

Feb 2, 2005

 

An Evening With BMI

California Copyright Conference Dinner For February

February Dinner Meeting
Tuesday, February 15, 2005

BMI senior executives will present the current state of performing rights, both domestically and internationally, including opportunities and challenges in licensing, royalty distribution (such as BMI's new radio distribution methodology) and administration. The panel will cover trends in licensing and performance income for songwriters, composers and music publishers, new opportunities to market performance rights and current royalty administration in the digital age. The presentation will conclude with BMI's agenda and vision for the future of collective rights administration followed by a question and answer session as time allows.

Speakers:
* Alison Smith, Senior VP Performing Rights
* Richard Conlon, VP Marketing & Business Development, Media Licensing

Moderator:
* Teri Nelson Carpenter, Past President CCC (2002_2004)

SPORTSMEN’S LODGE – Near Coldwater Canyon & Ventura Blvd. in Studio City
Parking Entrance at 4234 Coldwater Canyon

Tuesday, February 15, 2005
6:15 check-in 6:30 Cocktails 7:00 Dinner

For complete information on how to attend this event go to: http://www.theccc.org/meetings.shtml

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 1:01 PM  

Compass Records Announces the Launch of Hand Across The Waters

*This unprecedented collaboration benefits victims of the natural disasters in Southesast Asia*

NASHVILLE, TN - In this global community, friendships and the exchange of information extend beyond conventional boundaries. The latest statistics regarding the disaster in Southeast Asia are instantaneously conveyed via satellite link ups and web blogs. This combination of tragedy and technology inspired Andrea Zonn and John Cutliffe to establish the Hands Across the Water project. They have gathered a formidable group of musicians from America, Ireland and the UK to record a CD to benefit Save the Children.

Zonn is one of Nashville's most beloved musicians, both as a solo artist and contributor to albums and tours by such artists as James Taylor, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Alison Brown, and many others. Her collaborator and close friend John Cutliffe is similarly well-known behind the scenes as a musician, tour manager, and webmaster of Jigtime.com, a site that chronicles both Irish and American roots music.

Hands Across The Water has secured the support of Vince Gill, Altan, John Prine, Maura O'Connell, Eddi Reader, Paul Brady, Beth Nielson Chapman, Sharon Shannon, Alison Brown, Lunasa, Jim Lauderdale, Pauline Scanlon, Jerry Douglas, John Cowan, Jon Randall, Darrell Scott, Ciaran Tourish, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien, and more.

"I think the connections that exist in our musical and social circles are powerfully symbolic of a greater global unity", says Zonn. "We are fortunate to count some of the finest musicians in Ireland, Scotland and America among our friends," Cutliffe, from Buncrana, adds. "And our friends have friends. The bond of music ripples outward into the world, and we're calling on our friends to contribute their gifts to help those so desperately in need right now."

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HANDS ACROSS THE WATER PROJECT, PLEASE CONTACT BRAD SAN MARTIN ([email protected] CORRINA GREENBERG ([email protected] OR COMPASS RECORDS (615-320-7672).

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 7:49 AM  

iTunes Store Downloads Top 250 Million

Apple announced Jan. 24 that music fans have purchased and downloaded more than 250 million songs from its iTunes Music Store.

iTunes users are now downloading one and a quarter million songs per day, which is an annual run rate of almost half a billion songs per year. The store is now available in fifteen countries, which together represent more than 70 percent of the global music market.

The iTunes Music Store features more than one million songs from the major music companies and 600 independent record labels, including exclusive music offerings, as well as over 9,000 audiobooks.

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 7:27 AM  

Friday Night Free For All hosted by PRN

Performers Referral Network (sandiegoprn.com) hosts the "Friday Night Free For All" each 2nd and 4th Friday night monthly. We entertain with no cover charge from 9pm to Midnight.The crowd is mostly hookah smoking college students who have an eclectic taste in music. There is a large outdoor deck where music is pumped out to from the main room where we stage our shows. The Egyptian's food is excellent in addition to a full compliment of coffee house fare. The colorful, friendly venue feeds our solo performers and the leader of each group that plays. PRN is welcoming new Songwriting Performers, Comedians, Dancers and Actors. All PRN activites and memberships are free.
Location:
The Egyptian Tea Room
4644 College Ave.

posted by San Diego Songwriter's Guild  # 7:25 AM

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