Songsalive! Songnotes September/October 2014

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Hello! Welcome to the September/October issue of Songnotes!

CONTENTS 3) Calendar of Events/Featured Event 4) SongsaliveU 5) Chapter News

6) Chapter News 7) Featured Partner 8) Sponsored Event 9) Sponsored Event

Songsalive! is always looking for volunteers. Want to get involved with Songsalive! and help our organization? Read about some of our volunteer openings on page 10. Find out about our new feature SongsaliveU, which will help you to educate yourself on the craft and business of songwriting. Read more on page 4. Also, be sure to check out our upcoming Songsalive! showcases and workshops on page 3. Our Partner of the Month is Securenet Systems – Radio Streaming service. Find out how you can set up your on online radio streaming on your website on page 7. We are also sponsoring the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) and the Independent Music Conference (IMC). Read about these events on pages 8 & 9. Also, see what has been going on in our Songsalive! chapters on pages 5 & 6. On the cover of this issue are Emily Zuzik (left) and Annie Calder (right) performing at the Songsalive! Songnet Monthly Songwriters Showcase + open mic at the Cork Lounge in July 2014.

10) Get Involved 11) Back Page

Have a Fabulous Fall! Mary Lemanski Director of Operations

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS FEATURED UPCOMING SONGSALIVE! EVENT

Tuesday, September 16 7:30pm Orange County Songsalive! Showcase 8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic

Chicago Songsalive! & GoGirlsMusic Bi-Monthly Showcase

Saturday, September 20 1:00pm Songsalive! Bi-Monthly Online Songwriters Workshop Sunday, September 21 12:00pm Los Angeles Songsalive! Songwriters Workshop 6:30pm Songsalive! Songnet Los Angeles Songwriters Showcase & Open Mic Tuesday, September 23 8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic Saturday, September 27 6:00pm Orange County Songsalive! Songwriters Workshop 8:00pm Chicago Songsalive! & GoGirlsMusic Bi-Monthly Showcase Tuesday, September 30 8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic Tuesday, October 7 8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic Saturday, October 11 11:30am Chicago Songsalive! Songwriters Workshop Tuesday, October 14 8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic

WHEN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2014 TIME: Starts 8:00 pm. Ends at 10:00pm. WHERE: BORELLI PIZZA 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625 http://www.borellipizza.com/ COST: FREE

Open to the public. BYOB. Please order food to support the venue. More info on our Workshops: www.songsalive.org/workshops.htm RSVP for this event: www.meetup.com/songsalive www.songsalive.org/events.htm for Calendar and Upcoming Events www.songsalive.org/chapters.htm for details on our Chapters.

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SongsaliveU Welcome one of our newest features: SongsaliveU – the learning university As part of our non-profit mission, we are an educational organization. Here you can increase your learning of the craft and business of songwriting, and maximize your career. • • • •

For more information on SongsaliveU, log on to the Songsalive! website at www.songsalive.org, click on SongsaliveU.

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Read Articles about songwriting and the music business. Absorb our latest news on our Blog, with a digest of informative reading and opportunities. Learn from the Masters through Songsalive! Songcraft videos and one on one mentoring sessions. Get a song critique or album review and learn the secrets of creating that "hit" song or album. Get personal support and consultancy, and steer your career in the right direction. Attend a Workshop in your area and receive feedback on your songs, plus meet industry guests Downloads (Tools and Docs) - Need co-writing agreements, music licensing, publishing, recording contracts or any legal agreements related to your music business? Then find them here.

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CHAPTER NEWS

OUR CHAPTER NEWS

Orange County Songsalive! July Workshop - Once again a small but energetic group of songwriters gathered together in Westminster, California for an evening of musical education and polishing. This time around we were REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS joined by Lisa Arreguin, a vocal coach and performance consultant from Anaheim, as our Guest Speaker for the evening. Having arrived first, Gil Chicago Songsalive! July Workshop – Chicago Songsalive! hosted Mosard (one of our performers from our Monthly Showcase last Thursday) an educational songwriters workshop at the Beat Kitchen on July was kind enough to start things off with a brand new song reflecting on life in 12th. An attendee, Roland Labana, played two different arrangements the 50’s and 60’s. Kip Corley was up next with a slightly naughty song about of a song called “Immortality” that he had written. Both versions were marital infidelity brought on by bad weather — wet clothes you know. Lucius very unique. We decided that the demo/stripped down version would Austin gave us a funky R & B number about a love that is falling apart and the be good for sad funeral scenes in a movie. The other version had an desire to rekindle it. And Kate Albright finished things up with a harrowing amazing female vocalist and a lush arrangement. Great stuff! For the song about human trafficking, where tragedy leads to triumph — buoyed along second half of the workshop, chapter coordinator, Mary Lemanski, by Kate’s soaring voice. Our Guest Speaker’s comments were friendly and discussed the roots of American music from the Native Americans up helpful, showing a genuine interest in the songs and the people who wrote to the Civil War and played examples of each type of music. The them. songwriting challenge for the month is to write a song in the style of Native American music, European/Appalachian oral tradition, early Lisa gave her talk for us the title of “Organic Songwriting”, which she defines American Christian church (hymns, psalms, spirituals), or African as “the intention of taking a set of abstract concepts drawn from your own slave music (secular and/or sacred). –Mary Lemanski experiences that are naturally unique to you, and purposely translating these things into a tangible musical form”. Got all that? She breaks down that big Orange County Songsalive! July Showcase – wo talents who have idea into four easy bite-size pieces she refers to as PUSH. That stands for collaborated on each others’ songs in the past took to the stage at Passion (the drive behind all good and successful songwriters), Utilities (the Sam Ash Music in Westminster, California for our monthly Orange resources available to you for your songwriting, including the musical County Songwriter Showcase this time. Gil Mosard is a veteran community you’re in), Skill (practice practice!), and Hours (the time you take songwriter who took several decades off from his craft, only to return and the time you make for your craft, INCLUDING time you take off to with renewed vigor after his retirement. His gentle, strummy folk tunes maintain yourself and let your mind rest). She gave specific real-world never fail to entice with their poetic lyrics and complex wordplay. examples for each of these concepts based on her own experiences as an Following up was newcomer Mouhammed Bassaj — at least a aspiring songwriter and a music teacher, which helped to drive her points newcomer to the Songsalive! Showcase. He’s been hitting the home. -Rod O’Riley Southern California music scene for years with a powerful voice and www.songsalive.org/groups.htm heavy guitar playing — not to mention he’s a mean drummer besides. Both of our performers this time found out about Songsalive! through the weekly Sam Ash Music Open Mic Night; another sign of the crosspollination of musical communities that we’ve been encouraging for some time. Find ways to mine your local talent! -Rod O’Riley T

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CHAPTER NEWS REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

OUR CHAPTER NEWS

Los Angeles Songsalive! Songnet July Showcase - Once again, like every month, we hosted our Los Angeles Songsalive! Songnet Showcase -the theme, sizzling hot summer. And yes it is! The performances sizzled too, from Emily Zuzik, Michael Vanags, gilli moon, Annie Calder, J.Walker and Jimi Yamagishi. Thanks to Songnet for collaborating with Songsalive! once again. –Gilli Moon Songsalive! Bi-Monthly Online Workshop (July) - On July 19th, Songsalive! hosted a free online workshop. The topic of discussion was “Songsalive! Backstage Pass,” and attendees were given a visual tour of the Songsalive! website and its cool PRO member features, including the Songsalive! Community, Songsalive! Marketplace, and SongsaliveU. Everyone seemed to enjoy the opportunity to take a sneak peek at what the Songsalive! website has to offer. -Mary Lemanski Los Angeles Songsalive! July Workshop - The Los Angeles chapter of Songsalive! Workshop series continued on Sunday, July 20th at The Cahuenga General Store with Wordsmith speaker Peggy Glenn. Peggy conducted her presentation through a series of writing exercises devised to help songwriters present brand for themselves in a concise and thought provoking elevator pitch format. -Rik Lawrence

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Los Angeles Songsalive! August Workshop - The Los Angeles chapter of Songsalive! Workshop series continued on Sunday, August 17th at The Cahuenga General Store with the president and founder of Songsalive!, Gilli Moon. Gilli examined the elements of several hit songs currently on the Billboard charts and compared them to songs that were brought in by Pro Members of Songsalive!. -Rik Lawrence

Los Angeles Songsalive! Songnet August Showcase - Once again, like every month, we hosted our Los Angeles Songsalive! Songnet Showcase -the theme, sizzling hot summer. Jimi kicked the night into gear with a couple of songs, bringing full attention to the stage for Tysa Goodrich, a new Songsalive! Member by way of SongNet, showing how our two orgs wor well together! Formerly a national touring artist, Tysa brought great songs & professional presence to the stage setting the bar pretty high for the night. And as always Gilli brought it to the stage too, with Voyce McGinleyIII & J Walker helping to raise the bar even higher! And David Babich was fully up to the task, with brilliant songs & easy stage manner from his experiences as an all around entertainer & actor (you may have seen him in the Carfax commercials). Rounding off the night, Paul Rasmusson brought pretty much an entire bar full of friends who came to check out one of his rare live performances. A Songwriter of the year nominee, he shared some great songs & left the crowd wanting more! The open mic section which followed featured some great new talent as well, and a sharp spoken word performance from our waitress Rachael McLaughlin. These shows are always special & a continuing comment we always get is: ”Wow, I would have paid to see a show like that!” So if you haven’t been by to see the show, you’re really missing out! -Jimi Yamagishi

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SPONSORED EVENT International Songwriting Competition (ISC) Deadline: Thursday, September 18, 2014 Now is your chance to enter what the NY Times calls “the songwriting competition to take note of,” and for a chance to share in over $150,000 in cash and merchandise, including a $25,000 cash Grand Prize (which is the largest of any songwriting competition) and a scholarship to Berklee College of Music’s Summer Performance Program for the winner of the Teen category. Now in its 13th year, ISC is one of the largest and most respected songwriting competitions in the world, providing the opportunity for songwriters to gain recognition and exposure in all genres in the field of songwriting. Renowned for having the most prestigious judges of any music competition in the world, ISC’s judging panel is comprised of high-profile recording artists and influential music industry professionals. Artist judges for this year include Sarah McLachlan, Tom Waits, American Authors, John Hiatt, Pat Metheny, Sara Evans, Bastille, Martina McBride, Avicii, Wayne Shorter, and many more. Industry judges for this year include Presidents and CEOs from Republic, Atlantic, Warner Bros., Elektra, Columbia, Virgin, Sony Music Latin, Mercury, Wind-Up, Tommy Boy, Alligator, S-Curve, Blind Pig, Concord Music Group, and many more. For more information or to enter the competition visit: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com

More information on the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) as well as other upcoming & past Songsalive! Sponsored Events at www.songsalive.org/sponsoredevents.htm Songsalive! - The largest international non-profit membership organization and social community for songwriters and composers, since 1997. www.songsalive.org

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SPONSORED EVENT

Independent Music Conference (IMC): October 22-26, 2014 – Los Angeles The Independent Music Conference (IMC)® is the only national music conference designed specifically for the rapidly growing independent music market. Founded in 2002, the IMC has been presented fifteen times in cities all over the U.S. including Philadelphia, Dallas, Charleston, Northampton and Los Angeles. Presented by IndieGate.com online independent music store, the IMC focuses on empowering musicians to achieve indie success. It is an educational and internetworking event coordinated by InterMixx, the membership based organization that has been helping indies for over 20 years. However, the IMC is ultimately planned and built by you - the independent musician who wants to succeed on your own terms.

Songsalive! has become an IMC Scholarship sponsor for the 2014 Independent Music Conference®. 25 Select Songsalive! PRO members will be chosen from applicants and sponsored into this year's conference. Songsalive! will be covering the $299 registration fee in full, for each Scholarship recipient! It is only $10 to apply, and they are going quickly so please don't wait: www.independentmusicconference.com/songsalive_scholarship

More information on the Independent Music Conference (IMC) as well as other upcoming & past Songsalive! Sponsored Events at www.songsalive.org/sponsoredevents.htm

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iCoordinator To update and maintain our website and social networks content, look and feel, as well as engage our members and new, potential songwriter members, to interact in our organization through blogs, social networks and our website. You must be a team player, and an ideas person and creative, who is happy to contribute to our non-profit organization on a part-time voluntary basis. We are looking for someone who is very proficient with web design, web developing (front and back end), and community social network sites; who wants to be part of a growing community; and who has great ideas and concepts on how we can develop our online presence to maximize opportunities and communication amongst our membership base. No short termers please. Minimum one (1) year involvement. Austin Chapter Coordinator As the Songsalive! Austin Chapter Coordinator you will manage the monthly Workshop event (1) and showcase event (1) . You will be the visible ambassador for Songsalive! You will heighten our presence in the community and will be charged with maintaining and growing a vibrant membership. You will also manage a team of volunteers that carry out specific roles. Europe Chapter Coordinator As the Songsalive! Europe Chapter Coordinator you will manage the monthly Workshop event (1) and showcase event (1) . You will be the visible ambassador for Songsalive! You will heighten our presence in the community and will be charged with maintaining and growing a vibrant membership. You will also manage a team of volunteers that carry out specific roles.

Apply for these and other Songsalive! positions at www.songsalive.org/getinvolved.htm Songsalive! - The largest international non-profit membership organization and social community for songwriters and composers, since 1997. www.songsalive.org

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