Meeting Critiques

Each month songs of members are critiqued at the 1st Thursday workshop. Winners each month are published in Songwriters Notes. Members only may enter up to 2 songs per month (or more if time allows) by going to this link https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/ to enter the lyric and audio file or you may upload the lyric and perform the song live at the meeting. Time is limited to the review of 8 songs per meeting on a first come basis. (If we run out of time, the songs will be moved to next meeting). Members will have until the end of November to rewrite and record their song before it is sent to the judge. At the end of each year, the songs are judged by industry pros and the Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriter whose song garnered the most points from the judges. Also, The Vern Dailey Songwriter of the Year Award goes to songwriter who has the most songs with the highest points in the top ten. Winners are announced at the Virtual Awards Program in February which include performances by the finalists.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

BEST SONGS OF 2008

2007 Winning Song
No Better Day
by Ed Williams
2007 Songwriter of the Year- Ed Williams

2008 Winning song :
September On My Mind
by Ray Phillips
2008 Songwriter of the Year: Ray Phillips (Writer that had the most winning songs throughout the year)

NOV 2007
"A Man's Gotta Do" by Ed Williams
"Out of Time" by Lisa Apple

DEC 2007
"Nothing Left To Burn" by Vicky Williams

JAN 2008
"The Promise" by Ray Phillips, Jim Bardfield, Jesse Block

FEB 2008
"Break Even" by Charles Sterling
"Dancing Feet & Honky Tonk Hearts" by Vern Dailey

MARCH 2008
"Until Love Comes This Way" by Ray Phillips & Richard Davis

APRIL 2008
Weeds In The Sandbox" by Vern Dailey and Beverly Houston

MAY 2008
"We Don't Eat Together Anymore" by Ray Phillips & Bob Paterno

JUNE 2008
"The Road I'm Walkin' Now" by Ray Phillips
"Honky Tonkin" by Vern Dailey

JULY 2008
"Cowgirl Ballerina" by Ray Phillips & Richard Davis

SEPT 2008
"September in My Mind" by Ray Phillips & Richard Davis
"Something Good" by Jennifer Carson

OCT 2008
"She Loves to Infinity " by Ray Phillips & Richard Davis

NOV 2008
"Stupid Questions" by Bob Paterno and Ray Phillips

DEC 2008
"Love Is Just Another Word" by Bob Paterno

Listen to the podcast of the above songs and vote on your favorite:
http://dallassongwriters.podOmatic.com/entry/2009-04-05T08_10_20-07_00

Download a pdf hard copy of the Oct 2009 Songwriters Notes with 2008 best songs of the meeting winners announced.http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=1520070&da=y


Hear the winners each month on http://www.myspace.com/dallassongwriters

The overall winner of the 2008 Monthly Song critiques was Ray Phillips with the song "September in my Mind".
"She Loves to Infinity" and "We Don't Eat Together Anymore" placed second and third, respectively. See details below.

Our judges were Mark Mason (BMI - writer's rep in Nashville), Steve Leslie (Pro songwriter & music publisher in Nashville), Louis Lofredo (Pro producer and music publisher in New York).

Each judge picked a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winner. The winners below were determined by compiling the scores as follows: 1st place winners were given a value of three points, 2nd place winners were given 2 points, and 3rd place winners were given 1 point.

Louis scored as follows:
1st place She Loves to Infinity
2nd place A Man's Gotta Do
3rd place We Don't Eat Together Anymore

Mark scored as follows:
1st place September in My Mind
2nd place We Don't Eat Together Anymore
3rd place She Loves to Inifinity

Steve scored as follows:
1st place September in My Mind
2nd place Love Is Just Another Word
3rd place Dancing Feet and Honkytonk Hearts

September in My Mind
1st Place overall with -- 0 + 3 + 3 = 6

She Loves to Infinity
2nd place overall with -- 3+1+0 = 4

We Don't Eat Together Anymore
3rd place overall with -- 1 + 2 + 0 = 3

A Man's Gotta Do
Love Is Just Another Word
4th place tied overall with 2 points each

Dancing Feet and Honkytonk Hearts
5th place overall with 1 point
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BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING CRITIQUES

Each month songs of members are critiqued at the 1st Thursday meeting. Songs that are critiqued each month are published in Songwriters Notes. Members only may enter by uploading lyric and audio file to https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/ or you may upload the lyric and perform the song live at the meeting. Members will have until the end of November to rewrite and record their song before it is sent to the judge. At the end of each year, the songs are judged by industry pros and the Song of the Year is awarded to the songwriter whose song garnered the most points from the judges.
Also, The Vern Dailey Songwriter of the Year Award goes to songwriter who has the most songs with the highest points in the top ten.