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.

Monday, May 4, 2015

BEST SONGS OF THE 2015 MEETINGS

Congratulations, Rio King, with four Monthly Critique wins, which makes you the uncontested Songwriter of the Year for 2015. Here’s a list of all the monthly winners:

Jan    SWEET ROLLS AND CREAM by Rio King
Feb    ALONE WITH ALONE by Dickey Johnson
Mar    BOOGIE WOOGIE RHYTHM by Rio King
Apr    No Song
May    GIVE ‘EM TIME, LORD by Bobby Montgomery
Jun    WAITING TO BREATHE by Dori Weaver
Jul    JIMMY LOVED JESUS by Rio King
Aug    No song
Sep    BOOMER BOOGIE by Rio King
Oct    No song
Nov    THE OLD WRECKED VET by Rio King
 

Come to the Christmas Party on December 8 to hear Rio get up sing a few of his winning numbers. Also, the Song of the Year will be announced then.

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.