Best Songs of the DSA Meeting: January 2024

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.

Saturday, January 27, 2024

BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING 2024

JAN

Hold Me Close by Don Wall
Spending Time by Don Wall
The Front Runner by Keith Dodson
Fort Collins by Bill Martin
Mr Moon by Wayne Gathright
Cut To The Chase by Keagan Riley
Outlaw Outta Me by Troy Inslee and Alexis Tapp
Ashes of Paradise by Michael Roth, Harri Wolf, Sarah Riddell
Classic Cars Are Nothing New by Steve Ledford
I Didn’t Sing To Her by Steve Ledford
Boo Bye Bye by Alexis Tapp

FEB

I Won’t Bring You Flowers Anymore by Michael Roth
Walk a Mile in My Blues by Keith Dodson
Keep It Down by Theodore Henning
Wedding Party by Wayne Gathright
I'll Never Be a Falling Star by Steve Ledford
Back Then by Steve Ledford
That Street by Wayne Willingham
Perfectly Imperfect (or something like that) by Alexis Tapp
Fuels The Flame by Rickey Gene Wright
Love Washes Off by Michael Roth
Red, White and the Blues by Don Wall
Me and You by Don Wall

MAR

Most Of All by Troy Inslee

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.