SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR – RIO KING 2016 Winners – That Window Closes Fast by Rio King 2. Play Me Sump’m Like Dat by Rio King 3. I’m Singing My Heart Out In Dallas Tonight by Charles Carter 2016 – Finalists January – Time to Leave by Beth Murphy February – My Pickup Truck by Charles Carter March – Last Chance to Dance in Texas by Rio […]
Hello Songwriter, Your newsletter, Songwriters Notes, is now online to view at: http://songwriternotes.blogspot.com/ IN THIS ISSUE: DSA events https://dallassongwriters.org/events/ WORKSHOPS SongSwaps on the 1st and 3rd Monday – Jan 2 Half Price Books Feb 2 and Jan 16 at Tino’s, 2nd Tuesday Meeting Jan 10th – Meadows Center – Guitar Pull – Song Feedback SHOWCASES […]
Dallas Songwriters Association Song Contest Awards December 13, 2016 7 PM Sons of Hermann Hall Follow along with the video on Facebook WELCOME – Barbe McMillen Founding President Emeritus, Newsletter Editor, Administration & Song Contest Director Barbara founded the DSA in 1987 after running the group for several years as part of the now defunct […]
After early successes with his college rock and roll band, The Techniques out of Lubbock, and as a solo singer songwriter at Kerrville, Rio King has re-emerged from musical retirement. With deep affection for his native state, Rio has recently recorded his album, I’d Love To See Texas Again with Chris Gage of MoonHouse Studio […]
People began to arrive at Sons of Hermann Hall at 6:30 on Tuesday, December 8 for the Dallas Songwriters Association (DSA) Song Contest Award Ceremony and Christmas party. Board members Barbe McMillen, Bobby Montgomery, Ken Duren, and Dan Roark, with member and SOHH employee, Lisa Byrn, David Lewis (SOHH), and the sound man, Logan Hughes, […]
Again, the winners are: 2015 DSA SONG CONTEST WINNERS AMERICANA/FOLK/BLUEGRASS 1. Oh My Soul by Nitanee Lawson, Malibu, CA 2. The Ghost of Jenny Hill by T. Edwin Doss, Silver Spring, MD 3. Portrait in the Sand by Patrice Luce Chapman, Rockport, TX CHRISTIAN/INSPIRATIONAL 1. In the Cross by Christopher Hart, McComb, MS 2. No […]
This is the last full day to get your tickets to the DSA Song Contest Awards and Christmas Party for a $12 donation. The donation will be $15 at the door. All proceeds go to support Dallas Songwriters Association and are tax-deductible. Go to the event page, find out more info, and get your tickets. […]
SELF-EFFACING HUMORIST WALTZES AWAY WITH SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR HONORS by Buck Morgan John Wayne had it. So did Clint Eastwood. That solid feeling that let’s you know you can count on them. While Bobby Montgomery, the recently named Dallas Songwriter of the year, may not have Hollywood girth and brawn, he makes up for […]
