The beautiful Amy Kress was one of 2015’s COMBO Songwriting Contest winners!
Here we go again gang! Another year has begun and another Durango Songwriters Expo (since 1996) is right around the corner! Join Expo Co-Founder Jim Attebery and other famous (and infamous!) Durangonians at our annual Meet and Greets in the Denver/Boulder/Broomfield area as we get ready for our Fall Colorado Expo!
Please take note of these important dates and register ASAP!
June 30th: Call Jim at 970.259.9747 and register for our Boulder Expo Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2016 and get that EXTRA 4th listening session (plus enjoy the early bird price of $275 – a $50 savings!)
July 27th: Join us for our famous summer Meet and Greet in Denver at the Walnut Room, 3131 Walnut Street, Denver, Wednesday, July 27th starting at 6:00 p.m.
August 10th: Last day to get Special Early Bird Price of $275 ($324 after this date).
Go here for all the details and print out our PDF Brochure.
http://www.durango-songwriters-expo.com/
“Every handshake here is important…” –Meghan Trainor –
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Song Listening Sessions
Get feedback on your song in person, directly from the pros.
1. You may submit to a maximum of 3 Song Listening Sessions (only one selection per time slot) – unless of course you registered by June 30th!
2. Along with your registration fee, circle Song Listening Sessions on other side of form.
3. Do not mail CDs for Listening Sessions! Bring CD with you to Listening Sessions. Make sure song selection is clearly marked on CD.
4. ALSO, bring 3 typewritten copies of lyric sheets to each session.
5. We will try to accommodate all suggested preferences, though we can make no guarantees.
6. Song Listening Session assignments will remain posted in Thursday’s sign-in area throughout the event.
Singer/Songwriter Showcase
We will be selecting performing singer/songwriters for live showcases to be held on Thursday, Sept. 29th and Friday, Sept. 30th. Showcase your talent in front of major music industry decision makers.
You will have 4 minutes time to perform 1 song. To submit for this great opportunity, send your CD with up to 2 original copyrighted songs, along with 2 copies of typewritten lyric sheets and select one category. Make sure your song on the CD is clearly marked specifying your selected track.
This is IMPORTANT…
Showcase available to registered attendees only. (We reserve the right to refuse participation to any individual at our discretion.) Deadline for showcase CDs to be received by Sept. 01, 2016.
Selected Singer/Songwriters will be notified on or before Sept. 15th, 2016. $15.00 fee per category submission.
Questions? Call Jim Attebery at 970-259-9747
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COMBO’s 4th Annual Songwriting Contest Has Started
The Colorado Music Business Organization is holding its fourth annual Songwriting Contest! Winning songs will be submitted to *real music business companies*. Have a song you have written and ten ($10) dollars? Read on because this contest is for YOU!! [Per previous years, there will be NO CA$H prizes for the high-scoring songs – just the opportunity for your song to be heard by people who can get it to the right places!]
Contest staff will put the winning songs on a compilation CD and hand deliver to publishers, record companies, music supervisors, and others – that have agreed beforehand to accept them – along with a cover letter telling a little about COMBO, along with lyric sheets for each of the songs. Winners will also receive one copy of the compilation CD for their use.
No “musician” judges – just people who love music. The panel will be made up of a variety of people who still buy music. A committee of judges, none of whom write songs but are music lovers, will have the final decision. These people are music professionals in some area of the Music Industry but who do not write songs. This helps to eliminate possible plagiarism. Names of the judging panel are confidential and will not be shared so that the judges can not contact each other to get opinions.
The songs will be presented for judging “anonymously” – the judges will not know the name(s) of the songwriters or even the name of the song. Song submissions will be presented to the judges as a number (i.e. Song #113). Email confirmation of accepted entries will have our song registration number FYI. Please make sure that Meta Data is not included on your entry.
No “bad” words! Failure to follow this RULE will disqualify your song. If you wrote your song with a “must have” naughty word, please mute the word on the mp3 track and write “bleep” on the lyric sheet (we will only accept songs for the contest that are “Radio Friendly”).
Examples of judging criteria will consist of (but not be limited to) – Do the lyrics ‘hit you in the heart’? Does the melody bring out some emotion such as: passion, solitude, love, excitement, danger? Do the lyrics express a ‘new thought’ or have a really catchy phrase?
Please submit Songs with Lyric Sheets as attachments to songcontest@coloradomusic.org in MP3 format so that contest staff may forward to each judge to listen to from the privacy of their own homes.
The Top Scoring 18-20 songs will get a slot on the compilation CD to be given out as mentioned above. We will not have categories but we do reserve the right to only use two songs from any one writer or group of writers on the CD.
Once you have submitted your song(s) and lyric sheet(s), please mail your $10 payment for each song to COMBO, P.O. Box 18186, Denver, CO 80218. Currently paid COMBO members can enter one song at no charge; paid band members may submit two songs at no charge. (We’re looking at you Adrienne O, The Hollow, and more!)
Contest ends on August 14th at midnight! This will give us time to get the songs mastered and the CD made to pass out at the Durango Songwriters Expo which starts October 6th in Broomfield.