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DID YOU KNOW THAT All IFS messages are archived on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DIFS/messages

Once you're in the IFS archive, if you're looking for something in
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Wanna know the easy way to find the IFS home page?
Type in
www.SongwriterBlog.com
or
www.SongwritingBlog.com

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Dear IFS Friends,

Happy New Year, Hard to believe it's 2005
Yesterday I went to Gruene Hall, with my wife, daughter, mother in
law and father in law to see john Arthur martinez perform.
http://www.gruenehall.com/
It's always a thrill to hear jAm, especially when he does songs I
wrote with him. Last night I heard him perform 3 we wrote together.

Today I dropped by the Nashville Star website and noticed they are
having their regional finals this week. Monday and Tuesday in AUSTIN
and Wednesday and Thursday in Nashville.
Drop by, it's a great chance to discover some talent and maybe meet
some who will be top 10 finalists.

I decided to begin the "IFS Featured song of the IFS" in each IFS
issue. If you'd like one of your songs to be considered, send me one
email with the link to one song. I just want to point out great
songs. ONLY send me one song between each issue.
I won't download attachments.
I won't listen through your entire catalog.

I hope 2005 is your most successful year yet. I want you to make
money from your music. One of the ways to do this is to think of
something that does exist but should. Then create a product to fill
that need. We can do the same thing with music and songs.

Today I read an interesting article in the Business Section of the
Friday, December 31, 2004 Austin Amercian Statesman.
"UT Sophmore cashing in on university calendar Idea"
http://www.townlakepress.com/inthenews.html

IFS readers, My point is for you to think of
songs and music, that doesn't exist, but ought to exist,
especially music that might appeal to a large group of people,
then make it happen.

Success might be one idea away.

Ande Rasmussen
835 Martindale Falls
Martindale, TX 78655


IFS Readers I just got a GMAIL account from google and I've just been
allocated a few invitations (right now gmail accounts are by
invitation only.) With google mail you get 1,000 mega bytes of storage
Anyone out there want a gmail invitation?

send me an email

in the subject field write
IFS GMAIL

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Nashville Star REGIONAL COMPETITIONS:

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

There are be two Nashville Star regional competitions:

REGIONAL #1:
AUSTIN, TX
WHEN: Monday and Tuesday, January 3 - 4,
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
WHERE: Dallas Night Club,
7113 Burnet Road
Austin, TX

REGIONAL #2:
NASHVILLE, TN
WHEN: Wednesday and Thursday, January 5-6,
7:00 PM - 11:30 PM
WHERE: The Wildhorse Saloon,
120 Second Avenue
Nashville, TN

http://www.usanetwork.com/nashvillestar/

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IFS Featured Song of this Issue

These Are the Days

Is a fun catchy uptempo country tune written by Curtis Cameron and
Brock Goodwin. Performed by Brock Goodwin. Excellent lyrics and
melody.

http://www.songramp.com/view.ez?sampleid=22881

If you'd like one of your songs to be considered as the
IFS Featured Song of the Issue
send me one email with one link to one song.
I won't download attachments.
I just want hear and point IFS readers to great songs.
Send your email to:
AndeRasmussen@...
In the subject field write
IFS FEAT

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Who have your cowriters written with?

Sometimes mentioning your cowriters and who they've written with is a
good way to gain credibility and access to new potential cowriters.

Never Lie, the songwriting community is small and word travels fast.

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I'm happy to say that
Pat Pattison Berklee School of Music in Boston Songwriting Professor
is doing a 2 day songwriting workshop in Austin on February 5th &
6th, 2005

The Seminar:

WRITING LYRICS TO MELODY:

There's no use writing a great lyric and a great melody

if they don't work together.

An unfortunate setting of a word or phrase can sink the emotion of
the song, calling your listener's attention away from WHAT you are
saying to HOW you are saying it.

This 2-day seminar shows you how to get the most out of your lyrics
by combining them accurately and effectively with melody. This is
a "can't miss" seminar--it's bound to take your writing to the next
level.

Saturday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
a total of 10 contact hours (there an hour lunch break each day).

Pat will spend Saturday teaching, putting everyone through exercises,
giving homework, and reviewing the results Sunday 10-12. He'll spend
the rest of the time Sunday doing song critiques.

The cost is $100 / person.

"I took a class with Pat Pattison, a really great teacher. .. I
learned a lot of stuff in that class, and I still read Writing Better
Lyrics. I've got it on the tank of my toilet, . I think it's great.
John Mayer - Grammy winning artist/songwriter, Sept. 19th 2004 --

Pat Pattison is a Professor at Berklee College of Music, where he
teaches Lyric Writing and Poetry. In addition to his three books,
Writing Better Lyrics, The Essential Guide to Lyric Form and
Structure, and The Essential Guide to Rhyming, Pat has developed
three online lyric writing courses for Berklee's online school,
available through patpattison.com. He has written over 30 articles
for Home & Studio Recording Magazine, and The Performing Songwriter.
Pat continues to present songwriting clinics across the US, Canada,
and the UK. Several of his students hav! ! e won Grammys, including
John Mayer, Rob Hotchkiss (Train), and Gillian Welch.

For more details contact Bitsy Rice
bitsyrice@...

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On cowriting

As for writing, that's a HUGE part of my life... I've been doing it
for so long... yet, every time I do a co-write.. I learn something.
(whether it's writing up, down or horizontally)
+ Dana Sigmon
http://songramp.com/Mr.Dana


Write on!

Ande Rasmussen
Editor and Publisher of I F S, Inspirations For Songwriters

Contact info is:

Ande Rasmussen
835 Martindale Falls
Martindale, TX 78655
AndeRasmussen@...

You can read my Bio at:
http://www.AndeRasmussen.com/

You can hear a few of my tunes at:
http://songramp.com/ande
http://www.soundclick.com/anders

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I F S stands for Inspirations for Songwriters,
I F S is an ezine for songwriters filled with
inspirational and practical information about
the art, craft, and business of songwriting.
We want to help YOU become a more successful songwriter.

COPYRIGHT INFORMATION
The entire text of
"Inspirations for Songwriters"
(c) 2005 Anders Rasmussen

Does anyone ever read IFS to the very end?