Apply for the Old number 9 scholarship
you'll find details at:
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/DIFS/message/678
The committee told me, that so far only a few people have applied.
Spend some time this weekend to submit your app.

Barbara Cloyd is doing an excellent songwriting / music publishing
workshop in Austin April 29 – May 1
For details drop by:
http://barbaracloyd.com/workshops.htm
Applications must be received by Mon. March 28th.

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Dear IFS Friends,

How are things going for you?
I'm about to head out for spring break and I might not have time to
send out an IFS issue for 10 days or so.

Things are going well for me. I applied to serve on The Board of
Governors of The Recording Academy Texas Chapter and I found out that
I'll be on the ballot. I still have to get elected. I don't know
who I'm running against, but I'd like the chance to serve.

This next Wednesday, I plan to attend on attending The Recording
Academy Texas Chapter Annual Member Celebration.
If you're there please say hi to me.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Austin Hilton Hotel- Grand Ballroom 6th Floor
500 E. 4th Street, Austin

I'm excited because Melody Gillikin asked me if she could record
"SEND ME OUT" that I cowrote with IFS member Alice Olsen.
http://www.songramp.com/view.ez?sampleid=12567

I'm always thrilled an honored when people request to
try out, perform, and record songs I've cowritten.
http://www.songramp.com/homepage.ez?Who=ande

The one most often request song in my catalog is:
"Eventually" that I cowrote with Donna Aylor and Mark Oates.
Country Pop
http://www.songramp.com/view.ez?sampleid=12739
Pop Version
http://www.songramp.com/view.ez?sampleid=12740

I had a nice lunch with Idgy Vaughn this week.
She's about to complete her CD.

A few months ago I told Autumn Boukadakis she really needed her own
website and she should go to www.godaddy.com and acquire several
URLS and get something going.
She did it and now she has http://autumnonline.com/

There's some really great stuff in this issue.
I hope you enjoy it.

Ande

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Ever heard of SoundEXCHANGE?

Performers (and sound recording copyright holders) in the U.S. are
entitled to royalties for webcasts and digital broadcasts (satellite
radio, etc.). Performers do not get royalties for regular radio/TV
broadcasts, etc.

I am not sure exactly where they draw some of the lines.
SoundExchange
www.soundexchange.com
is the collecting society for these royalties, and their site
provides lots of information. I suspect the Copyright Office would
also have lots of info.

From
http://www.edperrone.com/music/

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Upcoming San Diego NSAI Workshop Events
http://hometown.aol.com/sdnsai/myhomepage/index.html

Special Event
Workshop with Grammy-nominated #1, LA-based songwriter
PAMELA PHILLIPS OLAND
www.pamoland.com

WHEN:
Saturday, March 19, 2005
2-8pm
(Group dinner break from 5-6:30pm - Dutch treat)

LOCATION:
Piano Press Studio
1425 Ocean Ave. #6
Del Mar, CA 92014

COST:
The cost is $40/person.

This will be an intensive workshop.
Seating is limited to 15 people.
Participants MUST pay in advance for this workshop.
Registration is first-come, first serve.
No pay-at-the-door.

Checks should be made out and sent ASAP to:

Liz Axford
PO Box 85
Del Mar, CA 92014-0085

Contact Liz at EAxford@... or (619) 884-1401

Pamela Phillips Oland is a Grammy nominated songwriter
(Whitney Houston hit, "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do").
She is also the author of the popular books
"The Art of Writing Great Lyrics" and "The Art of Writing Love
Songs"
in addition to the SongU.com course, LYR 220 Thinking Like A
Songwriter.
Pamela will talk about lyric writing in depth,
answer our questions about the craft of songwriting,
and do song and lyric evaluations.

More About Pamela Phillips Oland:

Pamela is a widely performed career lyricist, recently
commissioned to write lyrics for two original songs "Christmas
All Year Long," and "What If?" for the CBS Hit TV series J*A*G,
and who co-wrote with LeVar Burton the theme to "Blizzard" - his
recent big screen directorial debut, recorded by rising Canadian
Star Aselin Debison.

She wrote the opening and end title song
"Digga Digga Dog" to Disney's "102 Dalmatians,"
and in fact her works have enjoyed more than 300 recordings,
film and television themes and songs.

Frank Sinatra provided her break when he recorded
"Monday Morning Quarterback." Her award winning Grammy-nominated
#1 song "Nobody Loves Me Like You Do" was recorded by Anne
Murray and Dave Loggins as well as Whitney Houston and
Jermaine Jackson, and has received well over 1 million airplays.

Other artists who've recorded her lyrics include Aretha Franklin
and The Four Tops, "If Ever A Love There Was" Selena, "Is It The
Beat" Peabo Bryson, Berlin, Laura Branagan, Earth Wind and
Fire, The Whispers, The Jets, The Spinners, Atlantic Star, Five
Star, Brian Wilson, Tiffany, Engelbert Humperdinck, Jennifer
Rush, The Jacksons, Gladys Knight, Dusty Springfield, Evelyn
"Champagne" King, Reba McIntyre,
and diverse others -- pop, rock, R&B, country and gospel.

Pamela and Tom Harriman have recently partnered in a
production company
called TOPA Productions, and are developing and producing
three extremely exciting and diverse young talents.

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I recently found an interesting old Austin Chronicle Article from
1996 where Bruce Robison was speaking about getting his songs cut and
he said "They can bastardize them, do them anyway they wish, I won't
care"

The article was called
"Mailbox Money: The Business of Music Publishing"
by Andy Langer

"Only a little more than 10 years ago, Austin musician Bill Carter
and his wife Ruth Ellsworth were two months behind on their rent and
duly notified by their landlord that they had one week to vacate
their house. But while the Carters prepared for a "couch tour" -- a
far more common reality for Austin musicians than gold records --
there came a reprieve by mail. A reprieve to the tune of $20,000. For
not only did a check for that amount come that same fateful day, it
came compliments of a major company who hoped only to reserve the
rights to use the Fabulous Thunderbird's "Why Get Up" in their new ad
campaign. The Carters cashed the check, paid the landlord, and found
themselves larger digs, all thanks to a song they wrote that the T-
Birds recorded. That the company never got around to using the song
is incidental, but that it proved to the Carters they could indeed
write, sell, and live off their songs was monumental. "Until there's
success, you've got to constantly ask yourself if you've fooled
yourself into thinking you can write songs," Carter says. "And all of
a sudden, things were different."

you can read the whole article
at:http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol15/issue39/music.publish.h
tml

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a few IFS readers are playing live at SXSW - next week!!! at the

USA Songwriting Awards showcase
featuring Austin winners Matson Belle &Patrice Pike

NO COVER CHARGE OR WRISTBANDS NEEDED FOR ENTRY!

Friday March 18th
Borders Books and Music
10225 Research Rd, Austin, TX 78759

Matson Belle is the first band and will start promptly at 6pm so be
there early - 5:30



The Lineup:
6.00 to 6.25 ~Matson Belle www.matsonbelle.com
(1st Prize winner - World - 2004 USA Songwriting Competition, Czech
Republic)

6.30 to 6.55 ~Michael Schulman www.cdbaby.com/cd/pilotbox
sticksandswords@... (from New York, NY)

7.00 to 7.25 ~Kellee Bradley www.KelleeBradley.com
(1st Prize winner - Lyrics - 2004 USA Songwriting Competition)

7.30 to 7.55 ~ Stephen Bock
(Honorable mention winner - 2004 USA Songwriting Competition)

8.00 to 8.25 ~Patrice Pike www.PatricePike.com
(Overall Grand Prize winner - 2004 USA Songwriting Competition)

8.30 to 8.55 ~Quinn Loggins www.Quinnloggins.com
(Honorable mention winner - 2004 USA Songwriting Competition)

9.00 to 9.25 ~Leni Stern www.lenistern.com
(Finalist - 2003 USA Songwriting Competition)

9.30 to 10.00 ~Rachael Sage www.rachaelsage.com
(Honorable mention winner - 2000 USA Songwriting Competition)

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NSAI, NYC welcomes Tim Buppert!
ASCAP workshop!

You can't do anything with the fear of failure--write a song or drive
down the interstate.
Marijohn Wilkin (one of NSAI's founders, writer of Long Black Veil)
from The Songwriter's Little Book of Big Thoughts by Kim Copeland


Don't miss our Adopt-a-Shop Pro's annual visit!
TIM BUPPERT

Sunday, 3/20/05
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM ~ Brunch with Tim

Opal (opalbar.com, 251 E. 52nd St. at 2nd Ave.) Come break bread
with Tim as he table-hops so he can meet and chat with everyone,
field questions and just hang out. FREE, but please buy something to
eat and drink to thank Opal for giving us the room. The food and
drinks are great and moderately-priced!

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: stonepulse@... or nashrand@....

6:00 PM to 8:45 PM ~ Open Mic/Showcase featuring Tim

The Baggot Inn (thebaggotinn.com, 82 W. 3rd between Thompson &
Sullivan) We hope that you will perform too! But at least please
come to listen--Tim is an exceptional performer! Open to all. $5
cover; 2-drink minimum.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
stonepulse@... or nashrand@....


Monday, 3/21/05

6:00 PM to 9:00 PM ~ Workshop

ASCAP, 5th Fl. (ascap.com, One Lincoln Plaza - Broadway between 63rd
& 64th Sts.) The format will be quite simple: the 1st part will be
Q & A, the 2nd part critiques. To have your song critiqued, please
bring it on CD (with the track marked) or tape (cued) with one typed
lyric sheet. Recording and lyric sheet must be marked clearly with
your name, the name of the song and your phone number. We cannot
guarantee all songs will be heard. Sorry, no live performances.
NSAI members will get priority.
$25 admission for NSAI, ASCAP and Women in Music members; all others
pay $35.


PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: stonepulse@... or nashrand@....


Tuesday, 3/22/05

7:00 PM to 9:30 PM ~ Workshop

Five Towns College. Hosted by Long Island NSAI.
$10 admission for NSAI, ASCAP, Women in Music members and Five Towns
College students; all others pay $15. For directions: ftc.edu.
For further info, please contact jsilvers@....

Prepare two questions for Tim--you'll have an opportunity, either at
the brunch or the workshop, to submit at least one and have it
answered.


An award-winning songwriter, TIM BUPPERT is best known for writing
Kevin Sharp's #1, She's Sure Taking It Well, & Yankee Grey's Another
Nine Minutes. His songs have also been covered by Trisha Yearwood,
Continental Divide, the Wiggins, Marty Haden & others. Most
recently, Tim had a top-ten song and #1 video with Doc Walker on the
Canadian charts with Whoever Made Those Rules. Tim's smooth
country/pop vocals are in demand all over Nashville-for songwriter
demos, commercials and backgrounds on artist projects. You've heard
him on Pepsi, TNN and Luvs commercials, among others, and on
recordings by Trisha Yearwood, Michael Peterson, Kevin Sharp, Paul
Brandt, Anita Cochran & many more. He's the drummer for Nashville's
popular Beatle cover band, FAB, which also includes among its members
Bob Regan (Busy Man) and Sony/ATV's senior vice president and general
manager of creative services, Woody Bomar.

TIM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO DO DEMOS WHILE HE'S IN NEW YORK CITY.
PLEASE CONTACT HIM AT TBUPPERT@.... TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
PRESENCE OF THIS WORLD-CLASS DEMO SINGER!

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RENOWNED SONGWRITING TEACHER TO CONDUCT WORKSHOP IN NYC

Pat Pattison (patpattison.com) will present Writing Lyrics to Music,
a two-day workshop (April 30th and May 1st from 10 AM to 4 PM) at the
Songwriters Guild's new Manhattan office (200 West 72nd Street, Suite
35). ny@...

nashvillesongwriters.com
NASHVILLE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL
N S A I NYC

Your volunteer co-ordinators:
Randi Drucker nashrand@...
Mary Beth Stone stonepulse@...

Your Adopt-A-Shop Pro:
Tim Buppert tbuppert@...

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ASK Ande

hi ande

I am a songwriter! and I'm looking for info on song placement.
I'm hoping to place my songs with bands.

?*? How would you place a song ?*?

and this other songwriter said ,
"try contacting the artist's manager.
any ideas on how you would do that?

thank you!

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hi bob,

thanks for asking ?*? How would you place a song ?*?

here's how I've been able to
place my songs with artists so that they
try them out,
perform them,
record them, and
include them on their CD's

1) cowrite with the artist

2) cowrite with the producer

3) write really good songs with excellent cowriters
who work to pitch and place songs
get pro critiques and rewrite
create great demos when a song is ready
find outstanding artists who are looking for songs
(usually on the web)
I'll send them an email asking them to check out my songs and
let me know if they hear any they love

I've had better luck placing my country songs with country artists

some of my cowriters have had success with Taxi.com

Bob I dropped by and listened to your songs on soundclick
Unfortunately, I didn't hear anything that sounded like a radio ready
hit to me.

I suggest you consider:

+ getting professional critiques and rewrite your songs if necessary
+ when you pro critiquer feels a song is ready
get a great demo with an awesome vocalist
+ cowriting with artists
+ cowriting with producers
+ cowrite with other excellent songwriters who are actively pitching

for an artist to want to record one of our songs
it's got to be better than
anything they've written,
anything anyone they know has written,
(add in the 6 degrees of separation here)
(friends of friends count in this equation) and
anything anyone has pitched them so far.

Your song has to move the artist to the point where they feel they
must record it and perform it. It's tough but possible.

The other thing I'd throw into this equation is
If you were applying for a job that would pay you $250,000 a year and
image was an important part of the equation.

Wouldn't you dress up to look like you deserved the postion.
The same is true of songs we pitch.
You need to have:
1) excellent songs that sound like they were written by professional
songwriters
2) Radio ready hit demos that sound like they were created by top
producers
3) a professional pitch package, that says this package was submitted
by a pro.

hope this helps, don't hate me, good luck

Ande

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here's an interesting old article about what was going on with
Townes van Zandt's estate.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2002-06-
14/music_feature.html

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Are you an ASCAP member who makes less than $25,000 per year from
ASCAP?
You might want to apply to receive an ASCAPLUS award.
They've changed things up a little this year.
The Deadline is June 1 and instead of paying quarterly they will make
one payment.

http://www.ascap.com/about/specialawardsinfo.html

ASCAPLUS is an awards program that provides cash and recognition to
1): active writers in the early and mid stages of their careers, and
2): to established writers whose main activity is outside of
broadcast media.

Who is eligible:
The ASCAPLUS Awards Program is for writer members of any genre whose
performances are primarily in venues not surveyed; and/or writer
members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not
otherwise be compensated.

How to participate:
To be considered for an ASCAPLUS Award, complete the application
form. All applications must be postmarked by JUNE 1, 2005.

Who determines Awards:
ASCAPLUS Awards are determined annually by a panel of distinguished
music experts who are neither members, nor employees of ASCAP, and
are completely independent in their Award adjudication.

How Awards are determined:
ASCAPLUS Awards are based on panel review of recent activity of
writer applicants. Each applicant is considered on merit and in the
context of all others applying. ASCAPLUS is not a contest or
competition involving the critical evaluation of any specific work or
works. The primary basis for panel determinations is the activity
generated by each member's catalog, with emphasis on recent
performances.

Please take a few moments to review the Application Form and
Guidelines. If you qualify, we encourage you to apply.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2005

ELIGIBILITY The ASCAPLUS Awards Program is available to those
writers who earn less than $25,000 in annual domestic performance
royalties.

AREAS REVIEWED BY DIVISION
Concert: Symphonic, Chamber, Operatic, Choral, Electronic, Liturgical
(formal), Educational, Solo Vocal and Instrumental, etc.(Concert
performance information should be sent timely to the Concert Music
Department. Performances in non-traditional venues such as clubs,
restaurants, etc., should be listed on the application form.)

Jazz: All styles of music within the jazz idiom, including jazz
works used in educational settings.

Popular: Pop, Rock, Rap, Reggae, R&B, Dance/Techno, Folk,
Country, Bluegrass, Latin, Hawaiian,Gospel/Contemporary Christian,
New Age, Musical Theatre, Cabaret, Works for Children, etc.

HOW TO APPLY
1. Select ONE panel to review your activity, in accordance with
the outline above. If you have activity in more than one area, select
the panel that represents the majority of your performances to
consider your application.
2. All information should be typed or printed CLEARLY.
3. Include your name exactly as it appears on ASCAP records.
4. ASCAPLUS Awards are made on an annual basis, therefore,
report only activity which has taken place over the past year. Be
sure to complete the Awards application form in as much detail as
possible, attaching additional pages if necessary. Do NOT include
information that has been previously submitted.
5. Please summarize your performance activity on the application
form. Do not submit programs, flyers, or other printed material as a
substitute for a performance summary. Supplementary materials should
be limited to a small, representative sample. Supplementary materials
will NOT be returned unless specifically requested at the time of
submission. Unsolicited scores and recordings will not be reviewed by
the panel.

PAYMENT OF AWARDS(NEW! PLEASE NOTE!)
AWARDS WILL NO LONGER BE PAID IN QUARTERLY INSTALLMENTS. ALL AWARDS
WILL BE PAID IN FULL IN THE JANUARY 2006 DISTRIBUTION.

*NOTE: ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED FOR AWARDS CONSIDERATION IS USED
SOLELY WITHIN THAT CONTEXT. IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR REGISTERING
WORKS WITH OUR REPERTORY DEPARTMENT, OR FOR ADVISING THE SOCIETY OF
PERFORMANCES WHICH MAY BE CREDITED THROUGH THE SURVEYS.

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Write On,

Ande Rasmussen