Great show last night!!!
you guys really have something special.
you have got to get a cd together - i crave
your music in between getting to hear you live!

there is an extensive music network in south florida -
mainly in broward and dade counties - and they
have a list which i recently subscribed to, at
www.gotfolk.com. check it out. if you sign up, you get several
e-mails a day informing you of happenings on the music
scene south of us... a lot of it is ads for folk concerts, but
there are also often postings about times and places of various
open mics as well as songwriter contests, both of which can lead
to expanding opportunities. just go to the website and it'll walk
you through how to subscribe. below is a posting that came this
week.. i haven't checked any of the links out yet but some of it
looks pretty interesting and i thought some of y'all might be
interested. if you want to submit material to one of the places
listed, you might want to do some research first just to make sure
you aren't unknowingly giving up rights to your music. if you
haven't copyrighted your songs through the federal copyright office,
you can simply burn a copy of your recordings, write or type out the
lyrics, and mail the cd and lyrics to yourself. when you receive it,
DON'T OPEN IT!! just put it in a safe place. this way, you have
proof that you had written and performed the songs at a certain date,
with an offical date-stamp on the postage. this is called the "poor
man's copyright," cuz if you do it the offical way it costs $30 per
song (and it can take 9 months to get processed.) anyhow, check out
the following. there are some links to radio stations that play
independent, unsigend artists, and websites that will review and sell
your cd's and merchandise, etc....
warmly,
amanda

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PAST WINNER'S COMMENTS & UPDATES

Aruna (2004 USA Songwriting
Competition 1st prize winner - Pop) recently
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Group, in Los Angeles, Pen
Music specializes in placing songs in
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Frickin' A (Honorable mention winner in
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