SONGWRITER EVENTS - A Department of Songwriters Notes

Events from Dallas Songwriters Association about the craft and business of songwriting worldwide for all levels of songwriters whether as a tradesman or hobbyist.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Music Buzz Free Lectures this Fall at Allen Library



“TRENDS in the BUSINESS SIDE OF MUSIC”
WHERE: ALLEN PUBLIC LIBRARY / 300 North Allen Drive / Allen, TX
WHEN: Every Monday in September @ 7:00 pm
COST: FREE
SPONSOR: City of Allen “Bach to Books” & Collin County College

Bach to Books joins with Collin College to present a series of Monday night programs on “Trends in the Business side of the Music Industry”. This series will provide legal, marketing, and technical considerations for recording and distributing music. This program is free and no reservations are required

MONDAY / September 13 / 7:00 pm
Benefits and Challenges of Studio Musicians: At 7 p.m. September 13, Susan Hanlon and the Friday Afternoon Collin Recording Ensemble present their music and discuss the Benefits and Challenges of Studio Musicians. Teaching commercial voice at Collin College as well as offering private lessons. Susan is completing a MA in music at the University of North Texas. A soloist as well as an ensemble member, she has sung at many weddings, private events, and prestigious jazz festivals around the country. Susan’s career highlightshave included performing at the IAJE conference in Toronto with UNT Jazz Singers and The Addison Jazz Festival as opening ensemble for New York Voices.

MONDAY / September 20 / 7:00 pm
Develop your Web Presence: Christopher Davis discusses Develop your Web Presence at 7 p.m., September 20. Christopher holds a bachelor of music from Drake and earned a masters degree from Austin Peavy State University. He has performed in master classes for world renowned artists such as Odair Assad and Christopher Parkening. Christopher’s performance experiences include solo classical guitar performances and work with rock, jazz, and Christian groups. In addition, Christopher also maintains and writes for the blog The Classical Guitar.

MONDAY / September 27 / 7:00 pm
Issues with Live Electronic Music: The members of 755 will cover Issues with Live Electronic Music as well as present live music, 7 p.m. September 27. 755 is a music collective centered around Russ Callison & David Siu. Started in Collin County in Spring 2010, the duo brings in a variety of collaborations and influences with a focus on dance genres.

For information, call Tom Keener at 214-509-4911.
http://www.cityofallen.org/departments/library/about/

Friday, August 20, 2010

Texas Music Mini-Conference 2 - Saturday Sept 11



How to Capture Lightning: Texas Music Conference 2
Saturday, September 11, 10 am-1 pm
Dallas Public Library, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library
Bradshaw Gallery, Fine Arts Division (4th Floor)
1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX 75201
 
 
10:00-10:15    Registration
10:15-10:30    Introductions and Welcome
 
10:30-11:15 Dancing about Architecture:   Texas Music in Books and Articles
 
Jean Boyd
Fort Worth native Jean Boyd is a Professor of Music History and American Music Studies in the Baylor University School of Music. Her research area, western swing, has to date resulted in two published books, two articles, various professional presentations, and a third book forthcoming in spring 2011.
 
Craig Hopkins
            http://www.stevieray.com
Craig Hopkins is the author of Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day By Day, Night After Night, a comprehensive 432-page, 970-illustration chronicle of the legendary guitarist's life and career.
 
Tim Schuller
Tim Schuller (b. Cleveland, 1949) has for over a third of a century written music-related articles for magazines and newsletters. He has prioritized coverage of senior members of Texas' blues, jazz, and R&B communities.
 
Laurie Shulman
            http://classicalprogramnotes.com
Laurie Shulman is a freelance writer on music and nationally known program annotator based in Dallas. A popular pre-concert speaker and guest lecturer, she is the author of The Meyerson Symphony Center: Building a Dream. She holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Cornell University.
 
Moderator: Carol Reynolds
            http://www.professorcarol.com
Dr. Reynolds was Professor of Music History for 21 years at Southern Methodist University, and has long been a popular speaker for organizations such as The Dallas Symphony, The Dallas Wind Symphony, the Dallas and Fort Worth Operas, and the Van Cliburn Foundation. She now creates cross-discipline curricula in the Fine Arts, including a new multimedia course Discovering Music: 300 Years of Interaction in Western Music, Arts, History & Culture. She is presently working on a new curriculum dedicated to American music and culture, in which Texas music will play a significant role. 
 
 
11:15-12:00 Worth a Thousand Words: Texas Music in Documentary Films
 
Mark Nobles
            http://www.teen-a-go-go.com
            http://www.trinityrivermusic.net
Mark has written, produced, and directed children’s educational programming, documentaries, and commercials. He is currently involved with two music documentaries: Teen-A-Go-Go and You Must Be Weird . . . Or You Wouldn’t Be Here.
 
Tracy Ready
Tracy Ready, owner of Trace Productions, is a Director of Photography, Writer and Producer based in Dallas Texas. He is also a songwriter and vocalist with a debut studio CD release set for December 2010. His blog Trace - TV - Film - Music Media is at www.tracetv.tv.
 
Denisa Spruell
Denisa Spruell studied radio, television, and film production at Northlake Community College. She has created documentary films on topics of contemporary interest such as rape and the impact of AIDS on women’s lives. Her lifelong involvement with music and her “long and storied” affiliation with Buddy Magazine have resulted in her current project, a documentary about the Texas music industry.
 
Rob Tranchin
Rob Tranchin is a senior producer, writer, and director of documentaries and outreach specials for KERA, where he also serves as executive producer for content. His productions on local arts topics include Sweet Tornado: Margo Jones and the American Theater (co-written and produced with Kay Cattarulla), and South Dallas Pop: When Funk Was King.  In 1999, Tranchin won a national Emmy Award, and he was nominated for a second Emmy Award in 2000. He is a graduate of Harvard College and New York University.
 
Moderator: Terry Fansler
TerryFansler is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Studies in Music Business at Dallas Baptist University. In addition to his academic career, he spent thirteen years performing on stage throughout the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. He also co-produced, wrote and co-hosted a magazine-style television program about small business that aired nationwide weekly on PBS.
 
12:00-12:15    Break
 
 
12:15-1:00 You Don't Know What You've Got Till It's Gone: Texas Music Archives in Libraries and Museums
 
Sharon Herfurth
            http://www.texasmusicmuseum.org
Sharon Herfurth is a former Vice President and current board member with the Texas Music Museum in Austin, where she has been actively involved in curating exhibits, planning programming, and creating documentation for museum events. She is a branch manager with the Austin Public Library and a former music librarian with the Dallas Public Library.
 
Thomas Kreason
            http://www.texasmusiciansmuseum.com
Prior to becoming director of the Texas Musicians Museum, Thomas Kreason spent about twenty years in music staging and promotion. From there he worked for about three years as a producer of live shows for Hard Rock Cafes in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Dallas, then for a short time at Memphis' famed Sun Studios. Those latter experiences pointed out the need to collect and preserve the rapidly disappearing memorabilia of popular music history. It is largely through his own collecting efforts that he eventually came to create and operate the TMM in Hillsboro.
 
Morris Martin
Morris Martin is Head Music Librarian for the University of North Texas Music Library and Audio Center, part of the Willis Library on the Denton campus. He holds advanced music degrees from UNT and a masters degree in library science from the University of Illinois.   Since 1972 he has also served as part-time Minister of Music at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Denton.
 
Alisa Rata Stutzbach
            http://smu.edu/cul/hamon
Alisa Rata Stutzbach is the Director of the Hamon Arts Library at Southern Methodist University, which includes the Bywaters Special Collections and the G. William Jones Film and Video Collection. Her professional work in MLA and the Society for American Music has focused on the usability, accessibility, and promotion of research resources. Additionally, Alisa is an active Baroque violist in regional and national period instrument ensembles.
 
Moderator: Bob Reitz
            http://www.harbinscoutmuseum.org
Bob Reitz has curated a wide variety of subjects for the Dallas Library, including exhibits on Beat Generation writings, the American Hobo and Dallas Blues of the 1920's and 30's. He is the Curator of the Harbin Boy Scout Museum at Camp Wisdom in Dallas.
 

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

North Texas Musicians Meetings!- for August


Saturday, August 14, 11:30 a.m.Tim Cissell       tcissell@wt.net
Potbelly Sandwich Shop
101 W. Campbell
972-235-5848
http://www.potbelly.com/Home/Default.aspx
 SW corner of Campbell Road and I-75 Central Expressway, just west of the Starbucks and facing Campbell Road.

August 19, 4:00-7:00 p.m.Gregory Isaacs                                                           gregorysullivanisaacs@yahoo.com
Opening Bell Coffee
South Side on Lamar
1409 S. Lamar Street
Basement Retail #012
Dallas, TX    75215
214-565-0383
http://www.openingbellcoffee.com
 In the basement of the South Side on Lamar Lofts (the Historic Sears Roebuck Building) just south of I-30 between the Dallas Convention Center and the Jack Evans Police Headquarters. Parking is free in the black gated Retail Parking Lot. Take a right from the light at Lamar onto Belleview.


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Durango Song Meet & Greet in LA


Meet and Greet With Us NEXT WEEK in LA!

Hey Everybody, Jim Attebery here with some great news for our many friends in Southern California! NEXT MONDAY, August 9th, we'll be having a Meet and Greet at the home of one of our great and very talented friends, Scott Monahan. If Scott's name is familiar to you it's probably because last year at Santa Ynez, scott teamed up with mrJack and Amanda Williams to make this little video commercial for the Expo called The Muse." Scott and his wife Janis are long-time friends and supporters of the Expo and have a beautiful home in the heart of the North Hollywood, Burbank, Woodland Hills area.
Please come and bring a friend or two! We had a blast at our series of Meet and Greets last month in and around Denver.
When: Monday, August 9th, 7pm
Where: Monahan residence at 22855 Califa St in Woodland Hills 91364. (Get off the 101 - Ventura Freeway - at Shoup Ave., make a right on Fallbrook and a left at Califa.
Local buddy Jimmy Muffin, and others who live nearby, will be attending and helping to organize the event.
Please come, you'll be glad you did! FUN IS EXPECTED!

California Guitar Show Aug 7 and 8

On August 7 & 8, the Los Angeles area show comes to life at the fabulous Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.  Santa Monica is home to many musical super stars, as well as affluent professional performers.  Lots of celebrities have shown up at this event over the years, and they do spend money.  Several of our best-attended shows have been in Santa Monica, and our last event there in 2009 sold out to the walls.  There is still booth space available at both shows.  Just fill out the linked forms and fax or mail them back to ensure good placement. 

Dallas Library Summer Concert Series


The Dallas Public Library’s Fine Arts Division is pleased to announce its first Summer Concert Series for August and early September of this year. The programs will be presented on Sundays at 3:00 p.m. in the first floor auditorium of the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library. Driving directions to the Central Library can be found on-line at: http://dallaslibrary2.org/directions-central.php. Help using public transportation to the library is available here: http://dallaslibrary2.org/directions-publicTransit.php. All programs are free and open to the public.
 
August 15
Janie Bergamasco, soprano
Mark Metcalf, accompanist
            Janie Bergamasco is a senior at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. She will graduate in December with a double major in music and Spanish. She has studied with Barbara Hill-Moore, Rose Taylor, and David Grogan, and is currently studying with Colleen Mallette. Her program will include works by Mozart, Handel, Faure, Gounod, Quilter, and Pergolesi.
 
August 22
Fenia Chang, piano (http://feniachang.com)
Shu Lee, violin
            Steinway artist Fenia Chang’s career as a concert pianist has seen her performing in a variety of venues in Asia, Europe, and across the United States. In addition to her performance activities, the multiple award winner teaches private lessons, master classes, and workshops, is and active collaborative pianist, and is the founder and artistic director of the Asian American Performing Arts Association.  She will perform solo works by Chopin and Granados.
            Shu Lee is a member of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Diploma d'Honour at the Maria Canals International competition in Barcelona, Spain.   He frequently appears in recital, concerto appearance and chamber music performances throughout the United States, China, Europe and Mexico. He will perform Ernst’s Etude VI, "The Last Rose of the Summer." 
            Together the two will play Beethoven’s Sonata for Violin and Piano, No. 5 (“Spring"), op. 24.
 
August 29
Carolyn Lee Jones, soprano (http://www.carolynleejones.com)
Roland Elbert, accompanist
            Carolyn Lee Jones is a jazz vocalist whose distinctive repertoire includes popular American standards, Broadway show tunes, jazz, and contemporary “retro pop” with a jazz sensibility.  Her latest CD, Bon Appétit!, has garnered excellent reviews. Her program here, "Songs From My Mother's Piano Bench," will feature both familiar and lesser-known jazz vocal selections from the 1930s, ‘40s, and 50’s
 
September 5
Madelyn Brene Fortner, soprano (http://www.madelynbrene.com)
Jason Smith, accompanist
            Madelyn Fortner is both a singer and an actress, whose "Musically Madelyn Concert Series" includes opera, jazz, musical theatre, and oratorio.  She has performed various roles in the U.S. and in European cities. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and a student of Nancy Elledge. Her program at the library will include songs by Fauré, jazz standards, and spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan.
 
September 12
HsiaoLing Chang, piano
Chie Watanabe, piano
Viet Chuong Vu, violin
NanCheng Chen, cello
            In May 2010, HsiaoLing Chang received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano performance from the University of North Texas, where she studied with Gustavo Romero. She has served as a faculty member at the Music Institute of North Texas since 2009. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan recently invited her to perform in New York.
            Chie Watanabe is currently a candidate for a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of North Texas, where she studies with Gustavo Romero. She holds a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She has won many prizes and awards in Japan and the United States including the 2009 Virginia Warning International Piano Competition.
            Nan-Cheng Chen is a student at the Juilliard School of Music studying with renowned teacher and cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet, Mr. Joel Krosnick. He has won a number of awards, and most recently first place in the Queens Symphony’s Young Soloist Competition.  In April, he played in the Juilliard Orchestra under the baton of conductor Leonard Slatkin and gave a solo recital at Juilliard’s Paul Hall.
            Piano Duet team Watanabe and Chang will perform music by Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Ravel. Then Chang,Vu, and Chen will conclude the program with piano trios by Shostakovich and Schoenfield.
 
 
Programs may be subject to change without notice. To confirm information on a specific performance on the day of the program, please call the Fine Arts Division at 214-670-1643.

Austin Songwriters Workshops for August 2010

Just a little reminder that David Halley is teaching a workshop on songwriting and guitar for songwriters. The cost is only ten dollars for members and fifteen for non members! It is a 90 minute class. Starts at 7. No checks please. Sign up at the door. 3800 Woodbury 78704
Sat Aug 14 Bobby Arnold who has been recording the best artists in the business since the 80's is having two recording workshops.  He has recorded Roger Miller to Julio Iglesias. He is an amazing teacher. This is for home recording. If you are a singer/songwriter this is a great workshop. Bobby will be bringing his gear and actually recording. This is a great learning opportunity.  Joining Bobby will be Joe Manuel. Joe has worked in the studio as a side man with some of the greats. He is also a producer. He opened Merle Haggards shows last year. He played lead guitar with Merle for years and recorded many times with him. He is part of George Strait's Ace in the Hole band. Plays with Randy Travis and just went out with Lee Ann Womack last week. He writes great songs, plays amazing guitar and sings like you won't believe.  Come and pick the brains of two great teachers.... you can sign up on the web page. If you are a member the cost of the class is 30 dollars for one and 50 for both. If you are a non member it is 50 dollars for each class and 75 for two. Don't miss this!!
Daniel Lee is coming Aug 21st. Plan to be with us that weekend. More to come on this workshop. He will also be available for privates for anyone that has a song ready to pitch. Daniel is with Ten Ten Music. Mark your calendar. 
That's it for now. Don't forget we have open mic on Monday nights at seven. BYOB ... Tuesday night is song critique. Weds are for David Halley!
Write On!
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