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2ND ANNUAL HOW SONGWRITING REALLY WORKS RETREAT,
Nahatlatch River, British Columbia (near Vancouver BC)
August 10-15, 2008 with Wayne Chase, author of How Music Really Works & Nancy Bos
How Songwriting Really Works: Techniques & Secrets of the World¹s Greatest Songwriters is designed for songwriters committed to writing songs that will stand the test of time. Retreat leader Wayne Chase is the author of "How Music Really Works", a comprehensive presentation of the music and lyrical techniques of
writing classic songs. This retreat will be unlike anything else available anywhere in the world. Wayne is a music scholar and has studied music and language for over 25 years from the perspective of how our brain processes words and music and the emotional value of words. Wayne holds 5 patents in connotative
analysis and is one of the worlds leading experts on the emotional meaning in language. Wayne is also the creator of the Gold Standard Song List, a compilation of 5,000 of the greatest songs of all time in 11 genres. Details on Wayne¹s work at http://www.howmusicreallyworks.com/Index.html. Nancy Bos,
Seattle's premier vocal and performance coach, will lead several interactive sessions that will be very helpful for all singer songwriters. The all-inclusive cost for the 6-day event including 15 meals, beverages, snack, full use of resort amenities, adventure activity ($125 value) and all workshop sessions starts
at just $850 US per person (camping option) and $975 US (shared cabin tent option).
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/muse--s_muse_prize_draw.html
Reservations: 800-736-7238 (9-5 PM PST); info@reorafting.com
Organizer: Bryan Fogelman bryan@reorafting.com
ENTER TO WIN a $200 gift certificate to this retreat, How Songwriting Really Works. Simply send your name by email to bryan@reorafting.com by May 15 with Muses Muse $200 Prize in the subject. Winners announced May 16, 2008. Last year's winner, Rick Hendriks
(Netherlands), came all the way from Europe to attend!
9th ANNUAL REO SONGWRITERS RETREAT, Nahatlatch River, British
Columbia (near Vancouver BC)
July 13-18, 2008 with Bonnie Hayes, Steve Seskin, Pat Pattison & Jon Vezner
Enjoy one the world¹s most unique songwriters retreats in the Canadian wilderness near Vancouver, BC July 13-18. Hosted at the REO Rafting Resort, this riverfront adventure-style resort is an incredible setting for songwriting. 2008 faculty include Bonnie Hayes (³Have a Heart² recorded by Bonnie Raitt), hit songwriter Steve Seskin, Berklee College of Music Professor and "Writing Better Lyrics" author Pat Pattison, and Grammy-winning songwriter Jon Vezner. A maximum of thirty-six international songwriters from throughout the US, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand will gather for an intensive, focused week of master
classes, one-on-one sessions, group workshops, song critiques and fantastic social events. The cost for the 6-day/5-night event including 15 meals, beverages, snack, full use of resort amenities and all workshop sessions starts at just $850 US per person (camping option) and $975 US (shared cabin tent option).
Register and pay in full by May 15th and receive a free whitewater rafting adventure on the Class 4 Nahatlatch River ($125 value). Spots are confirmed upon receipt of a non-refundable $200 deposit.
http://www.reorafting.com/site/retreats/songwriter_retreat.html
http://bluecrushmusic.com/site/reo--s_songwriters_retreat.html
Reservations: 800-736-7238 (9-5 PM PST); info@reorafting.com
Organizer: Bryan Fogelman bryan@reorafting.com
INDIE ARTISTS: JOIN MYBANDSMUSIC.COM & YOU COULD WIN $1000!
Come and join a new site called MyBandsMusic, dedicated to indie artists where you can create a profile, upload tracks and videos, start your own blog, open a storefront, post announcements and events, get input from fans, and more. The best part is that it is all free!
Currently we are running a contest until the end of March. The artist that has the most fans sign up on their MyBandsMusic account wins a check for $1000!! Visit MyBandsMusic.com for more details.
THE INDIE VENUE BIBLE - A GROUNDBREAKING VENUE DIRECTORY FOR ANY ARTIST PLANNING TO TOUR IN THE US OR CANADA!
26,000 live music venues of all sizes are featured including clubs, bars, restaurants, lounges, coffee shops, theaters, halls, churches, book stores, community centers, house concerts and open mics. There are also 1,500 festivals listed as well as over 1,000 colleges for any artist that wants to plan a college tour.
Jumpstart your tour today!
SONGU.COM OFFERS ONLINE COURSES AND PERSONAL ATTENTION
AtSongU.com, you can take over 30 instructor-led and self-paced songwriting courses 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for one affordable yearly tuition. Learn from a faculty of successful award-winning industry professionals and active hit songwriters. In addition to personal feedback from the instructors, online guidance counselors and coaches will provide you with a customized learning path tailored specifically to your goals.
Special for Muse's Muse visitors:
Take a free songwriting course to familiarize yourself with SongU - before you buy a membership!
Click here to learn more!
TAKE YOUR MUSIC TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH BERKLEEMUSIC.COM
Berklee College of Music has launched its Berkleemusic.com web site after nearly two years in development. This ambitious offering provides songwriters opportunities to take online music writing courses and explore new music career directions. Users can create a personal or band web page containing bios, MP3s, images, reviews, news, and links that are useful resources to potential employers, collaborators, and students.
For more information visit: http://www.berkleemusic.com/school/courses?track_id=2847&affiliate_promotion_id=214
INDIE ISLANDS.COM - The Indie Artist Paradise!
The January/February Issue of Indie Islands is now available - Click on the cover at http://www.indieislands.com/ to read it. The pages really turn! Indie Artists are everywhere – you've seen the craze with American Idol, and Nashville Star. Well, just because artists are independent and unsigned, doesn't mean they aren't just as talented. We've seen this time and time again with the popularity of the two aforementioned television shows. What Indie Islands has created is an online, downloadable, and free classy electronic magazine, coined by the team, as an "eMagazine." Indie Islands.com started in Summer, 2005. Now, in its second year, and 24th issue, it has captured thousands of online readers. Pop and Rock COMING IN MARCH! We are a proud partner of Muse's Muse!
http://www.indieislands.com/
DEBUTDAY.COM - LAUNCH YOURSELF!
If you are frustrated at how difficult it can be to launch your career or find new opportunities, take a look at a great new web site aimed at helping talented and creative people find an international platform. From here you can tell the World all about your projects and services. http://www.debutday.com/ is entirely dedicated to promoting musicians, performers, artists, inventors and innovators and bringing traffic to their chosen point of contact. Debutday is designed to act as an international notice board that seekers of new talent and innovation can visit to discover all that is new and exciting and happening right now. Even the best websites will only be found if internet surfers actually know what they are seeking and - specifically look for it. Debutday will give you just what the name suggests - your Debut presentation on the internet. So, whatever talent it is you want to promote, now's your chance, don't miss out. Check out http://www.debutday.com/ right now and - Launch Yourself!
FREE ON-LINE ARTIST AND BAND PROMOTION - BANDBUZZ.COM
BandBuzz - the only community driven music promotion platform where you can see the results. Sign up, build your profile and become one of our pioneering bands as you upload music that will be reviewed, rated and ultimately heard by thousands. Each person who votes, comments or reviews your music will be automatically added to your FanBase™, a collection of like-minded individuals who you can contact about your new songs, albums, shows and more. Soon you will be able to plan events, send scheduled mailings and even sell your music, all right here. Like a mix tape for the modern world, bandBUZZ.com enables you to share your music with the world. Users of the site can discover new bands, listen to music, learn about shows in their city and share their thoughts with the bandBUZZ community.
There is absolutely no charge to list your band or its music.
http://www.bandbuzz.com/
RECRUITING INTERNATIONAL, HIP-HOP, R & B SONGWRITER-PRODUCERS
The Songs of Love Foundation is currently recruiting International, Hip-Hop, R & B, songwriter-producers. We are a non-profit organization that creates personalized and fully produced songs for children who are seriously ill. The songs are done free of charge and in any language or style the child desires. Compensation provided.
http://www.songsoflove.org/
CATAWBA COLLEGE OFFERS SONGWRITING SCHOLARSHIPS
Catawba College announces the availability of songwriting scholarships for the 2007-8 school year. Qualifying freshmen and transfer students can receive up to $2,500 for study at the Salisbury, North Carolina school (the renewable scholarship could total $10,000 over four years). Scholarships are also offered to instrumentalists and singers of rock, alternative, gospel, and other forms of popular music. The Catawba degree concentration in music business/popular music attracts talented musicians from across the country and enjoys a growing reputation through the success of its students and recent graduates. They include Dennis Reed, who beat out nearly 1300 college entrants to win the 9th BMI John Lennon Songwriting Scholarship.
For application details, contact Dr. David Lee Fish at dlfish@catawba.edu or call 704-637-4280.
NSAI TORONTO FRIDAY NIGHT OPEN STAGE AT NOW LOUNGE - ONE FRIDAY A MONTH
Come out to one of the city's only Friday night open stages at the fabulous Now Lounge, 189 Church (just south of Dundas) Host is Laura Ranieri. Sign up is 7:30. Upcoming dates: Friday October 20; Friday November 24; Friday December 15; Friday January 12, Friday February 16; Friday March 16; Friday April 20. For more information please visit http://www.nsaitoronto.com/.
FREE SUBMISSIONS FOR FILM, TV AND VIDEO GAMES AT MUSICGORILLA.COM!
Music Gorilla works with Bands, Musicians, Artists and Songwriters to get their original material into the eyes and ears of industry members who have the ability to take their careers to the next level. We work with Reps from Major Labels, Indie Labels and Film Studios. Our artists get access to free submissions for film, tv and video games, they are eligible for free live label showcases, digital distribution with MSN and Loudeye and more. We don’t take any piece of any deals made on our site, and have had many successes including placement, songwriting and publishing deals.
Muse's Muse artists get 10% off of memberships!
Just enter the promotional code “muse” during registration.
THE HOME MADE HIT SHOW, PLAYING SONGS BY HOME RECORDING ARTISTS
Tony Butterworth, a home musician and advocate for home based music, has released his new internet based program, The Home Made Hit Show, featuring exciting and original rock, acoustic, blues and pop music made by home based artists. The Home Made Hit Show strives to deliver top quality, original, home based rock, pop, blues and acoustic music to its listeners. "After years of being disillusioned with popular music, I was ready for a change", said Butterworth, "After taking up guitar and making a few of my own songs, I discovered a huge online community of amateur musicians, many of them producing songs of a quality that simply astounded me."
Please listen in and http://www.homemadehitshow.com/ and send songs and comments to homemadehitshow@gmail.com
GLIMPSE INTO THE NEW GENERATION OF GLOBAL INDIE ARTISTS AND MUSIC LOVERS
A new music site provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of the new breed of globally connected and independently empowered Indie Music artists and fans. CDs-FROM-THE-ARTIST dot com (CFTA) harnesses the potential of the web to bring independent artists and music lovers from all over the world together for the purpose of providing and consuming music like never before. No extra costs and loss of creative autonomy to the middle man. No login accounts and passwords, a truly free global music fair for artists to stage their music and fans to leisurely stroll, listen, talk to the artist and buy CDs direct. Admission is free for both artists and fans. But CFTA offers much more than a free global music fair. It also provides a host of tools for community building, interaction and connectivity free of charge to visitors and artists alike allowing for direct interaction and the power that comes with it.
CFTA can be found at: http://www.cdsfromtheartist.com/
RESEARCH MUSIC FESTIVALS ONLINE
Festival Network Online has been providing performers and artisans with extensive festival details for over 10 years all over North America. Search for events using their zip code radius search, search by application deadline, music genre, and more. Gain access to promoters names, phone numbers, email addresses, performers pay, and other festival data.
Muse's Muse visitors receive $5.00 off a Pro Membership to FNO!
MUSICIANS INSTITUTE
Musicians Institute, in Hollywood, California, offers a comprehensive, hands-on education in contemporary music performance, recording, guitar making, music business and film. MI offers students access to real artists, labels, studios and managers with their "Hiring Hall" where artists and labels handpick MI students for their projects. Also there are interview opportunities with MI professors and streaming video guitar lessons! For more information check out their web site at http://www.mi.edu/.
COFFEE HOUSE LOOKING FOR MUSICIANS
Are you looking for a warm, welcoming and intimate place to showcase your talents? We are an independant family owned coffee house in Walnut Creek, CA, looking for soloists, duos and trios whos musicial repertoire appeals to all ages including Classical, Jazz, Latin, World, Rhythm & Blues, Folk, Mellow Rock genres etc. We are unable to pay a booking fee but will provide regional publicity, put out a tip basket and allow you to sell your CDs and build your mailing list.
For more information - http://www.pacificbaycoffee.com/
POSITIVE MUSIC ASSOCIATION
The Positive Music Association (http://www.positivemusicassociation.com/) is for musicians who create music that promote positive feelings and messages. One of our main goals is to establish a new genre of music (i.e. "positive") that is recognized by the public and the music industry. Membership is free (at the moment).
SONGWRITING CONSULTATION SPECIAL OFFER:
Pete & Pat Luboff will pay for the phone call for Muse's Muse songwriters who use the Luboffs' songwriting consultation service. The service provides detailed, constructive song analysis, answers to all your creative and business questions and references to contacts when appropriate. Visit http://www.writesongs.com/consults.htm for more information.
MIDWESTBANDS.COM: FIGHTING BOREDOM WITH GREAT INDEPENDENT MUSIC!
http://www.midwestbands.com/ is a site listing the best independent bands and musicians from the Midwest and Beyond! You name the genre and we've got it! The site is also a great resource for musicians who want to network, swap gigs, and find opportunities to improve and showcase their talent! Want to hear great artists? Tune in to MWB Radio, and hear great music by future superstars! Better yet, submit your music and join the Best in the Midwest!
ANNOUNCING THE GRAND OPENING OF CANADA'S ANR LOUNGE
This innovative online service has been created to help recording artists maximize promotion of their new CDs to radio at no charge. It will be the first of its kind in the world. Canadian recording artists and their representatives will be able to create a virtual promotional kit for their new CD release which will include bios, sound clips and images. Once uploaded and accepted, the ANR Lounge will automatically post the new release in the Lounge, to be accessed by influential radio programmers from coast to coast to coast.
The Lounge is open for business. To register, click on the ANR Lounge logo found at http://www.mincanada.com/ .
THE 9th EDITION OF THE INDIE BIBLE IS NOW AVAILABLE!
The Indie Bible shows you where to get your music reviewed, your songs played, and your CDs sold. Now in its Sixth Edition, The Indie Bible has 330 pages of valuable contacts and music-related articles.
The 9th Edition of the Indie Bible contains:
4200 publications around the world that will REVIEW your CD!
3400 radio stations around the world that will PLAY your songs!
500 vendors and services that will help you to SELL your music!
200 sites where you can UPLOAD your band's MP3 files!
500 helpful resources and sites where you can PROMOTE your band!
52 articles that will help your career to MOVE forward rapidly!
Listings include web, e-mail and physical address, as well as phone and fax numbers.
Click here for details and to order online.
LOOKING FOR A JOB IN THE INDUSTRY? LAMN CAN HELP!
The Los Angeles Music Network promotes career advancement, continued education and communication among music industry professionals. They sponsor industry gatherings, workshops, private dinners and seminars with top executives; publish The Network News which features interviews and business coverage of the music industry; and provide professional development opportunities and career services, such as job listings and a Mentor Program, to our members. Visit http://www.lamn.com/ for more details.
ATTENTION, GUITARISTS: NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR CHOPS?
The Guitar Study Newsletter shows you how to turn your practicing into playing, and where to find the best free guitar info. Subscribe at http://www.maximummusician.com/.
ONLINE LYRIC WRITING COURSE WITH PAT PATTISON
Pat Pattison, noted author of three Lyric writing books: Writing Better Lyrics, (Writer's Digest Books), Songwriting: Essential Guide to Lyric Form and Structure and Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming (Hal Leonard) is writing online lyric writing courses for Berklee College of Music, where he teaches lyric writing for the only songwriting major in the world. The Berklee program Pat developed has produced many successful songwriters, including two time Grammy nominee Gillian Welch.
For information go to patpattison.com.
TUNESMITH MONTHLY: A NEW NEWSLETTER FOR SONGWRITERS
Chicago area songwriter Steve Moss has started Tunesmith Monthly: The Nuts & Bolts Resource for Songwriters. Each 6-page issue is full of interviews, exercises, how-to, and inspiration -- everything you need to write more and better songs. Check it out online at http://www.tunesmithmonthly.com/
SONGSALIVE! http://www.songsalive.org/ - run by songwriters for songwriters, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the nurturing, support and promotion of songwriters and composers worldwide.
Songwriters Showcase - Last Tuesday of each month. Members are selected to perform at the Showcase, designed to promote songwriters and their music in an intimate, acoustic environment, surrounded by music industry professionals, fans and supportive audiences. Where: The Hot Wired Café 11651 Riverside Drive, North Hollywood (just East of Colfax); and Harbourside Brasserie, The Rocks, Sydney. To perform at a Songsalive! Showcase, go to http://www.songsalive.org/, go Programs, for application.
Songwriters Workshop - L.A: First Sunday of each month / Sydney: First Wednesday of each month. Songsalive! holds workshops where songwriters gather to share their songs, gain feedback and develop relationships within the songwriting communities we have created around the world. Where: The Hot Wired Café, Los Angeles and APRA Headquarters, 6-11 Atchison St, St Leonards, Sydney.
THE GUILD OF INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITERS AND COMPOSERS
is an international organisation based in England, UK. Guild members are songwriters, composers, lyricists, poets, performing songwriters, musicians, publishers, studio owners, music industry personnel, etc, from various countries throughout the world. The Guild has published Songwriting and Composing magazine since 1986, issued free to Guild members. The Guild offers advice, guidance, protection, information, encouragement and services to Guild members with regard to helping members achieve their aims, ambitions, progression and advancement in respect to the many different aspects of the music industry. Members of the Guild have access to Panama Music Limited, an affiliated publishing company, a member of The Mechanical Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) (London, England) and The Performing Right Society (PRS) (London, England), which is the umbrella parent company of various international publishing catalogues and recording trademarks. More info at our website http://www.songwriters-guild.co.uk/
THE GATE: ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE (http://www.thegate.ca/)
is continually on a quest for new music and we’re crossing any distance to offer a unique environment. Our latest project, Pause Off, is part of that plan.
With a finely tuned comb and magnifying glass The GATE has begun a hunt for artists, bands, DJs, and kazoo players (who have a website and MP3s or streaming audio) who want to show off their talents to the world. Everyone who plays music should send in their info, whether they’re signed or unsigned, solo or in an orchestra, playing bluegrass or ambient-techno… no medium will be left unturned.
Anyone looking for more information should contact us via email at wapowell@thegate.ca. Musicians should include any pertinent information (i.e. websites, contact info, type of music). Information and an application form is also available on The GATE @ http://www.thegate.ca/.
BECOME REMARKABLE WITH HARRIET SCHOCK:
Harriet Schock has been helping songwriters to become remarkable since 1986, by teaching at USC, teaching privately, teaching a correspondence course over the internet, and by conducting a series of classes for the Songwriters Guild of America. . She, herself, is a platinum and gold songwriter whose song, "Ain’t No Way To Treat A Lady" was nominated for a Grammy. Her songs have been covered my numerous artists, used in television and films and she has five solo albums to her credit, as well as the recently released book, BECOMING REMARKABLE. Her step-by-step method will get the truest statement out of the writer, crafted in a way which will produce emotional impact on the listener. It’s an original technology for songwriting that works amazingly well, as her students and their fans will testify. For information on her correspondence courses and consultation, go to: http://www.harrietschock.com/school/school1.htm or email her at: harriet@harrietschock.com or call her at 323 934-5691.
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