From the Patch Bay

The Texas Music Office will be holdin songwriters’ conference from January 4th thru Jan 6th in Austin, TX featuring panel discussions with artists and publishers including Bob Cheevers, Kimmie Rhodes, Brandi Warden, Ruth Ellsworth, and Cash Edwards. For more information visit www.austinsongwritersgroup.com.

From the Texas Music Office:
I thought you might be interested to know that there is a songwriters conference on Jan 4 thru 6. There will be classes on writing, rewriting, cowriting and every aspect of the business we can think of. There are panels with Bob Cheevers on connecting with Europe, a panel of artists and publishers on publishing, a panel on “women in the arts” with Kimmie Rhodes, Brandi Warden, Ruth Ellsworth,and Cash Edwards. We are supported by BMI and the Nashville Songwriting Assn. this year and they have sent publishers, pitchers, record company exec. and artists for us. We will have show cases in the evening on Friday and Sat night and there will be places to pitch to buyers all day Sat and Sun. We have mini concerts with the songwriter/instructors like Allen Shamblin, Sonny throckmorton, Monte Warden, Bill Carter, Kimmie Rhodes and more. We have picking rooms open at night that are hosted by the instructors who will be playing and singing along with your songs. …and networking of all kinds. We have publishers, song pitchers, record company owners and execs. , house concert owners, venue owners, bookers, media, and more there to see you and hear your songs. The whole event is 150 dollars for everything…plus 35 dollars if you want to have a twenty minute showcase. Please check out www.austinsongwritersgroup.com for more information. If you have any questions you can call 512-203-1972.