Calling all singer-songwriters:
RE-fest, Southeast Minnesota's first annual celebration of clean energy and green living, is sponsoring a Sustainable Songwriting Competition. Submit a recording of your environmental song and you could win cash prizes and the opportunity to perform your song on the solar stage at RE-fest in Austin, MN on September 20, 2008.
There is a $10 per song entry fee. Deadline is June 15th, 2008.
Click here for more info.
How to present your songs to Music Publishers.
Presented by Jill Holly and the Minnesota Association of Songwriters on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 7:00 at McNally Smith College of Music room 256.
The event is free & open to non members.
Hello, i'm looking for a metal or hard rock female singer to sing a song alla "Nightwish, Evanescence or Within Temptation".
If you're interested or know someone that may be interested please email me to: musician@paul-garcia.com
This is a paid job.
The Ann Bancroft Foundation announces its Spring 2008 round of Dare to Dream minigrants for individual girls age 10 through grade 10. Dare to Dream minigrants, from $100 to $500, are awarded to girls who dream of trying something new, improving present skills, going to camp, taking lessons (music, acting, dance etc.) or participating in other similar activities, but who may need some financial help and encouragement from caring adults to do so.
If you know of a young Minnesota women who would benefit from this program, please download the application using the following link and follow the
instructions:
Click to download application.
Andrea Stolpe is a professional songwriter who lives in LA, and has made a contribution to our organization.
She has a monthly “Flash” presentation called Songwriting Made Simple on her website. It has tools that are universal to the craft of writing better lyrics. It’s $7 and you can view a sample of this presentation at www.andreastolpe.com/store/ and click on the preview lesson.
The Minnesota Association of Songwriters (MAS) meets in St. Paul at 7 pm on the last Wednesday of each month in room 206 of the McNally Smith Music College at 19 Exchange St., across from the Fitzgerald Theater. Meetings include educational modules for improving songwriting skills, guest speakers and song critiques. Membership is only $25 per year. For more info, please visit http://www.mnsongwriters.org
NSAI meets the 1st Tuesday of the month and the 3rd Wed of the month at 989 Selby Av in St Paul at 7pm. It's free
