"Success doesn't come to you…you go to it."
- Marva Collins
Hi everyone,
This is a special quarterly "Gold Stars" edition of
the SongU.com Campus News to celebrate our members recent successes in the past
three months (Oct-Dec 2009) [Editor's note: If you submitted good news in
January 2010, and do not see it here, it will appear in the next Gold Stars
issue].
You'll likely notice that many of the songs below were co-writes with other SU members (names are in bold below) or came up through the SongU.com Coaching system or were signed through one of our various pitch listings. That is just awesome. Keep up the great work!
Ok, without further adieu, maestro, please cue the fanfare music (and apologies
to anyone whom I've accidentally overlooked. You can email me with any
corrections)...
GOLD STARS: October-December 2009
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High-Fives to our members who won or placed in a
songwriting contest recently:
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Hats off to those members who signed a song
with a publisher or had a song licensed:
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A round of applause to those members who had songs on
hold or recorded:
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Congrats to our our members who
have recently gotten airplay:
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And cheers to those members who have other good news to share: |
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SONGU.COM OPEN-DOOR PITCHING CONGRATULATES... As you probably know, several of the good news items from above were also connected to our pitch listings. It's been another great few months for SongU.com pitching connections. We'd like to extend congratulations to the following members who had some good things happen to one of their songs through our connections (received notes of interest in their songs, contracts, mechanicals or licensing agreements, recordings or more). Rock on! STREET PITCH SUCCESSES #543
- TRACE ADKINS. Successful veteran independent plugger, T.F. has worked with
SongU members before. This month they are looking for Capitol Recording artist
Trace Adkins. Pitch songs with one-on-one boy/girl relationship lyrics, where
he's the leading man talking to his leading lady. Don't pitch anything too
life/philisophical/spiritual or "I'm a good ol boy" tractor/farms etc. Tempos
are always a plus. The following members had their songs selected for this
pitch. FAST-TRACK PITCHING SUCCESSES
#298 - Publisher with world wide
contacts is looking for radio-friendly songs MALE OR FEMALE in ALL GENRES:
Pop, Country, Rock, Dance, Adult Contemporary, Alternative, Christmas and
Children's songs to sign and pitch.
This publisher expressed interest in the
following members' songs:
• kevin curry "HE USED TO DO THAT " #363 - This European-based publishing company is looking for professional quality Pop, Dance, Alternative, Urban, etc. They work with all major broadcasters and production houses in the UK & Ireland (including BBC/ITV/Granada/RTE/Channel's 4 & 5 etc). They also work in Scandinavia and France with CANAL+ and other broadcasters, as well as in Japan & Korea, and the USA with major players like Paramount/Fox/ABC/Sony Films and many more. Important: If the song is placed in film/TV, you must own the material, master recording and publishing AND you must be clear of obligations from other talent that may be performing on your track. In other words, you must get signed clearances from all musicians and vocalists who perform on your demo. • Jon DAgostino "HAPPILY EVER OVER - pop" #445 - Pennsylvania based publishing company with major-label contacts in Nashville but no track record YET. Only excellent songs that are highly COMPETITIVE to be pitched to MAJOR LABEL artists. This publisher expressed interest in the following members' songs: • Rick Trotter "Back Porch Pickin'" #456 - This is a new independent publishing company, but in the last year they have secured many independent artist placements both in the U.S. and abroad with songs from their catalog. They are looking for songs in several genres: *EDGY POP, male and female. Think Pink, Gwen Stefani, Sugarbabes, PCD, Amy Winehouse, J. Timberlake; *COUNTRY (modern and trad), especially female up tempo, and "Female with attitude" a la Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, etc. Also need male up-tempo, a la Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, etc.; *R&B/DANCE (no rap or hip hop), a la, Rhianna, Beyonce, Usher, Alicia Keys. This publisher expressed interest in the following members' songs: • Mike Blottenberger (Daniels) "Harley Man" • Jon DAgostino "HAPPILY EVER OVER - pop" • Dominic French "Ghosts in the Hall" • Donna Opfer "Things I Can't Turn Down" • Barbara Wilkinson "BITTERWEEDS -Best of SongU" • Andrew Wills "DRESSED TO KILL - demo" #528 - This is a 19 year old singer from the U.K. She is looking for some good quality "different" songs to work with. Her range can be anywhere from jazz/cabaret to swing, soul, and Motown pop. This artist expressed interest in the following members' songs: • Cameron Earnshaw "Mother's Day" • Jerry Schneyer "Too Busy Cryin'" #529 - This is an Independent Publisher with world wide contacts and representation in Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemborg, UK, and Germany. "Currently building our pop/r&b portion of the catalogue and have found that my best songs usually come from SONGU members." Submit only radio-friendly hits for POP/DANCE/CONTEMPORARY R&B songs. MALE and FEMALE songs both needed. Think Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Pink for the ladies...and think Justin Timberlake, Usher, Ne-Yo for the guys. Submit only songs in these genres. NO COUNTRY. The bar is high for this one. This publisher expressed interest in the following members' songs: • Marissa DiBlasio "I'm Fine" • Dominic French "FDBK 130- Can't Call It Love" |