Nashville Songwriter Tony Ramey to Speak on Tuesday, January 14th

Tony has had hit songs and gold and platinum record awards for songs on albums cut by George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Doug Stone, Craig Morgan, John Michael Montgomery, Easton Corbin, Alabama, Johnny Lee, Texas artists Aaron Watson and Jason Meadows, and a host of others. After working in Nashville for more than 10 years for Strait's publishing company, Tony has moved to Greenville, Tx where he resides with his wife and two children. More about Tony at http://tonyramey.com/about-tony/

DSA CHRISTMAS PARTY AT TINO'S TOO ON DECEMBER 10TH

 Tuesday, Dec.10 - CHRISTMAS PARTY - OPEN MIC 

(We are not meeting at the normal place, CCC, for Second Tuesday Workshop - instead) 

Lisa Byrn will host our Xmas Party Open Mic (Christmas originals or Christmas covers) Tuesday Dec. 10 at Tino's, Too, 2205 K Ave. near downtown Plano. Networking starts at 6:30, and tunes start around 7. DSA will provide appetizers, but feel free to come for dinner and drinks. This is a great time to bring a friend or spouse to meet your friends at the DSA. 

Annual Membership Meeting and Elections - plus Capt. Steve Wilson to Speak on Nov 12

Veteran and songwriter, Capt. Steve Wilson to speak following elections.

http://stevedwilson.bandcamp.com/

http://www.stevedwilson.com/

Critiques will follow

JENNI PEAL TO SPEAK AT 2ND TUESDAY MEETING OCT 8

""How'd you learn to write a song like that?" Townes Van Zandt to Jenni, Jan. 1996, after hearing her song "Two Sisters."

Jenni Mansfield Peal is a songwriter and singer, guitarist, accordionist, and mountain dulcimist. Her experience includes two tours of Northern Ireland, main stage at the Kerrville Folk Festival, numerous original productions and ensembles, and four independent albums. The Mr. Peppermint Show featured Jenni's songs on multiple episodes that were syndicated world-wide for years, and her most recent recording is for children and families: Putting On the Old Folk's Clothes. Jenni was named The Best Folk Song Writer in North Texas by CBS DFW, among four, in October 2010. Original is her newest ensemble, with jazz bass player Mark Wilson and award-winning fiddler Linda Relph.

Michael Brown to talk about jingle writing at the 2nd Tuesday Meeting on Sept. 10th

Guest speaker, Michael Brown

     Michael is currently the Executive Producer and resident voice talent at The McCarthy Agency in Dallas

and is professionally represented by The William Morris Agency in Beverly Hills, Ca. and The Kim Dawson Agency in Dallas, Tx. who keep him busy voicing commercials, narrations, film trailers, and live events. 

His voice is currently featured on several commercials running across the USA as well as narrator for the Discovery Channel program Naked & Afraid, and trailers for Thomas The Tank Engine. 

A native Texan who has been producing and voicing radio & television advertising for over 3 decades, he has thousands of commercials on his resume, for a who’s who of American advertisers, including Southwest Airlines, Cargill Corp, Radio Shack, Time Life, Federal Express, McDonalds, ABC prime time, CBS News, Chrysler Plymouth, Sonic, Nissan, Chevrolet, Hasbro Toys, Texaco, Wrangler Jeans, and many more.      

    Michael began his production career in Dallas radio at the legendary FM station KZEW.  In 1978 he took on the task of broadcast producer for Radio City Music Hall in New York and simultaneously launched his production company, M.G. Audio, producing tour advertising for Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Elton John, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, and John Denver.  

    His busy career has encompassed all aspects of advertising production; Copy writing, custom music and jingle production, voice over, audio production, location video & audio, and video editing.

DaCats Music on Placement for Film and Tv to Speak at July 9th Meeting

Kathy Baldwin of Dacats Music wil speak about song placement in Film and Advertising.

A Graduate of North Texas School of Music, Cathy has been creating music since she was in her teens. Cathy did an album cassette in 1990 - “Thinking of You”. While promoting that album she realized she was left with little time to write so, Cathy stopped performing and started writing. She attended the ASCAP Songwriters Expo and joined NSAI. In the winter of 2007 she went on the Texas Songwriters Cruise where she met Alice Lankford. In January 2008 Cathy started writing with Alice and by May of that year they had penned their first cut - “Not Mad” recorded by Holly Hardin from America’s Got Talent. Cathy and Alice have gone on to write a number of songs dealing with everything from Alzheimer's (Daddy’s Gone) to domestic abuse (Trapped).

Beyond Three Chords presented by Barbara McMillen and Joe Milton on June 11

2nd TUESDAY WORKSHOP

June 11: Guest Speakers, Barbe McMillen  

and Joe Milton  

               "Beyond Three Chords" 

An exploration of common chord progressions and study of related chord substitutions. Bring your guitar.

FUTURE MEETINGS

July: Kathy Baldwin Song Catalogues

Aug: No Meeting

Nov: Membership Meeting and Elections

Keith Rust and Pete Miller from Crystal Clear Studios to Speak at May 14th Meeting

Have you ever wished you could go to Nashville or L.A. and demo your songs in a professional studio with great session players? Save your money and do it here in Dallas! Keith Rust, studio manager at Crystal Clear Sound, a fixture on the northern Texas recording studio scene since 1979 will speak at the May 14th 2nd Tuesday Meeting.

http://www.crystalclearstudios.com/songwriterdemo.php

Aside from its recording and mastering studios, Crystal Clear Sound also provides CD, DVD and cassette duplication, music distribution, band wear and other services. For more information,

visit the company online at

http://www.crystalclearstudios.com/

https://www.facebook.com/petemillermusic

Musicians Museum Curator to Speak April 9

THOMAS (TK) KREASON, who is the curator of the Texas Musicians Museum, as well as, a promotor of guitar shows and concerts.
Last year he produced the Texas Music Expo at the Irving Convention Center. Here's what the Irving Rambler had to say about the show.  http://www.irvingrambler.com/index.php/newsx/682-texas-music-expo-may-be-just-the-start-of-something-big 

Texas Musicians Museum is currently working on a deal to relocate to downtown Irving,” TK said. “We are working with the City, and hopefully we will be able to open sometime in the beginning of the year or by early spring. The City and most of the people with the City are real excited to have us. We are planning to do a lot of live music events at the museum.”
    Formerly located in Waxahachie, the museum has been homeless since a fire last July. The museum boasts the world’s largest collection of Texas music history on display anywhere in the world. Its archives contain almost $1 million in stage outfits, record awards, recordings and other music related items. http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080127/news_1t27texmusic.html

Cary Cooper Announces Song of the Year on March 12

 Cary will share her whirl-wind year, which included serious camera time on Troubadour, Tx and a Kickstarter program that has gained almost $30,000.

After she speaks, about her year, we'll break, then come back for the Song of the Year revealing. Cary is going to give comments on the top 5 songs, which we will also play. Of course, we will recognize the winner with a nice tee shirt and, later, a certificate. 



http://www.carycooper.com

Kevin Deal to Speak at the 2nd Tuesday Workshop on February 12th

Kevin Deal from Guitar Center

Kevin is one of the Sales Representatives for our GC Pro office at the North Dallas store. As a GC Pro associate he consults and assists clients in discovering audio/video solutions for their needs. Music has been a part of his life for as long as he can remember.  Before life at Guitar Center he ventured across the US and Europe touring, scoring films and video games under the music project Bexarametric. He graduated from Texas State University in 2004, and started his career at Guitar Center 2005.

We'll also be celebrating Fat Tuesday, so bring your party self. Prizes for person who gets the baby from the King Cake.

Critiques will follow. Bring your best love song.

We'll be meeting a a new location, The Point Center at CC Young, 4847 West Lawther  • Dallas, Texas 75214 • 214-827-8080 • http://www.ccyoung.org/site/409/The_Point.aspx

DSA 2nd Tuesday Meeting, January 8

Dr Terry Fansler will be our guest speaker.

One of the leading music industry analysts in the country,  Dr. Fansler makes some exciting and insightful predictions about where the Music Industry is headed and how you can make its cataclysmic changes work for your career.

Dr. Fansler is the Director of Studies in Music Business at Dallas Baptist University, one of the most exciting music programs in the country. DBU offers many degree programs in music -- all of which are infused with an emphasis on "entrepreneurship." For more about Terry, click on link belowhttp://www3.dbu.edu/fine_arts/Faculty/MusicFaculty-TerryFansler.asp