DSA Monthly Meeting - Thursday, September 12th
Location: Your home via ZOOM
6:30 pm: Open portal and networking
7:00 pm: Program followed by song critiques for members
Zoom ID # 247-652-3092 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2476523092
Featuring James Neel!
This month's meeting will feature James Neel, a classically
trained composer, sound designer, multi-instrumentalist and audio-post
engineer. James has spent more than four decades crafting original
music and sound effects that have appeared in TV, radio, film,
documentaries and websites for top advertising agencies, entertainment
producers, and Fortune 500 companies. His prestigious client list
includes work for a diverse collection of familiar brands, including
Lucasfilm Ltd, NutriSystem, Playboy, Oral Roberts, IBM, Dallas Cowboys,
Bell Helicopter, Coca-Cola, EDS, Nokia, General Motors, Rock & Roll
Hall of Fame, Frito-Lay, Tony Roma's, Zales, American Cancer Society,
Neiman Marcus, Midas Mufflers, Murine, Alcatel, Brinker International,
Bud Light, Evan Williams, Dallas Video Festival, Dr Pepper, JC Penny,
Mobil Oil, Church's Chicken, Dairy Queen, McKinsey & Company, Eye
Masters, Six Flags Over Texas, Kaiser Permanente, La Madelene, Shell
Oil, Texas Instruments, Splash Media, Pier One Imports,, Texaco Star
Mart, American Heart Association, Half Price Books, Fina, Verizon, Blue
Cross/Blue Shield, Chevy Truck's, and many more.
James is going
to speak on songwriting vs soundtrack composition for film and TV and
some of the history and samples of sounds tracks he has created.
Also,
DSA members can get their songs critiqued by industry pros Barbe
McMillen and Joe Milton and be considered for the 2024 Member Song
Contest and Songwriter of the Year. Please Note: You must go to the
Dallas Songwriters website (see link below) to enter your song, or you
can play them live. When you go to the website look for "Forms" on the
upper right-hand corner of the page then point to "Song Critiques" and
the form will show up. You can type in the lyrics or cut & paste.
For the song audio go to "Choose File" and load your audio file(s),
limit of 3 songs per meeting. You can pay online via the critique form,
and the cost is $10 per song.
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