DSA Monthly Meeting - Thursday, January 9th
Location: Your home via ZOOM
6:30 pm: Open portal and networking
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 Christine Hand Jones!
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The DSA is gearing up for a great 2025 and we have a speaker for the first member meeting of the year you won't want to miss! Christine Hand Jones is Fort Worth native that has been performing her soulful folk-rock in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for over twenty years. Standing on the Shoulders is her second full-length studio album, in follow-up to her 2018 album The Book of the World and her 2011 EP, "Girl on a String." Standing on the Shoulders was produced by Milo and Scarlett Deering, and recorded in Charley Pride's old studio in Dallas, TX. The album is a tribute to family, in all its messy beauty, and it intertwines real-life family stories with meditations on loyalty, loss, and love. Standing on the Shoulders wraps its intimate story-telling in a combination of bluegrass instrumentation, lush strings and ethereal vocals. Since Bob Dylan is back in the spotlight due to the new movie and since Christine studied him for her doctorate, she will talk about some songwriting lessons from Bob with a talk entitled "What Would Dylan Do: Songwriting Lessons from Bob Dylan."
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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DSA CHRISTMAS PARTY - Dec 13, 2024
Come & go from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Please bring your favorite side dish or dessert and beverages of your choice. The DSA will be providing smoked ham, Cokes and water. We'll
also be singing our favorite songs, Christmas or otherwise, and you can
bring a guitar if you like but there will be lots on hand to choose
from!
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BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING CONTESTS DEADLINE NOVEMBER 14
MONTHLY MEETING and Workshop - 2nd THURSDAY
DSA Monthly Meeting & Workshop with Song Critiques - Thursday, November 14, 6:30- 9:30
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND ELECTIONS + LAST CHANCE SONG CRITIQUES FOR THIS YEAR
