Location: Your home via ZOOM
6:30 pm: Open portal and networking 7:00 pm: Program followed by song critiques for members
This month's meeting features Chris Albert, a prolific singer/songwriter that has been performing for over 40 years! He is also a record producer and music publisher that has produced 10 albums with his own record company. Chris and a representative from the U.S. Copyright Office
will be talking about new updates to music copyright laws that are
important to know for all songwriters who wish to register their works
with the U.S Copyright Office. (Drummer) Tom is a Grammy award winning audio engineer for stage and studio, guitar tech/luthier, musician, audio repairman, and so much more. Tom has been a part of Kids Who Rock since 2020, teaching bass, (although his primary instrument is drums/percussion), Tom started playing drums when he was 14, guitar at 17, and got his first bass at 20 years old. At that time Tom took music lessons during his time at Loyola University New Orleans to learn piano and to further his knowledge of guitar and music theory, as well as audio engineering. Since then, Tom has been acquiring and putting those skills into work helping songwriters make the most of their creations by recording, augmenting, and helping perform their music as they envision it. Every year Tom takes two weeks to record bands performing at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival helping spread the word about the good music there. Tom said, “I am, and continue to be, inspired by songwriters and musicians that I have met throughout my life”.
Also, get your new songs critiqued by industry pros Barbe McMillen and Joe Milton
and be considered for the 2025 Member Song Contest and Songwriter of
the Year. You can 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.
