DSA Monthly Meeting - Thursday, September 10th

Location: Your home via ZOOM

6:30 pm: Open portal and networking 

7:00 pm: Program followed by song critiques for members

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GUEST SPEAKER -  Barbe McMillen!  

Do you know what the judges are looking for when you enter a song contest? 

Barbe will reveal the judges critique form and the rubric for song evaluation.

This week's meeting will feature Barbara McMillen as our speaker for the evening!  Barbe, as we call her, is the founder and President Emeritus of the Dallas Songwriters Association, and a longtime songwriter, music educator, producer and performer.  As a recording artist she released five albums of WHIT records and was a voting member of the Recording Academy (the Grammys) for over 20 years.  Her songwriting spans rock, pop, R&B, Americana and she has even written two musicals!  As an educator she is Associate Professor of Songwriting at Collin College and also offers online songwriting workshops and voice, piano, and music theory lessons.  Having judged and critiqued thousands of songs, Barbe is going to share her secrets of being a good judge and how to use a judging scoresheet, so don't miss it especially if you want to write good songs!

Also, bring your songs to the meeting and get live critiques by industry pros Barbe McMillen and Joe Milton and be considered for the 2026 Member Song Contest and Songwriter of the Year.  Until our website gets updated you will have to go to the different links below to submit the mp3 and lyrics and pay for the critiques.  The cost is $10 per song, limit 3 per meeting.  However, please be advised that songs that make use of Artificial Intelligence for any lyrics, melody or production will not be eligible for the Member Song Contest. 

 

 BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING CONTESTS

Started over in January for 2026

members only pay $10 here in our Square store

https://checkout.square.site/merchant/02JSQHH1RYQP5/checkout/MRGZLHJH5IRTCVIRCKPBBKKG

  

Upload lyrics in pdf file format and audio file in mp3 format on our Google drive.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nz_0TRsPERTYVG-eSzFMRF13JYqpfqvE?usp=sharing