DSA Monthly Meetings

DSA MEETS THE SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH Except August

Education • Networking • Encouragement • Advocacy

Learning Opportunity presented by the Dallas Songwriters

* Monthly Workshops which feature guest speakers from all fields of the music industry.

• Critique sessions that give honest, creative, and helpful advice on improving writing style and technique.

Motivating and Uplifting Songwriters through Education

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

DSA Monthly Meeting - Thursday, February 2, 2023

 DSA Monthly Meeting - Thursday, February 2nd

Location: Your home
6:30 pm: Networking
7:00 pm: Guest Speaker - Program followed by song critiques for members
Zoom ID # 617 432 0082

Guest Speaker Jamey Shannon

This month we are very pleased to have Jamey Shannon return again as our guest speaker! Jamey is a singer/songwriter, guitarist, music teacher, educator and choral director based in Mississippi. His topic will be "Chord Theory for the Songwriter", which I'm sure will be very informative and entertaining!


Also, be sure to get in your songs to be critiqued by industry pros Barbe McMillan and Joe Milton and considered for the 2023 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). You can pay online via the critique form, and the cost is $10 per song.

Wednesday, January 4, 2023

DSA Monthly Meeting January 5, 2023 6:30 on Zoom

 DSA Monthly Meeting

Location: Your home

6:30 pm: Networking and visiting

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

Zoom ID # 617 432 0082 -

This FIRST THURSDAY VIRTUAL MEETING WORKSHOP is held monthly and features a guest speaker and song critiques. It is streamed live to facebook.

GUEST SPEAKER - SAM MOORE
The first monthly member meeting of 2023 will feature Sam Moore as our speaker! Sam is an accomplished songwriter who is a DSA member and also a longtime member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). Sam will talk about NSAI and what it offers and how the NSAI and DSA can complement each other so be sure to tune into the meeting on Zoom!


SONG CRITIQUES FOLLOW 
 Chance for members to compete in the contest for Song of the Year and Songwriter of the Year Awards. 
Get in your songs to be critiqued by industry pros Barbe McMillen and Joe Milton and considered for the 2023 Member Song Contest and Songwriter of the Year. Go to the DSA 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).
 Cost is $10 per song. You can pay online for critiques at:

https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/


If you have a problem with this link, you can pay on square and show lyric and play audio on your computer. Here is square link.

https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association 

http://www.dallassongwriters.org

Each song is entered into the Song of The Year and Songwriter of the Year Competition which is awarded at our Program in February. 

DOWN THE LINE:
FEB 2 - Jamey Shannon
MAY 2 - Don Wall
APR 6 - Ron McKeown
MAY 4 - Ian Dickson





Wednesday, August 31, 2022

DSA SPEAKER FOR SEPT 2022 - BRAD DAVIS

DSA Monthly Meeting - Thursday, September 1st

Location: Your home
6:30 pm: Networking and visiting
7:00 pm: Program followed by song critiques for members
Zoom ID # 617 432 0082 - PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A NEW ID CODE


 

This month we are pleased to have the return of Brad Davis as our speaker!  Brad is an accomplished Country/Folk singer/songwriter, producer and studio musician.  He was a member of Marty Stuart's road band and has also performed with Earl Scruggs, Sam Bush, Billy bob Thornton and several other country and musical acts and has written songs for artists like Tim McGraw and Billy Bob Thornton. In addition, Brad has toured, recorded or written with major artists like Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, The Forester Sisters, Tommy Shaw, Styxx, David Lee Roth, Van Halen, and the Sweethearts of the Rodeo.  Brad always has lots of interesting things to say about the music business so let's be sure to give him a warm DSA welcome!


Also, be sure to get in your songs to be critiqued by industry pros Barbe McMillen and Joe Milton and considered for the 2022 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).  You can pay online via the critique form, and the cost is $10 per song. https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/