Chili
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This weekend I went to a songwriter's convention here in Austin. It was informative and a lot of fun. ( www.AustinSongwritersGroup.com ) First time going to something like this. They had classes on songwriting, marketing, self-publishing and stuff like that. They also had some of Texas' best songwriters there to give advice and play their songs.
I got to pitch one of my songs to several Nashville exec types. It didn't get picked up, but for a moment, I thought it might. The song was the one which Anfontan played the tele-twang lead (You and Me). I believe his effort was the main reason it got any consideration. That sound hooked everybody in the room right away.
The pitch session was set up where there were about 15 people in the room, each with his/her one song to pitch to publishers. Most of the songs were country, some singer/songwriter types too, but basically all were slow ballads. When they played mine, everyone perked up and started bobbing heads. Bill and Ruth Carter (SRV's Crossfire) were in the room too and they immediately were saying, yeah this is great. Very cool. I got some good feedback about the weak points in the lyrics and confirmed what I felt about them (and that's what held the song back).
The cool thing is, they would spend a minute after each song talking about it and giving critique. They spent a solid 5 minutes on mine and I could see this one publisher really giving it a serious look and thinking hard about it. In the end, he handed the cd back, but I think I was close with my first attempt at pitching and that was very encouraging. Definitely made the whole weekend worthwhile.
Just thought I'd share.
Cheers,
I got to pitch one of my songs to several Nashville exec types. It didn't get picked up, but for a moment, I thought it might. The song was the one which Anfontan played the tele-twang lead (You and Me). I believe his effort was the main reason it got any consideration. That sound hooked everybody in the room right away.
The pitch session was set up where there were about 15 people in the room, each with his/her one song to pitch to publishers. Most of the songs were country, some singer/songwriter types too, but basically all were slow ballads. When they played mine, everyone perked up and started bobbing heads. Bill and Ruth Carter (SRV's Crossfire) were in the room too and they immediately were saying, yeah this is great. Very cool. I got some good feedback about the weak points in the lyrics and confirmed what I felt about them (and that's what held the song back).
The cool thing is, they would spend a minute after each song talking about it and giving critique. They spent a solid 5 minutes on mine and I could see this one publisher really giving it a serious look and thinking hard about it. In the end, he handed the cd back, but I think I was close with my first attempt at pitching and that was very encouraging. Definitely made the whole weekend worthwhile.
Just thought I'd share.
Cheers,