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3) Calendar of Events/Featured Event

4) Forums & Community

5) Article: Connecting the Social Dots

9) Chapter News

11) Marketing & Advertising

12) Pro Member Spotlight

13) Get Involved

14) Featured Partner

15) Sponsored Event

16)Sponsored Events

17) Back Page

Happy Spring! While the last few days of winter disappear, we hope that your Spring gets off to a great start! We have an amazing issue of Songnotes for you. You can find out about our upcoming chapter events on page 3. Congratulations to our PRO Member Spotlight artist, Danielle Carter! You can read more about her and her music on page 12. Our Partner of the Month is the Music Marketing Manifesto. See page 14 for more information on this awesome resource. Songsalive! President, Gilli Moon, has also written a wonderful article entitled, “Connecting the Social Dots: Integrating all your Social Networks and news feeds to spread your music word.” It has a ton of great information. Check it out starting on page 5! On the cover this month are Songsalive! Pro Members, Michael Vanags, Liz Nash, and Mike V at the 2013 NAMM Songsalive! Showcase.

Enjoy Your Spring! Mary Lemanski Director of Operations

FEATURED UPCOMING SONGSALIVE! EVENT

SONGSALIVE! LOS ANGELES SHOWCASE

WHEN: THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2013

TIME: 7:00PM

WHERE: THE MINT

6010 West Pico Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90035

Just East of Crescent Heights

COST: $5 entry (buy at the door or purchase in advance here)

Great food. Book a table for dinner by calling 323-954-9400. Seats will go fast.

(Bar standing room available)

PERFORMANCES BY:

gilli moon

J.Walker

Brittany Pearl

Danielle W Carter

Jonie Blinman

Julia Juice

See our Events page at www.songsalive.org for more details

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Sunday, March 17

12:00pm Los Angeles Songsalive! Songwriters Workshop

Tuesday, March 19

8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic

Thursday, March 21

7:00pm Grass Valley Songsalive! Showcase

7:30pm Orange County Songsalive! Showcase

Tuesday, March 26

8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic

Thursday, March 28

7:00pm Los Angeles Songsalive! Showcase

Sunday, March 31

7:00pm Orange County Songsalive! Songwriters Workshop

Tuesday, April 2

6:30pm Long Island Songsalive! Songwrters Workshop

8:30pm New York Songsalive! Showcase & Open Mic

Friday, April 5

7:00pm Songsalive! San Francisco First Friday’s Song Circle Showcase

www.songsalive.org/events.htm for Calendar and Upcoming Events

www.songsalive.org/chapters.htm for details on our Chapters.

Participate and find opportunities in our Forums as a Songsalive! Pro Member. SONGSHOP - Get song leads where music business professionals (record labels, publishers, film producers and music supervisors) hunt songs from the Songsalive! song pool. GIGS, JOBS & MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES - Listings of cool gigs, jobs and music opportunities posted by Songsalive! staff as well as members themselves.

LATEST POSTS: Songsalive! Songshop - get song leads and pitch your songs forum

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Opportunities Forum - Gigs, Jobs, and Music forum Elbo Room in Chicago Now Booking Dates for Lounge (Acoustic & DJs) SONY MUSIC NASHVILLE SEEKS SUMMER INTERNS TRAILER PARK SEEKS HOLLYWOOD MUSIC SUPERVISOR MUSIC CONNECTION SEEKS BRIGHT, MOTIVATED INTERN And last week... California Clothing Company Looking to Sponsor Up and Coming Artists Lyricists Needed for Country, R&B/Gospel, and Blues/Rock Songs Publishing Company Needs Artists and Songs in All Genres German Record Label looking for Pop or Dance Songs

AND MANY MORE!!!

PRO MEMBERS ACCESS - GO TO: www.songsalive.org and click on

BACKSTAGE / then FORUMS / then Songshop or Opportunities.

Visit our Songsalive! Forums for more information on these

opportunities: www.songsalive.org/forums/

Community SONGCHAT - Members, have your say. Speak out, shout out. Tell it like it is! Find collaborators, other members, talk about songwriting, the biz, and speak your mind! Including: Songchat Songwriter Discussions Song Critique Discussion Lyrics-Only Critique Discussion SONG CRITIQUE - Critique other members songs and add yours for critique. (See below for a professional critique)

Connecting the Social Dots: Integrating all your Social

Networks and news feeds to spread your music word

By GILLI MOON, Songsalive! President

This article is not for the fresh beginner to the Internet.

It’s for those artists who have been dabbling with

various sites on the internet to promote their wares, but

just need some clarity on how to navigate, what is best,

and what has changed. I was originally only going to

write an article on Tumbr.com (and the demise of

Posterous.com) but instead I kept writing and decided

to write an entire article on Social Networks and

connecting the social dots for your music. I will begin by

saying that before you dabble in Social Networks, you

NEED a website first and foremost. Your website is

your HOME BASE where all good fans and links should

start, and return. This is your hub, and your place you

alone can control. Social Networks come and go. Don’t

rely on them as your only source of self-promotion. I

also highly recommend you read my book JUST GET

OUT THERE as I have a lengthy chapter for the

beginner or expert on Self-Promotion, Marketing and

being the Artist Entrepreneur. Get it at

www.justgetoutthere.com, or Amazon. Or just Google it.

Also my final caveat is the advice below is based on

what I like, what I’ve tested, and what I use. I’m sure

there are other ideas and ways. But I’m sharing with

you my idea, and I want to keep it simple for you too.

Ok, let’s get started…, or at least, let’s pretend you are

already dabbling online…. So let’s start in the middle:

Enjoy the read.

Connect my website news page to my social

networks, so I can post all at once.

Goal: When posting in one place, you have it land

on Twitter, Facebook, AND as a news feed on your

website.

What if you have all these online social networks and

you have to update your status in all these different

places. Wouldn’t it be nice to update one status and it

spreads to all of them? How about tag on a news feed

for your website? In working with artists and their self

promotion, I’ve been a big advocate of Posterous.com

as a blog for you to post your latest news, which in turn

publishes/syndicates to your social networks

(Facebook, Twitter, etc) all at once. It also has been

great as an RSS feed on your website, (your NEWS

stream). However, Posterous.com died an unfortunate

death (absorbed by its new owner Twitter). By end April

2013, it’s “bye bye’.

Welcome a long tried and true blog network (but least

buzzed about): Tumblr.com

Tumblr is not only going to do what Posterous has done

before, but goes one step further: it is a well respected

social network blog in its own right, so a lot of what you

may do on the web may connect to Tumblr (like you

may connect Facebook and Twitter).

Also in posting through Tumblr, you can share music,

video, photos and of course, text. It’s super sexy. You

can also share things you find on the internet, on

tumblr.

How to get this going:

1) First, I’m going to assume you are already on Twitter

and Facebook as a good start (see further into this

article about the benefits of those.)

2) Go to www.tumblr.com and create an

account. Once created, and while logged in, click on

your new “blog” on the left. (1 account can have

several blogs)

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6) Create url - I recommend you use your artist name

as the name you choose in the url. Eg

gillimoon.tumblr.com and songsalive.tumblr.com

7) Find the Post By Email setting on Under “Account”

(click on your blog from there)– they provide an email

address that you can email to, from you email account,

when you want to post to Tumblr. It will be really weird

but it works. You can also post within your Tumblr

account online. I like the email route as you can

forward anything you want (your newsletter for

example) to Tumblr via email. Later you can read tips

on sending via email here:

www.tumblr.com/docs/en/email_publishing

8) You can change the theme within your Blog. They

have many to choose from. (Also in this area you can

change the name of blog. It may be called

Untitled”. Rename that to your preferred blog name.)

9) Importantly, connect to Facebook and Twitter . You

can choose what to connect to on Facebook. Doesn’t

have to be your profile (as we often keep that as

personal friends area). You can share to your

Facebook Fan Page. (If you have a Facebook Group,

you can connect Tumblr to NetworkedBlogs (search it

within Facebook). Another cool system to syndicate

your blogs.)

10) LOG OUT and go to your Tumblr url to see what it

looks like. Copy the RSS feed by clicking on the

“Subscribe to RSS Feed” . For example the Songsalive

Tumblr is songsalive.tumblr.com/rss

11) Now, go to your website. I have recommended

many of you to design your website through

www.weebly.com. You can drag an RSS feed box to

any of your page (I prefer home, and News page) and

insert the above RSS feed. Voila, your website is also

showing your latest news. If your website design

management doesn’t allow you to insert an RSS feed,

you can use www.feedburner.com to create a digest of

your Tumblr feeds, and then give you html code to

insert into your website.

IN SUMMARY: Post to the Tumblr email anytime (Your

Newsletter, Your status, Your fun bits and pieces). This

goes to Social Networks AND shows up on your

website as latest news.

How to connect to other social networks too?

That’s easy: through TWITTER. They will then be

synced to Tumblr vicariously through your

Twitter/Tumblr API connection. For example, link

Twitter to Facebook here www.facebook.com/twitter/

(obviously you need an account at both places); Link

your Myspace to your Twitter within MySpace. Link

your Reverbnation profile to Twitter through

Revbernation (more on these social networks further

down).

What’s another alternative to post to all my

social networks at once?

Ping.fm used to be the best way to post to all your

social networks at once. Then they were bought out by

Seesmic. Then they were bought out by Hootsuite. So,

Hootsuite.com is a nice site, however if you want to

post to more than a few, you have to pay. So I found a

free one: Alternion.com. Little is published about this

site, but I’ve started using it and I really like it. You

have to post through the website from a computer

though. Doesn’t seem to have a mobile app. I just

posted to my social networks all at once. They are:

Twitter

YouTube

LinkedIn

Foursquare

Google+

Tumblr (and you know how THAT can connect!)

Vimeo

Blogger

And of course, Facebook

Since my Facebook is connected to my Twitter, I tend

to exclude that from the posting as Twitter posts on its

behalf.

Of course they have a TON more social networks you

can multi-post to. AND you can read all your social

network statuses, posts and messages all at

Alternion.com. You can even read all your email

inboxes there too. Pretty neat. Still in beta, so tread

lightly.

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OK, tell me more about Reverbnation and why

it’s important to my music promotion?

Reverbnation.com is a unique social network site that

I’ve loved since they started. Similar to MySpace, you

can create a profile that includes uploaded songs,

photos, a bio, and some press. It’s a pretty solid place

to promote to the media as your “press kit” (though I

like Sonicbids.com better for that, although that one I

wouldn’t call a Social Network). Reverbnation is a lovely

place to gain fans (they just come and find you without

too much fuss). You can rise in the music charts, and

send fan mail (newsletters) to your Fans who “Fan” you.

Interestingly, you can create html Widgets of your

music player, Tour info/Gigs, Press quotes and your

whole press kit, to insert into your Website.

OK, tell me more about Twitter and why it’s

important to my music promotion?

It just happens to be the best medium to promote your

music and build followers. I know you all love

Facebook, but Twitter attracts fans/followers without

you having to accept them as friends. It’s an OPEN

space/playing field. Also, as above, you can link your

Twitter to Facebook to update status simultaneously.

OK, tell me more about Facebook and why it’s

important to my music promotion?

Facebook is like my online Pub. I go there to hang out

virtually with my friends online (through my personal

profile, that is). I can decide who I am friends with, and

through my privacy settings, I can be strict about who

sees what. The latest on personal profiles is the Friend

requests you deny, they will be automatically

“subscribed to your public posts”. So in essence, your

Fans (who you really don’t call Friends) can follow you

too. When you post, simply choose your audience. If

you make it “Public” Friends and Subscribers will see it.

I still think having a FAN PAGE (or Business PAGE) is

essential. Set a Page up within your Profile and create

a URL for it. I tend to only promote my fanpage ie

facebook.com/gillimoonmusic, to avoid too many friend

requests from people I don’t know on my personal

profile. Notwithstanding, you can make it harder to find

you through Facebook (Friends of Friends only). Why

is Facebook important? Well, it’s your Soap Box, your

ability to talk any time of day, intimately, or publicly. The

fact is, many now use Facebook as their preference for

communication (yes, beating emails and phone calls).

That is why it is important to be on Facebook. As for

Music promotion, you can link your Reverbnation,

Sonicbids and similar music sites to your Facebook Fan

Page, so that people can listen to your music through

Facebook. Nice stuff.

Other sites I should look at for promoting my

music?

I’ve mentioned some above in my paragraph about

where I linked my Tumblr account to. I think it’s worthy

to mention that MySpace is making a comeback and so

I wouldn’t delete your account with them yet. It was

recently bought by Justin Timberlake (amongst others)

and is going through a revamp. You can migrate your

old site to the new. There are a few kinks still, (that is

that your old friends don’t transfer over unless they also

migrate their accounts), and the one pet peeve is all the

new music news is all about Justin right now. Go figure!

YouTube is idea to showcase your videos. You can

create Channels, Playlists, find subscribers, network,

AND create revenue (if you hit a certain amount of

Views).

Vimeo is an alternative to Youtube. I don’t use it as

much. I like it to share private videos with people and at

Songsalive! we use it for our Songcraft videos as you

can add a password.

Google+ didn’t get a huge rating for me. Hence I didn’t

dive deep. But they are trying. Their “circles” at least

helps you compartmentalize fans into different groups.

Businesses seems to like it (at least that’s Google’s

selling point). I’m still on the fence. To access, you

need a google or gmail account. It connects within your

logins for that.

Soundcloud is the perfect solution for sharing songs

(whether full or edited, though you have to edit

inadvance before you upload). You can find fans, and

they can even post their favorite parts of your song,

comment, and even remix your song with permission.

Soundcloud is linked sometimes to other social

networks too. They also provide a music player html

code for your website.

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Blogger is not a social network. It’s a blog. Write and express yourself, and then syndicate/publish the feed on your website through feedburner.com and to your social networks through Alternion.com Bandcamp seems to be a nice place to sell music directly from your site, and connects with other sites. But it’s not a social network. You can also sell your music on Reverbnation and Soundclick.com (the latter is also a social network and you can create a music player for your website, plus all sales go to You. Actually Soundclick is my favorite site for showcasing music. Like the old mp3.com, they also have Charts. You may see yourself in the top 10 one day. LinkedIn.com is not a social network in the true sense, but it is an online networking community where you can upload your “resume” (Jobs, Education, Expertise) and then connect with others in the biz. I love it for doing and expanding my “business as an artist entrepreneur” and people take you way more seriously there, than any other social network that is generally seen as “fun”. I’m no guru on Social Networks. I’m an Artist, and I run my own business. I coach other artists in their careers too. It may seem a lot to connect the dots, but if you follow my tried and true methods above, you’re thre-quarters there. The rest is actually promoting (Status updates, writing, networking) and creating GREAT music.

See ya online!

Gilli Moon - Twitter: @gillimoon @artistdevcoach @songsalive Facebook.com/gillimoonmusic (my Fan page); Facebook.com/songsalive

Linkedin.com/in/gillimoon Reverbnation.com/gillimoon – Myspace.com/gillimoon

Sonicbids.com/gillimoon Soundcloud.com/gillimoon -and putting it all together at

gillimoon.tumblr.com and songsalive.tumblr.com

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Songsalive! 2013 Winter NAMM Showcase – Once again Songsalive! got to

show off to a parade of musical industry professionals as we took to the

Acoustic Stage at the 2013 Winter NAMM Show -- that's National Association

of Music Merchants, if you didn't know. Every year thousands of musical

instrument makers from around the world converge on the Anaheim

Convention Center, and right on the morning of the first day it was time for

Songsalive! Six artists performed in a roundhouse style in two groups of three.

First up was Kaye Reznick, Katie Garibaldi, and Thadeus Gonzalez ... Hey

look! Two Songsalive! Songwriter of the Year Award-winners on stage at

once, along with a talented newcomer. In the second round the stage was

graced by two MV's -- that's Mike V and Michael Vanags -- as well as another

talented newcomer, Liz Nash and her gutsy blues voice. The variety of vocal

and guitar styles on display in both segments was captivating -- clearly, as

busy business people rushing by stopped to listen, applaud, and pick up

information about Songsalive! After the show all the performers got free

passes to head in to the NAMM Show proper, and see about getting some

new equipment to make their performances even better! -Rod O'Riley

Songsalive! Chicago January Showcase – Songsalive! Chicago hosted our

first showcase for 2013 on January 24th at the Heartland Cafe. I started the

night off with a pop-rock performance, where I sang and played live keyboards

along with a drum machine that I pre-programmed with backing tracks. Next,

Joe Nelson, who is a Songsalive! member and regular at our workshops,

performed a set of acoustic alternative rock. He accompanied his unique

voice on acoustic guitar, but played along with a bass drum and tambourine

hooked up to a bass drum pedal. A one man band! Everyone enjoyed the

music and seemed to have a great time! Songsalive! Chicago has no events

scheduled for February, but we will be back in March with a workshop AND a

showcase. -Mary Lemanski

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REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS

Songsalive! Long Island January Workshop – The Long Island

Chapter is still going strong even though we switched days from the

1st Wed of the month to the 1st Tuesday of the month. The people

who have come out to the workshop say it is invaluable information

they are receiving not only about their songs they are presenting and

the feedback they are getting, but from the information they are

learning about the music industry in general. Looking forward to a

great New Year of song critique workshops! -Steve Archdeacon

Songsalive! Orange County January Showcase – For one last

time, Songsalive Orange County welcomed Kaye Reznick -- the

Songsalive! Songwriter of the Year winner for 2010 -- to our stage at

Sam Ash Music in Westminster. Yes, Kaye is moving to Austin,

Texas, and their gain is our loss. But it was swell to see her up on

stage and performing her terrific songs one more time, especially

because this time she was ably assisted on stage by songwriter

Russell Somers -- who also played some mean guitar. Russell stuck

around on stage to help out our next guest, Anna Bell -- visiting all the

way from Denmark, and making us part of her tour itinerary! Again,

her funky acoustic R & B benefited greatly from Russell's jazzy lead

lines on top of her rhythms. The crowd loved it. -Rod O'Riley

Songsalive! New York January/February Showcases & Open

Mics – The New York chapter has a consistent following for open mic

every Tuesday at American Trash, deemed as one of the best in the

city! Songsalive! New York forms a communal environment for

songwriters, where ideas can be heard, admired, and improved!

-Dan Schteingart

REVIEWS OF RECENT EVENTS Songsalive! Grass Valley January Showcase – The January Songsalive! Grass Valley Showcase at my studio, Alta Sierra Music Center, was fun for all. Six people attended. My guest performers,Sandra Mac Dougall and Brandy Robinson, performed and entertained the small, but enthusiastic, group of listeners. I started with the usual explanation of Songsalive! benefits and a few songs. First up was Brandy Robinson, who is totally awesome! She has a great voice, and her songs were very modern and showed excellent songwriting and perfoming skills. Then Sandra did her set and shared some new songs she had written, plus some of her more popular songs that we have heard before. -Michael Gregory Songsalive! Orange County January Workshop – Our Guest Speaker was Pamela Phillips-Oland, who has written songs performed by the likes of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Frank Sinatra, Reba McIntyre, and many more. She was, to use her own words, brutal in her reviews of reviewed songs -- brutal and honest. Wonderfully so! The whole group of more than a dozen people sat in rapt attention, taking notes on her perspective on songs that can be related to -- and sung! -- by regular everyday people. No less than nine songs were presented, ranging from gentle poetic ballads to rollicking rockers and country songs, from new songs to previously presented material -- making for a lively and varied evening. -Rod O'Riley Songsalive! Long Island February Workshop – The Long Island Chapter is still going strong even though we switched days to the 1st Tuesday of the month. The people who have come out to the workshop say it is invaluable information they are receiving...not only about their songs they are presenting and the feedback they are getting, but from the information they are learning about the music industry in general. Looking forward to a great New Year of song critique workshops! -Steve Archdeacon

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Songsalive! San Francisco February Showcase – Song Circle and Songsalive! SF Showcase at St. Cyprian's in San Francisco on February 8 was very enjoyable. We had a small crowd of 8 folks and played from 7 pm until around 9:30 pm. Michael Gregory and Sandra MacDougall came from Grass Valley / Auburn, and we all had many song ideas to share. Local singer/songwriter Kamurrah Knowles performed a few of her original Joan Baez-influenced songs during Song Circle. -Kevin Barnard Songsalive! Los Angeles February Workshop – The February Los Angeles Songsalive! Workshop series kicked off the 2013 season, Sunday, February 17th in North Hollywood at The Cahuenga General Store with another SRO turnout. Our guest speaker was Grammy-nominated, award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, producer, performance coach, Jan Linder-Koda whose topic, based on the title of her book, was Once More With Feeling. Jan worked with various singer/songwriters using her expertise and exercises to bring out more emotion from their live performance. -Rik Lawrence Songsalive! Orange County February Showcase – This was a very special Monthly Showcase for us here at Songsalive! Orange County: It was our 4th anniversary! And here's the really interesting part: One Foot In (Michael Gardner and Jeff Newell) performed at our very first Showcase in February of 2009... and they performed at THIS one too, helping us celebrate 4 years! Of course they also put on a terrific show of folky and bluegrass-style music with some great vocal harmonies that the good-sized crowd just loved. Opening the show was newcomer Mike Garcia, a young man with a passionate voice and a passionate dedication to spreading the gospel through his music. Everyone had a mighty fine time at Sam Ash Music. Rod O'Riley, chapter coordinator for Orange County, even brought along a birthday cake! -Rod O'Riley

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Songsalive! Featured Partner: Music Marketing Manifesto

Music Marketing Manifesto is a home study course created by Major Label Recording Artist turned Music Marketing Guru, John Oszajca. MMM is a multi-media course containing 9 modules, 23 videos, 2 PDF Manuals, 3 website templates, audio Interviews, email swipe files, an interactive members area, and a music marketing toolbox. In the course, John teaches you the exact strategy he used to help a debut artist, who set CD Baby's all time single day sales record and even make the Billboard charts, with NO radio play, NO video play, and NO touring.

For more information on the Music Marketing Manifesto, click on Partner Directory in Backstage, or direct link:

www.songsalive.org/link-directory.htm

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About the Songsalive! Partner Directory: Discounts to our friends’ products, promotions, resources, services and events to help you

with your songwriting career.

Music resources, books and directories / Online websites and services for marketing,

promotion and social networking / Artist development, production and training / Music

Licensing (Film, TV, Ads, Games and A&R contacts / Music creation, sales and distribution /

Songwriting learning and writing tools / Legal Services / Sponsored Events

Behind the Songsalive! Backstage, you can access 100 exclusive discounts, only for our

Songsalive! Pro members. www.songsalive.org/backstage.htm for all Pro Member

exclusives, or access the Partner Directory here: www.songsalive.org/link-directory.htm

Go Pro today! Join Songsalive! on our website at www.songsalive.org/join.htm.

ASCAP "I Create Music" Expo

April 18-20th

Loews Hollywood Hotel • Los Angeles, CA

Members of Songsalive! Receive Discounts on Registration: Use Promo code SONGSALIVE to get

discount

Occurring from April 18-20, 2013 in Los Angeles, the ASCAP "I Create Music" EXPO puts you in the

heart of ASCAP's community of today's most successful music creators for three days of education,

networking and inspiration.

• Develop your craft

• Learn from hitmakers and industry experts

• Get useful feedback

• Discover the latest technology

• Make valuable connections

Registration for the eighth annual ASCAP “I Create Music” EXPO is open and members of our

organization can register at discounted rates! The current discount registration price is just $365 for

our members or $340 for members who are also members of ASCAP. To take advantage of it, enter

the promo code SONGSALIVE during the registration process.

Ask anyone who has ever attended the ASCAP EXPO and they’ll surely tell you it advanced and inspired

their music career. Some of the biggest names in music, both on the creative and business side, have

participated in the ASCAP EXPO. The ASCAP EXPO is open to everyone, not just ASCAP members.

Please visit www.ascap.com/eventsawards/events/expo/2013/registration.aspx and use promo code

SONGSALIVE to register now!

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SPONSORED

EVENT

For more information on this expo

and other Songsalive! Sponsored

Events, visit

www.songsalive.org/sponsoredevents.htm

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SPONSORED

EVENTS

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DRIVEN MUSIC CONFERENCE

Fort Lauderdale, FL

May 16-19, 2013

May 16 - 19, 2013 the Driven Music Conference

arrives in Fort Lauderdale at Hyatt Regency

Pier 66 and Revolution Live continuing to

successively connect artists and music fans

with the most accomplished professionals in the

music world. Artists of all genres will be in the

position for a chance to advance their careers at

panel discussions led by Van's Warped Tour

Founder Kevin Lyman, Ron Burman (signed

Nickelback), Atlantic Records Radio Promotion

Manager Johnny Coscia, Mayday Parade

Manager Josh Terry, Warner / Chappell Music

A&R Marc Wilson, top managers, top

producers, top agents and more.

UNSIGED ONLY MUSIC COMPETITION

Deadline: March 14, 2013

Unsigned Only is a unique international music

competition geared toward solo artists, bands,

and singers who are not signed to a major label

record company. Unsigned Only is looking for

an outstanding, talented performer… the “gem”

of an artist waiting to be discovered. Unsigned

Only has a highly esteemed judging panel,

including recording artists such as Chrissie

Hynde (The Pretenders), Iggy Pop, Carly

Simon, Neon Trees, Kirko Bangz and many

more. In addition to $10,000 and other great

prizes, the Grand Prize winner will also receive

one-on-one mentoring from high-profile music

industry executives from some of the world’s top

record labels including Universal Republic,

Capitol, Word Label Group, and many more.

For more information on these and other Songsalive! Sponsored Events, visit www.songsalive.org/sponsoredevents.htm

Make sure you're on our

Discussion Groups/Lists

eNotes - free weekly discussion list where the art and business of

songwriting meet online. Regular posts from our partners - music

business professionals offering opportunities, plus up to the minute

posts from our program SONGSHOP (looking for songs).

Songchat - free weekly discussion list to self

promote! Dedicated to self-promotion, gig and music news, plus

interaction with songwriters and composers around the world.

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Facebook Group

LinkedIn

Songsalive! Video Blog on YouTube

MySpace

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Access ALL at www.songsalive.org/groups.htm

The Songsalive! Community

Confirm your email address: Please confirmed your email address on the site to continue

with your membership. It's important that you either:

a) click on the link within the email you may have received, or

b) go to the website and LOG IN with your username and password (which may then ask you to

confirm your email address).

Update your profile

There are hundreds and hundreds of other songwriters, artists and music business

professionals waiting to meet you! Update your profile on the website with some info about you,

some pics, and even use our integrated music player, where you can show off up to 10 of your

own songs! Pro members can also create their own blogs, groups and add videos. Woo hoo!

Songsalive! exists because of the songwriters and composers community at large. We feed it,

and we feed off it. We are all about community. Get involved today! JOIN A CHAPTER

GROUP - READ AND CREATE BLOGS - COMMENT ON BLOGS - ADD PHOTOS AND

VIDEOS - FIND OTHER MEMBERS.... Have FUN!

ACCESS: All at www.songsalive.org Join as a Pro Member today!

Contact us with questions www.songsalive.org/contact.htm

info@songsalive.org

– general inquiries

membership@songsalive.org

– for the obvious

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