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ATTENTION SONGWRITERS…
Just ONE WEEK LEFT to the Deadline for entering your song in the Cave Creek Film & Arts Festival!
Win up to $1000 with one of your songs! Deadline is Friday, MAY 15th.
It’s open to all songwriters in Arizona, age 12 and up!
Insiders’ Tip…This is a relatively new competition, and they haven’t received many entries yet, so you’ll have a better chance to win a prize than probably any song contest you’ve ever entered!
To get an application and read all the details, go to the Festival website:
www.cavecreekfilmandartsfestival.com
Remember, they need your song & application by Friday, May 15th!
Here are a few more details from the Music Director of the Festival, Kevin Glenn:
The 4th Annual Cave Creek Film and Arts Festival
The original song category is open to all residents of the state of Arizona.
There is a youth category for ages 12 through 18, and an adult category for ages 19 and over.
Three top winners in the youth category receive $500/$250/$100 and the top three prizes for adults are $1,000/$500/$250.
Entrants will also have the chance to perform their song entree live on July 9th at the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center. Final awards ceremony is Saturday, July 18th, when the top three winners will be announced. The first place winners will perform their song live that evening. There is a fee to submit a song. $10 for youths and $25 for adults. All that's required are three CDs of the applicant's song along with three copies of lyric sheets in order to give to the judges.
Deadline for applications is May 15th. Applications can be downloaded at the Festival's website, www.cavecreekfilmandartsfestival.com and additional information as well as rules and requirements can be found there as well.
Some of the prize winners from previous years are: Daisy Mallory, Stan Fidel, Joe Lanser, Bill Dutcher, Kelly Maroney, Stephanie Light, Melody Di Salvo, and more. (see past winners on Festival website).
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BIG EVENT! For St. Mary’s Food Bank. This SUNDAY! Lots of Great Music! Here’s a note from Hans Olson…
This Sunday, May 10, Mother's Day, I'm producing my third benefit for St. Mary's Food Bank.
St. Mary's Food Bank is in dire need of food donations... We all know things are really hard for a lot of families right now... We have to help our brothers and sisters and their children get enough food to eat.
This event is called "Mothers for Food" and we are featuring all female singers.
The great JESSI COLTER (country super star and Waylon Jennings' wife) will be our special guest performer!
Please drop by, bring some food and/or money and hear some great music for a really important cause.
Hope to see you there,
Thank you,
Hans Olson
WHEN:
Sunday May 10, 2009 6 - 11 pm
WHERE:
THE RHYTHM ROOM
on Indian School Road at 10th Street Phoenix, AZ
http://www.rhythmroom.com/
ADMISSION: (100% of proceeds to benefit St. Mary's Food Bank)
3 cans of food
OR 3 personal hygiene products
OR 3 cleaning supplies
OR $5.00
(large donations gratefully accepted!...)
PERFORMING:
Special Guest: Jessi Colter
Penny Anty
Nina Curri
Haven James
Susan L & Company
Rhonda Lester
Kathy Mabry
Tammy Patrick
Sydney Sprague
The Stevenson Sisters
Co-produced by Chicks with Picks and Hans Olson
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SATURDAY, MAY 9th, FREE EVENT in Phoenix featuring ALICE COOPER and many others!
On Saturday, May 9th, Solid Rock will be hosting a festival at Grand Canyon University's amphitheater behind Ethington Hall. All is free, including entry, food, beverages, contests, and games.
Entertainment: Musical talent from AZ - Alice Cooper jammin' with Halo of Flies, Runaway Phoenix, Justin Unger, Atlas, Destinee Quinn, No Longer Together, and the comedy of Mike "Blackjack" Wilson
The event will be from 11:00AM - 7:00PM. Grand Canyon University is located at 3333 W Camelback Road, Phoenix, AZ 85017
2nd Tuesday Songs in Progress Workshops are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at
8607 N. 59th Ave., in Glendale AZ.
Hosted by Gavan Wieser. Contact Gavan for more info at punkfolker@aol.com or 623-934-8681.
The next one will be May 12, from 7pm to 9pm.
Get constructive comments from peers on your latest!
And meet some interesting characters!
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For you Eastsiders, check out the 3rd Thursday Songs in Progress Workshops, held the 3rd Thursday of each month at Desert Vista Studios in Tempe, 5025 S. Ash St. Suite B-1.
Hosted by Chris Frazer. Contact Chris for more info: chris@azopenmic.com
The next one will be May 21, from 7pm to 9pm.
These Tuesday and Thursday workshops get you some feedback from peers on your new or partially finished lyrics or songs. You can present your work on CD, cassette or live. It’s best if you bring a few lyric sheets. It’s a great place for networking with local songwriters and learning something about writing, or helping someone else learn, or maybe all the above. And it’s FREE!
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RECENT FILM & TV PLACEMENTS…
> Ellie Leighton's song "You Are My World" was used on the 1/4/09 episode of Cold Case on CBS!
The song was placed by Wild Whirled Music.
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Ø Arizona songwriters Randy Brown, Marty Jensen and Scott Eversoll had a song in the recent 3D release My Bloody Valentine. Song placement was through MasterSource.
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If you’ve had recent success with film and TV song placements, send us an email about it and we’ll try to get it into a future newsletter.
CONGRATULATIONS to these songwriters!
NOTE: Jan Peterson, Phoenix songwriter who has placed many songs in TV and film, has written some articles on songwriting, as well as other topics. She invites you to check them out at the Suite 101.com link below:
http://www.suite101.com/profile.cfm/jpeterson
E mail: azsongwriters@cox.net
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AZ Songwriters and AZ Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame featured on radio show Sunday, 3 to 5pm, 960AM, AZ Music Café.
Scroll down for more info.
SUNDAY APRIL 19th ITS OUR 50th SHOW!!!
Hey Buckaroos…….Arizona Music Aficionados……Fans and Friends………..Romans and Countrymen……….lend us your ears this Sunday, April 19th, we have some bonafides for you!
***ITS OUR 50th SHOW!! Join our guests as we celebrate this milestone! (OK its not 50 years, but 50 shows is lots of music!) That means we have played over 500 songs, and had over 135 guests and played 5460 minutes of local programming! In dog years that’s mucho!****
Join us and our VERY special guests!
Local guitar legend Steve Larson, formerly of Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers and Dead Hot Workshop - and singer/songwriter James Parks have joined together to form a new Southern Rock band they've named Larson Parks. Each still pursuing their own solo careers as well, they are garnering immediate attention from the Arizona music scene with their newly formed band. No sooner had they decided upon a name when they were booked for all 4 nights of Country Thunder earlier this month. After entertaining the crowds there, they threw their amps and generators into a truck and headed out to the campgrounds to provide entertainment for the thousands of fans camping out. James, with his Southern Rock roots, and Steve, with his heavily influenced Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash sound, have come together to form a band that is taking Arizona by storm. You don't want to miss these two incredible singer/songwriter/musicians together.
Todd Baio has been an active musician for 20 years. His live music work experience is vast and varied. He has played everywhere from colleges to clubs, to churches, bookstores, coffee shops, private parties and family events. His passion is for playing simple acoustic music that is interactive, fun and that can be tailored to a multitude of situations. Todd’s song choices have a fresh feel while being firmly rooted in the folk traditions of the past. He draws upon both adult and children’s music from great artists such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Leadbelly as well as contemporary artists such as Riaffi, Dan Zanes,as well as writing originals himself. Being a multi-instrumentalist, Todd uses guitar, ukelele, harmonica, kazoo, various vocal techniquest and varrious percussion instruments in his presentations. Todd is one of our favorites, and we hope you get the Todd Baio addiction so he can continue to succumb to his ukelele addiction without having to steal the family jewels!
Country? Folk? How about some smooth Jazz guitar? Listen to the wonderful Jazz guitar stylings of the Vandal/Hancock duo. They are Matt Vandal and Devon Hancock and they play a wide variety of Jazz; from standards, bossa nova, contemporary, as well as original compositions. You can usually find them at Nouveau Bistro on Sundays at 6pm, but they also play various venues throughout Chandler and the Valley. They have a nice easy sound and complement each other well! They compliment us by joining us on the menu!
Joe Bethancourt is one of Arizona’s treasures and has been bringing his special touch to bear on the banjo and many other instruments for almost four decades. As a previous guest once intoned, once you start talking decades, you are in legend territory. Joe certainly qualifies on the basis of time AND talent. His styles range from country to Celtic, to folk to bluegrass and a bit of medieval and rennaisance just to even out the playing field. Joe plays banjo, guitar, bagpipes, mandolin and a lot more instruments and specializes in the music of southern Appalachia and the Ozarks, where he spent time as a youth. Aficionados will remember Joe as a fixture at Funny Fellows Sandwich joint in Phoenix for many moons. We hope that you get a hankering for a lot more when you hear him on the Café!
Jon Iger, President of the AZ SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION and Terri Sussman , President of the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame (AMEHOF) also join us on the program to tell us about what’s new in their organizations and the importance of what they are doing that is vital to the local music community here in Arizona. If you haven’t been involved in the richness of Arizona local music and would like to be, they are the ones to contact!
WANTED! GUESTS ON THE PROGRAM! HOW TO GET ON THE SHOW?
A word about our guests! You don’t have to have a CD out, you can be playing occasional open mics in the valley, you can be just starting out, or far along the trail…..it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that you have a musical story to tell, a melody to share, or an instrument to play. And of course, you are here in Arizona! That’s it! So, don’t be shy! Get on the website (www.azmusiccafe.com) and register! That’s all there is to it!
USE THE CALENDAR! HELP US GET THE WORD OUT!
And if you are playing somewhere and want the world to know (or at least the world wide web and Phoenix, then get on the CALENDAR and post your gigs! The more people get on the website, the bigger the audience for your performance will be, but they have to know about YOU! And its FREE! HUH? FREE? Yeppir!
Thanks for listening!
Erich
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SCOTT MacINTYRE NEEDS YOUR VOTES! On American Idol!
Here’s a note from Erich Sielaff at AZ Music Café, (features local songwriters and musicians every Sunday 3pm-5pm on 960AM Radio)
HI Everyone!
Just a reminder that AZ MUSIC CAFÉ alumnus and Valley Resident (and last Arizona musician standing) Scott MacIntyre is on “American Idol” tonight! Tuesday, March 3rd…….its a LIVE show and if he clears this round, he goes to the Final 12!
Please tune in and watch! And vote! Often! J
We are proud of Scott and rooting for this exceptional young man. See attached AZ Central article and “the rest of the story”……remarkable! http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2009/03/02/20090302idolscott.html
Lets vote like crazy!
Thanks for being such a great audience and supporters of local music!
Best! Erich www.azmusiccafe.com
www.azmusiccafe.com
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NOTICE>>>
The 2nd Tuesday Songs in Progress Workshop, normally held the 2nd Tuesday of each month, will be held this month on the 3rdTuesday, March 17th at 8607 N. 59th Ave. This is because the March 10th Songpitch featuring Steve Bloch falls on the 2nd Tuesday. For more info, contact Gavan Wieser at punkfolker@aol.com .
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CHICKS with PICKS Music Festival Saturday, March 21.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Michelle Branch to Headline Chicks with Picks Music Fest
National recording artist Michelle Branch will perform at Arizona’s first of its kind Chicks with Picks Music Fest, on Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Tempe Beach Park. In addition, the ACM’s Top New Female Vocalist of the Year nominee Sarah Buxton, music legend, and AZ Music & Entertainment Hall of Fame Inductee Jessi Colter, and
Arizona Idol winner Bethany Wright will be featured along with 70 local female
singer/songwriters in an all day celebration of women in music.
Pandy Raye and Rhonda Hitchcock co-founded AZ Chicks with Picks only 15 months ago, with the vision to showcase local “chicks with picks” in venues around town. “It’s amazing what can happen when women get behind something,” said Raye. “Now, we have our own
festival, and it’s really a labor of love,” added Hitchcock. She is quick to point out that the festival benefits programs for women and children run by the Kiwanis Club of Tempe-Sunrise.
Advance tickets for the all day experience are only $25 for adults, and kids under the age of 12 are free with a paid adult. Tickets can be purchased online at: www.azchickswithpicks.com.
“We want this celebration to be fun and affordable,” stated Raye. “There are great activities for kids, as well as, food, spirits, VIP area, karaoke stage, and an open mic stage. The winner of the “Next Talented Chick” contest earns a spot on the vitaminwater® sync main stage and free
studio recording time.” Contests will be held February 27, through March 8, and more information about how to enter is available on the AZ Chicks with Picks
website:
www.azchickswithpicks.com
Contact: Pandy Raye, Co Founder
AZ Chicks with Picks
480-510-3127
pandyraye@azchickswithpicks.com
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MUSIC FOR FOOD!
The first Sunday of each month there will be a fundraising for St. Mary’s Food Bank, to be held at the RHYTHM ROOM, featuring tons of great musicians and songwriters.
The next one will be Sunday night, April 5th, 6pm.
Hans Olson organized it. For more info, contact Hans at hansolson@cox.net .
BE THERE!
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The Second Tuesday Songs in Progress Workshop, hosted by Gavan Wieser, will be Tuesday, December 9, from 7 to 9PM.
Held at 8607 N. 59th Avenue in Glendale AZ. Email for more info punkfolker@aol.com or call 623-934-8681.
The 3rd Thursday Songs in Progress Workshop will be hosted by Chris Frazer and held at Desert Vista Studios in Tempe from 7pm to 9pm, December 18. Please contact Chris for more info at Chris@azopenmic.com .
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