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ASGI's 2024 SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR IS ROY O'NEIL! Here are the First, Second and Third Place Winners, and Honorable Mentions listed by category:
BARE BONES 1st Place - To Be A Boy Again - James Hall 2nd Place - Love Washes Off - Michael Roth, Eric Ramsey 3rd Place - Worst Enemy - Emma James, Daniella Spadini HONORABLE MENTIONS: Loving Heart - Larry Lorenzo Sunset - Glenn Zaretski SINGER/SONGWRITER 1st Place - Just In Case - Julie Ross2nd Place - Years and Years From Now - Volney Campbell 3rd Place - Troubadour - Clint Hancock HONORABLE MENTIONS: Faded Color and Loose Thread - Kelly Williams What's A Poor Girl To Do - Beth Lee COUNTRY 1st Place - The Family Table - Kelly Williams 2nd Place - Tumbleweed Wind - Beth Lee 3rd Place - Take Me To Tennessee - Emma James, Megan Kelley, Cedric Israel HONORABLE MENTIONS: Let Me Down Slow - Volney Campbell, Will Campbell, Katie Marie In the Hollow - Marilyn Hall, Brandon Ray LOVE SONGS 1st Place - Let Me Down Slow - Volney Campbell, Will Campbell, Katie Marie 2nd Place - Not Here - Jamie McKenzie 3rd Place - Gone - Glenn Zaretski HONORABLE MENTIONS: Surrender - Glenn Zaretski Winter Tree - James Hall POP 1st Place - So Right - B. Valentine 2nd Place - The Riddle - Wayne Gathright 3rd Place - The Fires of Spring - Roy O'Neil HONORABLE MENTIONS: Lightening Lane to Heaven - Brian Gourley Seven Angels - Volney Campbell, Katie Marie ROCK 1st Place - Bangarang - Roy O'Neil 2nd Place - He Ain't Got Diddly - Wayne Gathright 3rd Place - Cold Dark Water - Larry Lorenzo HONORABLE MENTIONS: Wedding Party - Wayne Gathright Put the Phone Down - Denis Bastarache BLUES 1st Place - Bring Me Back My Bone - Denis Bastarache, Christopher Robeson 2nd Place - She Said Never - Larry Lorenzo 3rd Place - Put the Phone Down - Denis Bastarache HONORABLE MENTIONS: Cash is Still the King - Brian Gourley You're Scaring Me - Garrett Hobson, Eduardo Bazzara, Darrell Hall JAZZ 1st Place - Q's Vibe - Eric Valentine, Devin A. Smith 2nd Place - Cannot Say I Love You - Larry Lorenzo 3rd Place - The Side Effects of Love - Tracy Weinberg HONORABLE MENTIONS: Meet Me at the Palace - Roy O'Neil Day of the Dead - Lindsey Eck FOLK/AMERICANA 1st Place - What's A Poor Girl To Do - Beth Lee 2nd Place - Faded Color and Loose Thread - Kelly Williams 3rd Place - The Family Table - Kelly Williams HONORABLE MENTIONS: Jesus, Grandma and Me - Kelly Williams So Right - B. Valentine INSPIRATIONAL 1st Place - From Now On - Julie Ross 2nd Place - Gratitude, Love and Forgiveness - Wayne Gathright 3rd Place - Sacred Song - Beth Lee, Josh Goforth HONORABLE MENTIONS: The Fires of Spring - Roy O'Neil One Voice - Fabio Ingratta NOVELTY 1st Place - Eagles & Anchors & Snakes - Roy O'Neil 2nd Place - La Polka Con Sirena - Daniel Schaefer 3rd Place - Cash is Still the King - Brian Gourley HONORABLE MENTIONS: She's Too Darn Busy For Me - Roy O'Neil The Pickle Song - Volney Campbell LYRICS ONLY 1st Place - Love Washes Off - Michael Roth, Eric Ramsey 2nd Place - Gettin' By - John Beeler 3rd Place - She'll Never Leave Plano - Roy O'Neil HONORABLE MENTIONS: The Measure of a Man - Glenn Zaretski Marriage On the Rocks - Roy O'Neil Third Wednesdays, 5/15/24 7:00pm Songwriters Open Mic NeWorlDeli
20th ANNUAL TEXAS SONGWRITERS SYMPOSIUM! ANNOUNCING: THE 20TH ANNUAL TEXAS SONGWRITERS SYMPOSIUM! Your registration will include 5 days and 4 nights of workshops, panels, concerts, song circles, private sessions with publishers, producers, entertainment attorney, entry into the Texas Music Legends Hall Of Fame Awards Ceremony, lunch on Saturday, all night picking circles and more!! Here's the 2024 Symposium Schedule!
TED BRANSON - radio personality RICK BUSBY - songwriter LOUIE CARR - music consultant BOB DELLAPOSTA - publisher CASH EDWARDS - publicist FREEBO - songwriter DOUG FREEMAN - entertainment writer MICHAEL HEARNE - songwriter KATHLEEN HUDSON - music historian TED LOWE - Choice Tracks JIM PHOTOGLO - songwriter ROGER POLSON - radio personality GABE RHODES - songwriter KIMMIE RHODES - songwriter BOBBY RYMER - publisher GWEN SEALE - entertainment WILL SEXTON - songwriter LEE STARR - songwriter RUSSELL SUTTON - songwriter RUSS ZAVISTON - publisher THE 2024 TEXAS SONGWRITERS SYMPOSIUM IS OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE AUSTIN SONGWRITERS GROUP INTERNATIONAL. IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER YOU CAN JOIN US FOR A MONTHLY RATE OF $14.95 OR AN ANNUAL RATE OF $150. PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AND SUPPORTING SONGWRITERS! www.austinsongwritersgroupinternational.com This year we are also offering the conference Workshops on Zoom for those of you that are not able travel, or be off work for this length of time. The price for the Zoom program is $175. GO HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE 2024 ZOOMPOSIUM WORKSHOPS. PITCH TO PUBLISHER NIGHTS!
Our Pitch to Publisher Nights are provided to you as a valued member with your Sustaining or Annual Membership. A link to the Pitch to Publisher Session can be found on the Members Only Page. If you are not a member yet, please JOIN US! Our publisher this month on Tuesday, December 19 at 7:00pm is Bobby Rymer.
This is a group session on Zoom. If you are interested in attending the session, but don’t have a song to pitch, please feel free to join us. It is great conversation and a way to keep up with the changing music business from someone in the thick of things. ASGI Songwriters in the Round at the PERSHING HALL Friday November 24th - 7:00pm
Pershing Hall is located at 2415-B East 5th Street, Austin, TX 78702. ASGI 2023 Songwriter of the Year Francine Honey CD Release LIVE November 18th - 7:30pm ET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd0BPmMF8xA |