NEWS
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
PITCH TO PUBLISHER NIGHTS!
If you are not a member yet, please JOIN US! Our publisher this month on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00pm is Steve Bloch.
LEE STARR SONGWRITER WORKSHOP Sunday, 10/15 at 3:00pm Register here for Hit Writer Lee Starr's Workshop RETHINKING WORKFLOW Rising singer-songwriter and producer Lee Starr has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Sony Music Publishing Nashville and KP Entertainment. PITCH TO PUBLISHER NIGHTS!
If you are not a member yet, please JOIN US! Our publisher this month on June 20 at 7:00pm is Steve Bloch.
Bobby asked for one song from the group that was written by Patti Dixon and Jeanie Sliva! Congratulations and good luck!! 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. |
5/1 - ASGI SONG CONTEST WINNERS listed by category:
SINGER SONGWRITER 1st - VACANT CHAIR - Robert Stock 2nd - THE WE, WE USED TO BE - Francine Honey 3rd - STICKIN AROUND - Chris Cavello 3rd - BELIEVE IN ME - Francine Honey HM - AUGUST - Robert Stock HM - BRUTAL HONESTY - Jeanie Sliva HM - HONEST LOVE - Kevin Todd Walker BARE BONES 1st - BITTERSWEET - Jeanie Sliva 2nd - THIS DANCE - Lucy LeBlanc 3rd - BLUES RUNNING THROUGH MY SOUL - Keith Peveto HM - BROKEN DREAMS - Sarah Rooney HM - NOT HERE - Jamie McKenzie COUNTRY 1st - PLAY ON - Taylor Weaver 2nd - COMING HOME - Wayne Gathright 3rd - JUMPIN JESUS - Sarah Rooney HM - CORNER CAFE - Roy O’Neil HM - I CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - Taylor Weaver LOVE SONGS 1st - THE WE, WE USED TO BE - Francine Honey 2nd - I CAN’T GET YOU OUT OF MY MIND - Taylor Weaver 3rd - SATISFIED - Joel Daniel 3rd- YESTERDAY LOVE - Marilyn Hall HM - THE LOVE I HAD WITH YOU - Taylor Weaver HM - WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE - Taylor Weaver JAZZ 1st - I GOTTA LITTLE CRUSH ON YOU - Robert Marino 2nd - STICKIN AROUND - Chris Cavello 3rd - VREDENBURG MARKET - Marilyn Rucker HM - HOMELESS POET - Cinnamon Denise HM - SINK ON IN - Jessica Green BLUES 1st - SHEDDING MY FEARS - Francine Honey 2nd - BABY I GOT YOU - Robert Marino 3rd - BLUES RUNNING THROUGH MY SOUL - Keith Peveto 3rd - TOOK YOUR LOVE AWAY - Kevin Todd Walker HM - EVIL CHILLIN MY BONES - Earl Gard HM - SHE GOT EVERYTHING - Denis Bastarache HM - TRUTH BE TOLD - John Beeler | POP 1st - ONLY YOU - Jeanie Sliva 2nd - HEADPHONES - Kristin Paetzel 3rd - HEELS DON’T WALK THEMSELVES - Cinnamon Denise HM - IT’LL BE THE REASON - Volney Campbell HM - LET LOVE RULE - Kevin Todd Walker
ROCK 1st - CHASING THE LIGHT - Kevin Todd Walker 2nd - SHEDDING MY FEARS - Francine Honey 3rd - CADILLAC - Francine Honey HM - HE AIN’T GOT DIDDLY - Wayne Gathright HM - THE HUNGER - Chris Cavello, Eric Lee HM - WHERE ARE YOU TODAY - Kevin Todd Walker
FOLK/AMERICANA 1st - THE WE, WE USED TO BE - Francine Honey 2nd - JUMPIN JESUS - Sarah Rooney 3rd - BOTTLE IN A SACK - John Beeler HM - BELIEVE IN ME - Francine Honey HM - THE HARDEST PART IS LEAVING - Alan Jefferson
INSPIRATIONAL 1st - HOLD ON - Francine Honey2nd - BELIEVE IN ME - Francine Honey 3rd - WATCH ME DISAPPEAR - Fabio Ingratta HM - CIRCLE OF FRIENDS - Gretchen Weihe HM - NO REGRETS- Jeanie Sliva
NOVELTY 1st - JUMPIN JESUS - Sarah Rooney 2nd - DOG THAT PUT THE WOW IN BOW WOW - Daniel Schaefer 3rd - DRUNK ENOUGH - Chris Cavello, Eric Lee 3rd - NOT CRACK WHORES - Marilyn Rucker HM - OKAY BOOMER - Chris Cavello HM - EAGLES AND ANCHORS AND SNAKES - Roy O’Neil
LYRICS ONLY 1st - DOUBLE WIDE WALTZ - John Beeler 2nd - BOTTLE IN A SACK - John Beeler 3rd - FIREFLIES - Kennan Zishka HM - THE BLOODY YEARS - Wayne Gathright HM - I’M SCARLETT - Jacquelyn Fraley |
Join us for some great deli food
and Austin Music Sunday, April 9 at 2:00pm! NeWorlDeli
4101 Guadalupe has generously given ASGI 2nd Sundays and 3rd Wednesdays at their venue
to share our music.
3/29/23 - Greetings Songwriters!
The last few years have been hard for folks dealing with the uncertainty of the pandemic which hit right after our symposium in January of 2020. At that time we made the decision to suspend taking new memberships so as not to put any financial strain on someone. We also suspended in person meetings and events. We did however continue to serve the songwriting community using ZOOM. We had as many as 4 online events a week with Song Doctor sessions and song circles. We also did online workshops and our online Symposium that we call the Zoomposium! We actually grew our community because with Zoom we were not limited to just the Austin area. We have been serving songwriters from different parts of the USA and different countries. Because we are serving songwriters internationally we have a name change. We are now Austin Songwriters Group International, and have added chapters to make in person events easier for those of you that live in different areas. We will keep you posted as we add new chapters.
During this time we have tried to rethink and restructure to better serve our community in this ever changing world. We have created a new website that we think will be easier to navigate. We have created new activities for members like a pitch to publisher once a month for members that will be hosted on Zoom. We are continuing our Song Doctor sessions on Zoom twice a week for your song evaluations. We are scheduling both online and in person workshops, another Zoomposium in August and our annual Symposium in February of 2024. We have also created a Members Only page where we will grow a library for you to gather information and music tools to continue to grow as an artist. CHECK OUT THE MEMBERSHIP PAGE FOR A LIST OF OUR MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS.
We hope to see you at the New World Deli the second Sunday and third Wednesday of every month, or if it is more convenient for you, we will see you at our online events like the twice a week Song Doctor sessions for song evaluations. You can check out our upcoming events on the CALENDAR.
Please check out the website and sign up for the Newsletter (as we are changing email servers) and PLEASE BECOME A CURRENT MEMBER TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS.
REMEMBER WE ARE SONGWRITERS SERVING SONGWRITERS!!W re each other's greatest asset!
WRITE ON!
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3/27/23 - Song Contest Update!
We had a great turnout for this year's Song Contest and the judging is well in progress. Contest category finalists will be posted here as soon as
they become available.
With several of the contestants from out of town, out of state and out of the country, we have decided to hold the winners ceremony on Zoom and we will post a link to the meeting once we get closer to that date.ble.
The Song Contest Winners Ceremony and announcement of Songwriter of the Year has been set forSunday, April 30, at 7:00pm on Zoom.
We have some great prizes for this year's contest.
GRAND PRIZE WINNER - ASGI SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR 2023!!
- - 4 DAYS IN THE STUDIO WITH GABRIEL RHODES AS YOUR PRODUCER
- - ONE PASS TO TSAI/ASGI SYMPOSIUM 2024, INCLUDING 4 NIGHTS IN THE HOTEL (travel expenses are on your own)
- - 20 MIN SPECIAL FEATURED SHOWCASE
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- LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP WITH ASGI
- - TWO 30 MIN ONE ON ONE SESSIONS WITH A PUBLISHER
- - ONE CO-WRITE SESSION WITH SELECTED ARTISTS OF OUR CHOICE
- - PASSES FOR 2023 ASGI WORKSHOPS
- - PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING:
- - CONCERT OPENING FOR SELECT ARTIST OF OUR CHOICE
FIRST PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
- - A ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP WITH ASG
- - ONE CO-WRITE SESSION WITH AN ARTIST OF OUR CHOICE
- - ONE ASG WORKSHOP OF YOUR CHOICE
SECOND PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
- - ONE CO-WRITE SESSION WITH AN ARTIST OF OUR CHOICE
- - ONE ASG WORKSHOP OF YOUR CHOICE
THIRD PLACE CATEGORY WINNERS WILL RECEIVE:
- - ONE ASG WORKSHOP OF YOUR CHOICE
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All First, Second and Third Place Category Winners will receive ASGI Certificate Awards acknowledging their accomplishments in the Contest.
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