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Editor’s Notes
Welcome to July!For me, late Juneinto July has always sufferedthe same fate as late January into February. There’s such afrantic pace and mad rush in the preceding months (graduation,recitals, vacation plans, etc.) that when the meat of July actuallyhits, it’s kind of timeless, you’re not actually keeping track of thedays any more, they are just kind of . . . passing by.But July is not a time for relaxing, it’s a time for doing: workingin the garden, cutting the grass, maintaining the pool, going tothe beach, writing a new song.Writing a new song?! Who writes music in the summer? Summeris a time for reading and listening, not writing and creating.Summer is great for performing and touring, but not writing.Which is why I want to challenge you with . . .
The Most Difficult Songwriting Contest . . .
Ever!
The rules are simple, before Labor Day 2010 you must writeAND demo AND submit a brand new song to Songwriter’sMonthly. You can email it or send a link to where it’s posted, butit has to be done BEFORE Labor Day. And it has to be somethingthat was written after July 2010! The contest is open toamateurs AND professionals, no one will be excluded.The winning song will receive
Stone Temple Pilots
latest CD(courtesy of Atlantic Records) and a write-up in Songwriter’sMonthly detailing the experience of writing the hardest song of your career! (So keep notes/dates that clearly prove the songwas written this summer so you don’t get disqualified!)Thanks for reading (and writing)!Allen (a1foster@aol.com)
 
Editor’s Notes (Addendum!)
This issue grew like a beast and I (almost) lost control. Okay,maybe I did loose control, just a little. You wouldn’t believe theamount of material I had to cut! Please forgive any and all typosthat you might find this month. We actually used a couple of proofreaders, but the sheer volume of material contained withinthese virtual pages and the quick turnaround probably means afew typos slipped by. Also, please do not feel like you have toread the entire issue in one sitting! Feel free to come back often(or download). The main reason for this addendum is to slip in acondensed Table Of Contents so you know exactly what’s inthese pages and where it can be found. So, without furtherrambling . . .
Songwriting Contest
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2Alyse Black:
Hold Onto This -
4Diane Birch:
“Magic View” -
5Cathy Wagner:
The MusicFestival Experience -
12Michelle Lewis:
Broken -
14Anya Marina:
Slow & SteadySeduction, Phase II -
16True Stories:
Confessions Of APop Star -
18Ian Crombie:
West CoastSongwriters -
19Christina Aguilera:
Bionic -
26Alexandra Patsavas:
EclipseSoundtrack -
28Nadia Ali:
Fantasy -
30Zara Taylor:
Found -
30Straight No Chaser:
ACappella Summer -
31Dr. Demento:
Update -
38A Rocket To The Moon:
“LikeWe Used To” -
38Hanson:
In The Moment -
39Philadelphia SongwritersProject:
 Contest Winners -
47Camera Can’t Lie:
Video -
48Jordan Tyler & The NorthernLights:
Pardon Me -
49Vegas With Randolph:
VegasWith Randolph -
50David Fiorenza:
CreativeDestruction -
52Mountain Stage NewSongContest
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53Heidi McKee:
Difference -
54Blackhart Strangelove:
Don’tSet Yourself On Fire -
56Kimberley Locke:
  “Strobelight” -
57Back Issues
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duponthumanite

And I see around the back of the magazine is where the classic and alternative people cluster around!

reply06 / 30 / 2010
duponthumanite

Hooray for Hanson on the piano! I always understood that Taylor was the instrumentalist, and Issac and Zac too. Thanks for "Thinkin about something" too. The horns and the Blues Brothers inspiration.

reply06 / 30 / 2010
duponthumanite

Straight No Chaser has become a bona fide Internet phenomenon. Sometimes waiting 10 years is so worth it!

reply06 / 30 / 2010
duponthumanite

Great to read about the West Coast musical conference.

reply06 / 30 / 2010
duponthumanite

For the composers and singers, read page 17.

reply06 / 30 / 2010
duponthumanite

The last time "Valentino" came into my musical life was when I was listening to the Corrs and they sang "Never Loved you Anyway". The line was "Valentino? I don't think so".

reply06 / 30 / 2010
duponthumanite

enjoying Diane Birch's special relationship with vampires. I think lots of readers - especially those who love writing and music - will be able to relate!

reply06 / 30 / 2010
SongwritersMonthly

I agree, I thought that was a very cool aspect to her!

07 / 01 / 2010
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