Showing posts with label Dallas Songwriters Song Contest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dallas Songwriters Song Contest. Show all posts

Thursday, May 28, 2020

DSA INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST 2020 OPENS JUNE 1

DSA INTERNATIONAL SONG CONTEST 2020

More than $5,000 in cash & prizes in 9 categories 


Dallas, TX - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Opens June 1 – Deadline September 30th 


It’s time to enter your best songs in the annual Dallas Songwriters International Song Contest, which offers more than $5,000 in cash and prizes for the best songs in 9 categories, plus grand prize winners. Categories include Christian/Inspirational, Country, Americana/Folk/Bluegrass, Pop/Rock/RnB/Alternative, Love Songs/Easy Listening, Children’s/Novelty, Singer/Songwriter, Instrumental, and 18 and Under Young Songwriters.  Judges are industry pros.  Entries are $25 per song and $15 for Young Songwriters.  https://dallassongwriters.org/dsa-annual-song-contest


The DSA International Song Contest is truly a global affair.  The 2019 contest included entries and winners from Iceland, Sweden, the UK, and all over the United States.  Entries can be submitted through the https://dallassongwriters.org website or through our Song Contest Submission Partner, https://broadjam.com.  A complete breakdown of the rules, and details about the 2019 winners can be found at https://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com/


The International Song Contest helps to fulfill the DSA mission to promote the craft of songwriting, provide realistic, educational opportunities to better navigate the music industry, and to provide exclusive performance opportunities, both LIVE and VIRTUAL.  It provides a benchmark for popular song writing competency.  The new “DSA Global” initiative is also a way to connect the international music community to the Texas music scene.  


The 2019 Grand Prize Judge, Roy Elkins, wrote, “It seems that every year the songwriters are ‘upping’ their game and the entries are getting better and better.” Elkins ranks the top songs based on specific criteria, including Lyric, Melody, Hook, Structure, Truth, and Originality.    


The 2019 Grand Prize Winning song, “Unless” was written by Dam Stasi and Kickbend with Mesus, who won a Casio Privia PX-S1000 Keyboard.  https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=444966422937309


Semifinalists were invited to play live at the DSA Song Contest Awards Dinner, which was held on January 18, 2020 at Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas, and attended by more than 70 people. Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Ov2xo-Acs


Live performances and camaraderie with fellow songwriters make up the soul of DSA, and because of the Coronavirus, DSA is using https://zoom.us to facilitate our virtual events, which are creating new opportunities for membership and participation from anywhere in the world.     


DSA is a 501 C3 nonprofit organization.  Please join DSA as we celebrate 33 years of motivating and uplifting songwriters through education.  https://dallassongwriters.org/join-dsa/ 


For media, interviews, contact:  Don Wall, Director of Public Relations  


Friday, August 30, 2019

New Casio Privia PX-S1000 is this year's Grand Prize for Dallas Songwriters Song Contest





 Casio PX-S1000 is Grand Prize for 2019 Dallas Songwriters Song Contest 

Hello Songwriter,

DSA is proud to announce that this years Grand Prize Casio Privia Keyboard is the new PX-S1000. This new electronic keyboard sounds and feels like a real piano and it is lighter weight than other keyboards with the same features. This “world’s slimmest digital piano” weighs in at just 24.7 pounds. The back panel includes a USB port, an audio (stereo mini-jack) port,  and two 1/4 inch outputs, (stereo and mono). The Privia PX-S1000 contains 18 different "bread and butter" sounds, including numerous acoustic pianos, Rhodes and Wurlitzer-type electric pianos, vibes, string patches, organs, harpsichord, and acoustic bass. You can also layer and split these sounds.




Every working pianist in a metropolitan area where space and portability are paramount should try Casio's Privia PX-S1000 for themselves. From its realistic piano sound and touch, to its extreme portability and modern connectivity it’s truly a marvel.

Read full review at Keyboard Magazine.

The deadline for the song contest is fast approaching. We have had very few submissions. There is a big chance to win. 

ENTER ONLINE ON BROADJAM
I hope you will go online and submit through Broadjam. You can sign up for a free 6 month trial membership.  http://www.broadjam.com/contests/details/contest/index.php?contest_id=16091

     YOU CAN MAIL IN YOUR ENTRY
We will also accept mail in entries, and you can find instructions on the website. Click here  We are the only song contest to do so. 
Dallas Songwriters Song Contest
Sammons Center For The Arts
3630 Harry Hines #20
Dallas, Tx 75219

YOU CAN EMAIL YOUR ENTRY AND PAY AT OUR SQUARE STORE. https://squareup.com/store/dallas-songwriters-association
Email you Mp3 to us at info@dallassongwriters.org. Include song name and category in the subject. Paste you lyric in the body, attach your audio file

I hope you will enter in several categories.

Now in its 29th year, The DSA 2019 Song Contest is one of the longest running international song contests for amateur songwriters. Offering over $5,000 in cash and prizes this year, the DSA has EIGHT categories in all. See Contest Rules for eligibility. Accepting Submissions 6/17/19 through 9/30/2019. Pick your category and enter today! 
  • Country
  • Pop/Rock/RandB/Alternative
  • Americana/Folk/Bluegrass
  • Christian/Inspirational
  • Love Songs/Easy Listening
  • Children's/Novelty
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Instrumental

Click here for more info about this contest, and for more information about joining DSA (dallassongwriters.org, membership not required to enter contest).Click here 

Important Dates
Submission Deadline:
Sept 30, 2019
Drawing For Free Bluetooth Speaker: 
Nov 7, 2019
Semi-Finalists Announced:
Nov 7, 2019
Finalists & Grand Prize Winners Announced:
Jan 18, 2020

Sponsors include  Casio Privia,, Casio, Jo-Musik,  Bar-B Music Consultants.  Submission partners is Broadjam.com.  Music industry partners are Dallas International Guitar Festival, Arlington Guitar Show, Texas Music Group, River Sounds, Wildflower Festival, Deep Ellum Arts Festival, Sons of Hermann Hall, Dunn Brothers Coffee, Opening Bell, Love and War, Tone Shop, and Austin Songwriters Group. 

Dallas Songwriters Assoc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing information about the craft and business of songwriting. All styles of music are welcome in the DSA, and membership includes writers of all ages. 
For more info, see www.dallassongwriters.org or Google Dallas Songwriters.


Sponsor Page

DSA Homepage

Songwriters Notes Page



Barbe McMillen