Wednesday, August 20, 6 p.m
SGA Bluebird Showcase
Bluebird Café
The Songwriters Guild will sponsor a wonderful showcase at the famed Bluebird Café on Wednesday, August 20 at 6 p.m. This show will feature Dale Allen Pommer, Bill Flowerree, Kirsti Manna and Bridgette Tatum. We are very excited for this show—you won’t want to miss it! For more info about each of the performing songwriters and their music, please check out the following:

www.kirsti.com
http://www.myspace.com/bridgettetatum
http://www.myspace.com/daleallen
http://www.myspace.com/billflowerree

For reservations, please go to www.bluebirdcafe.com. There is a minimum $7 drink/meal fee for the early show and $1.50 reservation fee (per person) if you make a reservation. First come-first served seating is available at the bar and on the back benches.

Tuesday, September 2, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Tunesmithing @ West End
Borders Books
Join us for Tunesmithing @ West End from 7-9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5 at Borders Books & Music, 2525 West End Ave. in Nashville. The monthly event spotlights hit songwriters and emerging tunesmiths. This month the show will feature Jesse Goldberg, Paula McCulla, Diane Ticknor and Deanna Walker. Admission is free. Tunesmithing @ West End is sponsored by Whiting Publicity & Promotions and the Nashville office of the Songwriters Guild of America. For more information about Tunesmithing @ West End, email Arts@WhitingPublicity.com or nash@songwritersguild.com.

Thursday, September 4, 7 to 9 p.m.
Chick Singer Night
French Quarter
This isn’t any acoustic set, but a full-band showcase of great female writers! Join SGA and Chick Singer Night Nashville every other month at the French Quarter. SGA is a new sponsor of Chick Singer Night, but the show is hosted and run by Jaclyn Brown. (See this month’s article about the new partnership.) SGA members may submit a demo to be considered for inclusion in an upcoming show electronically via Sonicbids. Please mention that you are an SGA member. For more information, please visit www.ChickSingerNight.com.

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 6 to 8 P.m.
Making Great Songwriting Demos
& Getting Them Heard
With Cliff Goldmacher
SGA Office Nashville--free
This workshop is for songwriters who would like to streamline the demo process, keep their demo budgets in check and maximize the return on their investment while still ending up with great sounding recordings of their songs.

The workshop covers:
• pre-production
• studio/engineer selection
• hiring/working with vocalists
• hiring/working with session musicians
• scaled-down vs. Full band demos
• mixing
• pitching the finished demos

Bio:
Cliff goldmacher is the owner of recording studios in both nashville and new york city. A multi-instrumentalist, cliff has recorded, played on and produced over forty independent albums. Cliff has worked as a staff songwriter for wrensong music publishing in nashville and has recorded hundreds of demos for most major and independent publishers in nashville as well as many in new york. The songs cliff has demoed and performed on have ended up on major label
Album projects, in feature films such as “the runaway bride” and “serendipity” sung by shawn colvin and on television on shows from “dawson's creek” to “touched by an angel.”as a teacher/instructor, cliff has served as a panelist on engineering at the namm (national association of music merchandisers) show and has taught his workshops for bmi, ascap, the songwriter's guild of america and the nashville songwriters association (nsai). Cliff is a regular contributor to eq magazine.

Quotes:
"the demos cliff produces don't just sound great, they also do an excellent job of selling the song
Whether they're simple guitar/vocals or full band productions."
Leslie roberts (a&r manager, sony/bmg records)

"cliff goldmacher is one of the most professional and talented musicians/songwriters/demo makers i know. His ability to both engineer and play on tracks as well as organize, edit and even harmonize is impressive. He can take a song from a basic one instrument, one voice work tape and turn it into a mini-record faster and better than anyone i've seen. I highly recommend him!”
Dean miller (former capitol records recording artist,/head of creative at
Bluewater music publishing)

To register: this is a free workshop; however, space is very limited. Email nash@songwritersguild.com with “demo workshop registration” in the subject. Please include your full name and phone number in the email.

November 13-16, 2008
The Write Key Songwriting Weekend
During the first weekend of the
2008 Frank Brown Int'l Songwriters Festival
Island House Hotel—Orange Beach, Alabama
Go here to learn more!

Each Monday Night Online
“OPEN DOOR” Chat with Matt Angel
SGA Writers' Lounge
Do you have questions about songwriting, publishing, copyright or just want to connect with other songwriters? Join Matt Angel and other SGA members every Monday night (excluding holidays) from 9 to 11 PM EST in the SGA Writers Lounge Chat Room. To participate, go to www.songwritersguild.com, click on the “Writers Lounge” tab at the top of the screen. Log in with your username and password. Click on “Writers Lounge Chat Room” on the side of your screen to join the chat!

If you do not have a username and password, or have misplaced your information, please contact Membership Services Manager Kitty Wright at membership@songwritersguild.com.

Attention SGA Members! Do You Have Exciting News To Share About Your Songwriting Career?
Songwriters Guild of America members, do you have some interesting news to share about your songwriting career? Is one of your songs on a new album or in a film? Have you just finished up a CD project? Did you recently win a Grammy or other major award? Did you sign a new publishing deal? If so, we would like to know! Please send your information to Kimberly Maiers Shaw at nash@songwritersguild.com for consideration in our monthly newsletter. In the subject line, please write MEMBER UPDATE—NEWSLETTER SUBMISSION! We look forward to hearing from you!