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January 8, 2009 | souldiver

Songwriter Showcases Are Open To The Public

One of the questions we have received most frequently this week is: are the showcases open to the public? The answer is "Yes". From 7:00-10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday evening, during the hours of the showcases, your friends, family and fans are allowed access to the Symposium to sample all of the songwriters performing showcases. They could also hang around with us after that to listen in on the Song Pickin' Circles that will be going on well into the night. So, email your respective lists today and invite everyone out to see the action. Best of all, attendance at the showcases for the public is free.

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UPDATED: Schedule for 2009 Symposium

January 7, 2009 | leeduffy
Thursday
 
6:00 p.m. - Kick-off Party and Open Mic at Mockingbird Cafe
3105 C Manchaca Rd. (Just a block southeast of Lamar)
This is a great time to network, meet some of our instructors, and share your songs!
 
[Please Note: The schedule may be subject to minor revisions, but the final information will be available at the Symposium.]
 
Friday
 
3:00 p.m. - Registration Opens
 
5:00 - 5:45 p.m. - 3 Concurrent Song Pitch Sessions
1. Bobby Rymer - Song Pitch Session
2. Stephen Doster - Song Pitch Session
3. Thomas Cain - Song Pitch Session
 
6:00 p.m. - Break for dinner
 
6:45 p.m. 
Opening Ceremony & Announcements
Address by Ruth Ellsworth Carter
 
7:15 p.m. - Concert with Sonny Throckmorton, Chuck Cannon, & Kimmie Rhodes
 
8:30 p.m. - Participants' Showcases
 
10:00 p.m. - Concert with Will Sexton, Bill Carter,  Stephen Doster
 
10:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
1. Stephen Doster - Song Pitch Session
2. Song Picking Circles
 
Saturday
 
7:30 a.m. - Sonny Throckmorton, Monte Warden and friends: War Stories & Coffee
 
8:30 a.m. - Registration Opens
 
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
1. Demo Recording Session with Joe Gracey, Bobby Arnold, Marvin Dykhuis, Joe Manuel, and other special guests. This class will cover pre-production, song genres, use of GarageBand, and the making of a full-blown demo. It will be a great chance to see a song go through the recording process.
2. Will Sexton - Songwriting: Praise and Rejection
3. Brandi Warden & Monte Warden - Song Pitch Session
4. Kimmie Rhodes & Joe Gracey - Can You Draw This Dog? Music Business Boot Camp
5. Thomas Cain & Bob Cheevers - Song Pitch Session
 
10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
1. Demo Recording Session Continues
2. Thomas Cain - Publishing Class
3. Gary Nicholson & Sonny Throckmorton - Songwriting Class
4. Bobby Arnold & Stephen Doster - Song Pitch Session
5. Monte Warden & Brandi Warden - Song Pitch Session
 
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (on-site - included with the cost of registration)
Annual Awards Ceremony & Instructor Introductions
 
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Keynote Address and Q&A with Chuck Cannon
 
1:30 - 2:15 p.m. - Special Feature with Surprise Guest
 
2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
1. Bill & Ruth Carter - Co-Writing Class
2. Bobby Rymer - Song Pitch Session
3. Monte Warden - Songwriting Class
4. Chuck Cannon - Song Pitch Session
5. Kids' Session with Lynda Jones, Stephen Doster, and Kimmie Rhodes
 
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
1. Marvin Dykhuis & Joe Manuel - Guitar Class
2. Bobby Rymer - Song Pitch Session
3. Gurf Morlix - Producer Seminar
4. Jimmy LaFave - Songwriting Class 
5. Kids' Session Continues
 
5:30 - 7:00 p.m. - Break for Dinner
 
7:00 - 7:45 p.m. - Early Evening Concert with Jimmy LaFave & Gurf Morlix
 
8:00 - 9:30 p.m. - Participants' Showcases
 
9:45 - 10:45 p.m. - Evening Concert with David Lee & Monte Warden
 
10:45 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. - Song Picking Circles


Sunday


8:00 - 9:00 a.m. 
Continental Breakfast
Gospel Free-For-All
 
9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
1. Bobby Rymer - Song Pitch Session
2. Kimmie Rhodes - Act Like a Singer / Sing Like an Actor
3. Paul Barker - Presenting Yourself as a Professional Artist
4. Gary Nicholson - Songwriting Class
5. Will Sexton & Stephen Doster - Guitar Class
 
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. - Sunday Morning Concert with Marvin Dykhuis, Bob Cheevers, and Joe Manuel
 
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1. Bobby Rymer - Song Pitch Session
2. Brandi Warden & Monte Warden - Song Pitch Session
3. David Lee - Songwriting Class
4. Cash Edwards, Doug Freeman, and Roger Allen - Publicity Panel
5. Marvin Dykhuis & Joe Manuel - Guitar Class
 
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. - Closing Concert with Gary Nicholson, David Lee, Kimmie Rhodes and Sonny Throckmorton
 
1:30 - 2:00 p.m. - Photo Opportunities!
 
2:00 p.m. - Texas Legislative Group

KGSR's Roger Allen Just Added To Media Panel For 2009 ASG Songwriter Symposium

January 6, 2009 | souldiver

BREAKING NEWS: ASG Lands KGSR's Roger Allen For Media Panel At ASG Songwriter Symposium

ASG Executive Director Lee Duffy just landed a new faculty member for this weekend's ASG Symposium, KGSR Radio Personality, Roger Allen, who will be included in a media panel, along with publicist Cash Edwards and Austin Chronicle music journalist Doug Freeman. Additionally, he will be hanging out around the weekend to take in events at the Symposium.
 
Roger Allen has been active in the Austin music scene for more than thirty years. He is currently host of KGSR's Lone Star State of Mind radio show featuring Texas music every Friday night. He has also been a record and event producer, booker, booking agent, publicist, and sound engineer. He produced the fabled Wednesday night Threadgill Sittin' and Singin' and Supper sessions for more than 10 years working with Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Champ Hood, among others. He is a voting Grammy member and entertainment coordinator for the Texas Book Festival.
 
Roger says of the ASG Symposium, "This event is a chance for songwriters at all levels to share with the very best. The range of songwriting talent that will be sharing their ideas is pretty astounding. It doesn't matter what level you are at in your songwriting, you will learn something and have a lot fun. Guaranteed."
 

Roger joins a growing ASG faculty for this weekend's Symposium, which includes 8 Platinum songwriters, 3 music publishing executives, producers, engineers, music journalists, publicists and tons and tons of songwriters. If you have not yet registered, the window of opportunity is short now. Before you know it, the weekend will be over and if you were not there, you will wonder what you missed. It will be huge.

 
 
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ASG MEDIA ALERT: ASG Live on Fox 7 News in the Morning Tuesday & KGSR FM 107.1 Thursday Morning

January 5, 2009 | souldiver

 ASG's Rick Busby & Marvin Dykhuis On Fox 7 News In The Morning

Where:  Fox 7 News in the Morning with Joe Bickett
When:   Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
Time:     8:30-9:00 AM time block
 
Rick and Marvin will be interviewed about this weekend's 5th Annual ASG Songwriter Symposium and perform a song live in the studio.
 

ASG's Lee Duffy To Appear on KGSR's Morning Show with Brian Beck

Where:   KGSR FM 107.1
When:    Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009
Time:      8:30-9:00 AM time block
 
Lee and one of the ASG faculty members (TBA) will appear live with KGSR"s Brian Beck and talk about the ASG Symposium that starts the next day.
 
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BREAKING NEWS: ASG Confirms Music Publishing Faculty For This Weekend's 5th Annual ASG Songwriter Symposium

January 5, 2009 | souldiver

BMI's Thomas Cain, Montage Music's Bobby Rymer & Moonkiss Music's Brandi Warden Return As ASG Faculty To Lead Music Publishing Seminars & Song Pitch Sessions At This Weekend's 2009 ASG Songwriter Symposium

 
ASG Executive Director, Lee Duffy confirmed today that BMI's Thomas Cain, Montage Music's Bobby Rymer and Austin's very own Brandi Warden of Moonkiss Music will be returning as ASG faculty members for this coming weekend's 5th Annual ASG Songwriter Symposium. The weekend event will kick of Thursday evening with a pre-symspoium reception at The Mockingbird Cafe, located at the ASG offices in South Austin and continue Friday-Sunday at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in downtown Austin. The music publishing triumvirate of Cain, Rymer and Warden will be facilitating seminars and song pitch sessions, as well as attending showcases and song circles in search of their next hit record for the artists and project they steward throughout the year.
 
In his day job, Thomas Cain serves countless songwriters everywhere as BMI's Sr. Director of Writer Publisher Relations. As a performing songwriter-musician himself, Cain is uniquely experienced. He will lead a class in music publishing that will address both the craft and commerce aspects of the songwriter's life. He will be in town on Thursday and will be in attendance at Thursday night's Mockingbird Cafe pre-symposium reception, and throughout the entire weekend. He is returning for the second year in a row.
 
Montage Music's Bobby Rymer has over 25 years experience as a music industry executive. Before his tenure at Montage Music, he served as VP & GM for Rondor Music in Nashville, and earlier as an A&R executive for Capitol Records. Bobby proudly claims to be addicted to both golf and songwriters, but he professes a greater addiction for songwriters. At last year's Symposium, Bobby tirelessly served those in attendance throughout the weekend and is returning this year for his second tour as an ASG faculty member.
 
Rounding out the music publishing triumvirate is Austin's very own music publishing success story, Brandi Warden of Moonkiss Music. As Radney Foster recently stated at his ASG fundraiser concert in December, "Brandi is Austin's very best music publisher." Her recent track record has been stellar as she has placed cuts with some of today's top performers, including George Strait, Carrie Underwood and Taylor Swift, among many others. Brandi, who is also the wife of Platinum songwriter and ASG supporter Monte Warden, is returning for her third year as an ASG instructor.
 
We welcome all three back and are privileged to have such an illustrious and successful music publishing faculty roster for this weekend's 2009 ASG Symposium. 
 
 
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News Updates On 2009 ASG Songwriter Symposium

January 4, 2009 | souldiver

5th Annual ASG Songwriters Symposium Kicks Off 2009 This Weekend

The Austin Songwriters Group hosts its 5th Annual Songwriters Symposium this coming weekend, January 9-11, in downtown Austin, Texas. With a faculty roster that includes eight Platinum songwriters, three music publisher instructors, producers, publicists, music journalists, radio personalities and recording engineers, the ASG Symposium has something for songwriters at every level of experience. Workshops, seminars, song pitch sessions, showcases and song circles that go into the wee hours, the entire weekend is packed with experience and inspiration that will get your 2009 songwriting goals off to a roaring start.
 
 

UPDATED: Schedule for 2009 ASG Songwriter Symposium 

 

JUST ADDED: NSAI's Chuck Cannon To Deliver Keynote Speech At ASG Songwriter Symposium

 

JUST ADDED: Grammy-Nominated Songwriter David Lee To Lead ASG Symposium Workshop

 

JUST ADDED: Platinum Songwriter Monte Warden To Perform & Facilitate Workshops

 

JUST ADDED: Musician-Producer Gurf Morlix To Lead Record Production Workshop On Saturday

 

JUST ADDED: Austin Favorite Jimmy LaFave To Perform & Lead Songwriting Class On Saturday

 

JUST ADDED: Hall of Famer Sonny Throckmorton Returns For 5th Annual ASG Symposium

 

Showcases Are Open To The Public

 

Second Phone Contact Number Available For Last Minute Questions

 

Kimmie Rhodes To Lead Workshops & Perform Live at ASG Symposium

 

KGSR'S Roger Allen Joins Media Panel For ASG Symposium

 

ASG Confirms Music Publishing Faculty For 5th Annual ASG Songwriter Symposium

 

Grammy-Winner Gary Nicholson Returns To ASG For 2009 Symposium

 

BMI's Thomas Cain To Lead Music Publishing Seminar At 2009 ASG Symposium  

 

Songwriter-Producer Stephen Doster Returns As ASG Instructor For 5th Year

 

ASG MEDIA ALERT: Lee Duffy & Marvin Dykhuis Live On KGSR With Brian Beck Thursday Morning

 

Rick Busby & Marvin Dykhuis To Appear Live On Fox 7 Tuesday Morning

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