Winners: https://bestsongsofthemeeting.blogspot.com
At each of our monthly meetings, DSA members have the opportunity to participate in our song critiques. Members can submit a song to be judged by members and guests and our panel of judges provide comments and critiques. The song with the highest score becomes our winning song for that month, and at the end of the year, a Song of the Year is awarded by an independent judge from the music industry, who reviews all the winning songs from the year. The songwriter with the most winning songs of the month is awarded the Songwriter of the Year.

♫ Dallas Songwriters E-News, SONGWRITERS NOTES issue #194 January 2018 ♫
Hello Songwriter, Your newsletter, Songwriters Notes, is now online to view at: https://songwriternotes.blogspot.com/ IN THIS ISSUE: DSA events https://old.dallassongwriters.org/events/ SPECIAL EVENT Monthly Meeting with Special Guest, Terry Jenning, son of Waylon Jennings – Jauary 4 6:30 at Half Price Books -Northwest Highway SHOWCASES and OPEN MICS Open Mics on the 1st Monday, and 2nd Wed […]

Best Songs and Songwriter of the Year Announced
SONG OF THE YEAR WINNNERS BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING – SONG OF THE YEAR. 2018 1. A Time For Love by Michael Brandenberger, Dallas, Tx 2. That’s Just What I’ll Do by Craig Langford, Dallas, Tx 3. Brandy Blues by Rio King Plano, Tx SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR 2018 Craig Langford Born into a […]

♫ SONGWRITERS NOTES issue #193 December 2017 ♫
Hello Songwriter, Your newsletter, Songwriters Notes, is now online to view at: https://songwriternotes.blogspot.com/ IN THIS ISSUE: DSA events https://old.dallassongwriters.org/events/ SPECIAL EVENT DSA Awards Dinner – Dec. 8 Awards for International Song Contest, Lyric Contest, Best Songs of the Meeting, and Songwriter of the Year – Finalist performing. SHOWCASES and OPEN MICS Open Mics on […]

♫ Dallas Songwriters E-News, SONGWRITERS NOTES issue #184 February 2017 ♫
Hello Songwriter, Your newsletter, Songwriters Notes, is now online to view at: https://songwriternotes.blogspot.com/ IN THIS ISSUE: DSA events https://old.dallassongwriters.org/events/ WORKSHOPS SongSwaps on the 1st and 3rd Monday – Half Price Books Feb 2 and Feb 20 at Tino’s, Monthly Meeting and Critiques – Half Price Books SHOWCASES and OPEN MICS Open Mics on 1st 2nd […]

2016 Song of the Year & Songwriter of the Year – Rio King
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR – RIO KING 2016 Winners – That Window Closes Fast by Rio King 2. Play Me Sump’m Like Dat by Rio King 3. I’m Singing My Heart Out In Dallas Tonight by Charles Carter 2016 – Finalists January – Time to Leave by Beth Murphy February – My Pickup Truck by Charles Carter March – Last Chance to Dance in Texas by Rio […]

♫ Dallas Songwriters E-News, SONGWRITERS NOTES issue #183 January 2017 ♫
Hello Songwriter, Your newsletter, Songwriters Notes, is now online to view at: https://songwriternotes.blogspot.com/ IN THIS ISSUE: DSA events https://old.dallassongwriters.org/events/ WORKSHOPS SongSwaps on the 1st and 3rd Monday – Jan 2 Half Price Books Feb 2 and Jan 16 at Tino’s, 2nd Tuesday Meeting Jan 10th – Meadows Center – Guitar Pull – Song Feedback SHOWCASES […]

DSA AWARDS PROGRAM PHOTOS
Dallas Songwriters Association Song Contest Awards December 13, 2016 7 PM Sons of Hermann Hall Follow along with the video on Facebook WELCOME – Barbe McMillen Founding President Emeritus, Newsletter Editor, Administration & Song Contest Director Barbara founded the DSA in 1987 after running the group for several years as part of the now defunct […]

2016 Best Songs of the Second Tuesday Meeting Critiques
SONG OF THE YEAR FINALIST 1 TIME TO LEAVE by Beth Murphy, Richardson, TX 2 Y PICKUP TRUCK SHE NEVER LETS ME DOWN by Charles Carter, Dallas, TX 3 LAST CHANCE TO DANCE IN TEXAS by Rio King, Plano, TX 4 I‚ÄôM SINGING MY HEART OUT IN DALLAS TONIGHT by Charles Carter, Dallas, TX 5 […]

Q&A with Song Of The Year Winner, Dori Weaver
Q&A with Dori 1Q: Who are your favorite songwriters? Ian Axel, Diane Warren, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Kacey Musgraves What makes these songwriters special to you? The emotion that is conveyed in the lyric as well as their clever use of simile, catch phrases and great prosody between music and lyric. 2Q: What inspired “’Waiting […]