U.S. Military Songwriters
By Don • Sep 15th, 2006 • Category: Songwriting Contests
Happy News lets us in on a cool little songwriting contest for the U.S. military and interviews some of the winners:
Army Sgt. J.R. Schultz was one of about 150 servicemembers who submitted original songs for the Dallas Songwriters Associations’ “Songs From the Soul of Service” amateur songwriting contest. He had two first-place songs, and a third song took a second place. “You Know Me,” his first-place entry in the country category, went on to take the grand prize.
Not only did many of the musician/soldiers get a lot of really great exposure, it also served as a little bit of therapy for many of them:
“Songwriting definitely filled an empty space while I was away from friends and family,” he said. “It not only gave me something to do, but also served as an outlet for the many emotions a soldier feels while so far away from home.”
With over 400 songs submitted by 150 soldiers, the promoters of the contest are going to put next year’s contest on hold and spend the next year promoting the songs they recieved this year.
Not bad … not bad at all.
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This is so cool… gonna tell Michelle about it… might find some real gems in there.