The 5th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) is now accepting entries. IAMA promotes excellence in Acoustic Music Performance and Artistry. Acoustic artists in various genres can gain exciting radio and web exposure through this competition. Participating sponsors include D’Addario Strings, New Music Weekly, Loggins Promotion, AirplayAccess.com,Sonicbids.com, Acoustic Cafe Radio Show and XM Satellite Radio.
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Amie Street Lands Big Content Deal With Orchard
Amie Street, the music store that features dynamic pricing that varies according to a song’s popularity, has secured a deal with digital music distributor The Orchard, which holds a catalog of over 1 million songs. For the time being not all of The Orchard’s music labels will be […]

Even just the last few months has seen a meteoric rise in the number of great songwriting blogs and sites around the web. So many that I can hardly keep up. I used to cover many of the popular songwriting sites quite regularly and nowadays I just stockpile articles in my STARRED newsreader folder for […]

Press Release
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Close your eyes and imagine you are in Nashville. What do you see? More importantly, what do you hear? For many it is the sounds of Music City that draw them in, and it’s not just the steel guitar and fiddle they hear either. Nashville’s music scene is turning heads and […]

American Idol Songwriting Contest is not what it seems?:
An amazing amount of research on CyberMidi about the intricate network of connections between American Idol performers, FOX, and actual contestants.
“On the eve of the 2008 American Idol finale, there is a growing conspiracy theory about the songwriting contest. Last year’s winner had relationships with American Idol. […]

ASCAP’s Mike Todd shares some frequently asked questions after conversations with a group of film and television music supervisors who gave their advice about song placement.
Corey Stewart offers twelve ways in which you can enhance and improve your songwriting process, finding a songwriting collaborator, and expanding on your possible song titles.
Keller Williams on songwriting.
Andrea […]

Songwriting With GarageBand
(PC World) What I like about this system is its simplicity. I don’t get caught up in adding effects or breaks or anything else, I just play. I don’t ever stop recording–sometimes I stop playing and start again with something completely different. When I’m done, I’ll listen to the track and see if […]

SellaBand.com Getting Ready To Expand
Music fans on SellaBand invest 10 dollars in an artist they want to back. If the artist gets to 5,000 ‘believers’ they get 50,000 dollars and then SellaBand steps in to get the band to record an album in a real studio. Each fan gets a limited edition CD. If the […]

Straight From The Horse’s Musician’s Mouth
MusicThing, one of my favorite “musician gadget” blogs, has a great post called 25 Great Music Making Tips From Musicians. Kinda funny, kinda inspirational.
Manage Your Band Gigs in WordPress Easier
If you use WordPress for your songwriting site or band site, you might be interested in this plugin called “GigPress” for […]

MySpace is gunning for iTunes, and they are bringing independent artists with them.
In an interview with Digital Music News, MySpace cofounder Chris DeWolfe said “”[Independent labels] will definitely be involved in it. We are actively reaching out to different groups that are representing independent labels.” He went on to say, “Independent artists are what helped […]