"Cradle" - 2014 UK Songwriting Contest Semi-Finalist

 

The final results are in - "Cradle" was a semi-finalist in the 2014 U.K. Songwriting Contest.
   As you may recall, in previous years, "Loch Ness Cafe" was a semi-finalist and "Television Sky" was a finalist. 

 

Born Again

Women of Substance internet radio has extended its playlisting of "I Was Born" - it will continue to be played throughout April/May/June on their Wednesday Hot AC Show #2.  This is the same show as before, but Born has now been promoted (?) to the finale position.

http://www.wosradio.com/wednesdayplaylists.htm

#36 For the Year - 2013

Women of Substance internet radio has released its top 58 independent artist songs for 2013, and "I Was Born" made the list at #36.  That's pretty impressive, especially considering that the song was only on the air in 2013 for several weeks in December.


http://www.wosradio.com/2013indiecountdown.htm


 

#6 With a Bullet!

 

 Look, we made the Top 10!  Ok, there's really no bullet... but considering that our song was first aired on January 8th, and so only played on one show during this period, we are arbitrarily awarding ourselves some sort of projectile.

 

And the really cool thing is, you can go to the page below and listen to any of these songs (including ours!) at any time - no need to wait for the Wednesday Hot AC#2 show.

 

And if you go online and tell the DJ that you like us, who knows - Top 5 next month?

 

Top 10 Indie Songs From December 11, 2013 - January 12, 2014

Posted on January 13, 2014

Listen at http://www.wosradio.com/top10songs.htm

1. Social Potion - Drive Myself Home
2. Voodoo Highway - I Land On My Feet
3. Lauren Anderson - Close
4. Nitanee Paris - The Lion Eats You Anyway
5. Grace Morrison & The RSO - Stuck On You
6. New Middle Class - I Was Born 
7. Bees In A Bottle - I Still See Your Face 
8. Amy Susan Heard - This Day
9. Nikki Nash - Room For Me
10. Randi Driscoll - Beautiful

 

We Are A Woman of Substance

 
Woman Of Substance Radio, an internet radio station, has added "I Was Born" to their lineup of independent artists receiving airplay.  
 
Starting on January 8, 2014 and continuing for three months, our song will be included in their "Hot AC Show #2", airing on Wednesdays from 1 to 2 PM (Eastern Time).  

Listen at www.live365.com/stations/breenoble and you can vote for our song to be included in their monthly Top 10.

Here's the station's home page.

 

2013 UK Songwriting Contest - Finalist

 
We're proud to announce that "Television Sky" was named a Finalist in this year's contest.

Next year, maybe category winner?  Stay tuned.

Check out the way the results are listed... they are not in alphabetical order, and "Television Sky" is 2nd in the list of finalists.  Could it be? - I interpret this to mean that it was the 2nd runner up, really really close to being the AC category winner.  Either that, or finalists were keyed in random order by an unpaid intern.

http://www.songwritingcontest.co.uk/2013-results.html 


P.S.  [1/2/2014]  For some reason we never got the prize info, and when I eventually sent a follow-up email, they responded, "Congratulations on your Finalist position.  We remember the song Television Sky well and it was a favourite with the judges."

(And you know this was a legitimate comment because they spelt "favourite" the British way.) 

 

Anatomy

I'll bet that Ken Galipeau gave up on hearing from us a long time ago.

 

Back in 1999 we played a brand-new song, "Anatomy of Love", at the Hillside Cafe in Nutley, NJ.  We had no idea if people would find it funny, but by the end the audience was laughing uncontrollably.  So were we.

 
A couple of weeks later we got a package from storyteller/singer Ken, who was at the show.  It contained a blank audiocassette and a note requesting a recording of the song.  He wrote, "It is just the type of song I love to perform (those that walk the line between sweet and twisted) and will be great for the Folk Project Valentine's Day show next year."
 

That guy's got a lot of nerve, I thought.
 

Maybe if he had enclosed a $5.00 bill we would have done a quick recording, but that didn't happen.  For all these years Valentine's Day has been less joyous than it might have been.
 

We finally finished the recording (and video), just in time for Valentine's Day 2013.  I'd recently unearthed Ken's package (I save everything!), and thought it would be funny to send him a surprise.
 

I found him on facebook and sent a cryptic message asking for his current address, which he gave me - what a trusting soul!  
 

He's probably looking at the new CD, scratching his head and thinking about time warps.
 

Me too.  We'll be playing at the Hillside Cafe on May 18th, for the first time since 1999.  (We're playing as SongLand, featuring Carla Ulbrich, Joe Giacoio and Dan Pelletier.)
 

"Anatomy of Love" is now available for download at CD Baby, iTunes, and lots of other places.  It features jazz pianist Lonnie Leibowitz, with drummer Bill Morris, and sounds real smooth.  Also, here's a fun You Tube video.

Time to finish up some more recordings!  (But what can I do with that blank audiocassette?)
 

Happy springtime.

- Mike