The Great 2016 SongLand Debate

Had fun writing this press release for a SongLand performance!

Sunday, February 7th
2 PM  (doors open 1:45)
Hart Library Sunday Concert Series
We're performing as SongLand, playing round-robin and ensemble with our long-time friends and natural-born SongLand citizens Dan Pelletier and Carla Ulbrich.
*** FREE ADMISSION ***
John C. Hart Memorial Library
1130 East Main Street, Shrub Oak NY 10588
(914) 245-5262

BARBARY BORINTON I have a plan for our set list – I know what songs we’re going to sing, in what order, and most musicians agree that it will be an effective set.  I’ve been doing this for many years, and I know what’s funny and what’s not.  We’ve been working hard to get the word out, and we’ve sent out many emails, some of which I’m happy to share with the public.

MIKIE BORANDERS We need a revolution in SongLand, and I believe that we’re gonna get a really big turnout in the great town of Shrub Oak!  The concert is free, it’s free to borrow books, everything should be free!  We need to break up the big record companies, and everyone should have SongLand CDs, not just the 1% with big music collections!  I was right in 2002, and everyone else was wasn’t!

CARLY ULBRICHIO As president of Romantic Devil Records, I doubled the number of songs released on my label.  True, that’s because I bought up a several smaller labels such as “A” Record Label, and now Romantic Devil is struggling, but that’s because Joe’s president now, and don’t believe what you hear about why I got kicked out.  Nowadays I make fun of other people’s songs – that’s how to make the big bucks.

DANOLD PELT Everybody is saying that I’m the best performer in SongLand and, trust me, I am!  I sing louder than everybody else, and my songs have the most words in them.  The other guys are all losers, and they should go back to South Carolina or the Bronx or Long Island.  But seriously, I get along great with them and they all love me.  Vote for me and we’ll make everyone in SongLand sing only my songs.

"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.)