Contest Newsletter - San Diego Songwriters Guild

SongWritersNotes
32 Years Supporting San Diego Songwriters
The San Diego
Songwriters Guild
SDSongwriters.org
info@sdsongwriters.org
3952 Clairemont Mesa Blvd, D413
San Diego, CA 92117
2014 SDSG Board of Directors
President
Diane Waters
Vice President
Mike Wojniak
Treasurer
John Pape
Secretary
Stacy Kim Johnston
Director of Technology
Advisors
John Pape
Tim Mudd
Bridget Brigitte
Sandi Shaner
Mark Charles Hattersley
Photographer
Steve Covault
In this edition...
SDSG 2014
Song Contest
Page One
2015 SDSG Board Nominees
Page Two
2014 Contest Rules
Page Two
2014 Contest Judges
Page Three
SDSG Sponsors
Volume XXVIII • November 3, 2014
SDSG’s 23rd Annual
Song Contest
Thank you for entering the San Diego Songwriters Guild’s 23rd Annual Song
Contest. The evening will be filled with great music, and we encourage you
to listen respectfully to each entry. We hope that you will have the chance to
meet and speak with more than a few like-minded individuals tonight, but ask
that you please conduct conversations outside of the listening room.
This is the third year we have offered online MP3 submissions, and many
songwriters took advantage of this method of entering. We hope you found
the online submission process straightforward and simple. Special thanks
goes to SDSG Director of Technology John Pape for his tireless efforts in developing and implementing the online entry process and maintaining the SDSG
website.
Tonight, judging will start shortly after 7:00. During the course of the evening, the judges will listen to and score each entry. When the judges finish
listening, their scores will be tabulated and the winners announced. Please remember, entrants (or a representative) must be present at the awards presentation to win. Entrants who are not present or personally represented at the
awards presentation will be disqualified from consideration for prizes and
awards. So it is important that you or a representative is in attendance when
the judging wraps up this evening and that you initial the registration sheet
that will be available at that time.
SDSG welcomes volunteers... this organization is run entirely by unpaid
staff, and your help in making us stronger and better would be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to approach a Board Member tonight, or contact us
via our website, sdsongwriters.org, if you would like to become more deeply
involved in the Guild. We also encourage visitors to join SDSG. Membership
dues allow the Guild to conduct our member meetings, so please join.
We will be conducting a drawing to give away a few prizes before we announce the Contest winners. Make sure you get your ticket, one free to each
attendee, so you have a chance to win a prize.
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We appreciate your support and that of SDSG Members, the Board, and
our Sponsors, and hope you find the Contest enjoyable.
SDSG Board
of Directors
2015 Nominees
Mike Wojniak
President
Diane Waters
Vice President
John Pape
Treasurer
Stacy Kim Johnston
Secretary
SAN DIEGO SONGWRITERS GUILD
2014 SONG CONTEST RULES
• Song entries will be judged by a committee consisting of industry professionals and songwriters. Judges will score entries
on five criteria: lyrics, melody, form, originality and presentation. All styles of music are eligible, but instrumentals will
receive no lyric score.
• Each entry must be the contestant’s original work.
• Contestants and their collaborators retain all rights to works
submitted, but entries will not be returned by SDSG.
• Contest is open to amateur songwriters, meaning one who has
not been employed as a staff writer for a publishing company,
who is not being paid for such services, and/or who has not
received more than $2,500 in song royalty income within the
past year. No song previously recorded and released through
major national distribution in any country is eligible.
• Past Grand Prize (Platinum) winners of the San Diego Songwriter’s Guild Song Contest are not eligible to enter the contest. All other previous entrants are eligible.
• The contest is open to songwriters who are 18 years of age or
older on the date of entry submission. Any entrant who is a
minor in his or her jurisdiction of legal residence must submit
written permission from his or her parent or legal guardian to
participate in the contest.
• Entrants (or a representative) must be present at the awards
presentation on November 3, 2014 to win. Entrants who
are not present or personally represented at the awards
presentation will be disqualified from consideration for
prizes and awards.
• Prize winning songs from prior SDSG Song Contests may not
be entered. This does not include songs from SDSG Performing Songwriters contests.
• Winners are responsible for division of prizes and taxes.
• No more than 70 entries will be accepted.
• A maximum of two of entries will be accepted per writer. Cowrites count proportionately toward this total. (For example:
an entry with two writers counts as 1/2 of one entry for each
writer.) SDSG reserves the right to limit entries further.
• Entries that violate these rules may be disqualified, and submitted fees will not be returned. All judges’ decisions are final.
• SDSG is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, misdirected,
postage due, stolen, or misappropriated entries.
2014 SDSG
Song Contest Judges
Marc “Mookie” Kaczor is the voice of indie artists in Southern
California. He is a warm and entertaining on-air personality who
has hosted a plethora of new music shows in his years of on-air
experience. Among his ongoing gigs, Mookie is the host of The
Homegrown Hour on 102.1 KPRi. Join Mookie every Sunday at
9 PM when you will hear local music from San Diego’s amazing
music scene.... maybe one of your own songs!
A native of England, Peter Dyson
came to San Diego from Austin, Texas in 2004. The third owner in Studio West’s forty year history, Peter spearheaded the studio expansion and remodeling project in 2005, determined to
bring to fruition his vision of a world-class, fully integrated San Diego-based
recording studio, comparable to the top facilities in Los Angeles. His thirteen years of professional expertise in strategic business planning, leadership training and human resources for Motorola’s Semiconductor Group in
Austin and his passion for music have uniquely equipped Peter to assemble
a top notch team of engineers and producers at Studio West, and to identify
and develop services to better meet the needs of clients. As a drummer, Peter has played and recorded with bands in both England and Austin, and
has a musical taste that is as diverse as the artists who have recorded at Studio West.
Mark Spiro is an iconic American Songwriter. He is an established, award
winning producer, recording artist, and accomplished musician, with a
career that spans over two decades. Among his many accomplishments
are 45 gold and platinum records, and eight solo albums. An Encinitas resident, Mark’s songs and productions are represented on records that have
sold over 100 million copies world-wide. Mark’s songs have been cut by
artists such as Selena, John Waite, REO Speedwagon, Cheap Trick, Julian
Lennon, & Heart. His TV and film credits include “Top Gun”, “One Tree Hill”
and “Fame”. Mark’s daughters Ruby and Summer are signed to Seany Records and active in the national songwriting scene as well as in live theater.
San Diego resident and Patrick Henry High School alum
Craig Goldy is best known for serving as DIO’s guitarist for
several different stints from 1986 through 2010, appearing on several records and touring the world. Before DIO,
he played in the bands Vengeance, Rough Cutt, and Giuffria. His writing credits include contributions to the catalogues of all of these bands and David Lee Roth, as well as
his own solo material. In addition to continuing to record
and perform with different bands and projects, Craig is active with Destiny Bridge, a program which enables unsigned
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