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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Bud Buckley

Drawing strong comparisons to Paul Simon, Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler, Bud Buckley has come on to the indie acoustic rock scene by blending thoughtful fingerstyle acoustic guitar with thoughtful vignette-style lyrics.

His second CD, It’s About Time, was released at the end of 2007 and brought more of the same musical stylings after his debut release, Feel My Love, in 2004. Overall, however, the 10-track CD has a more mature, refined tone.

“Can’t Leave My Mind,” features intricate strings precisely mixed while Bud’s thoughtful lyrics depict an endearing relationship. In it, he sings, “You blow through my hair even when it’s still/I feel you in everything you’ve touched/You seep into me against my will.” His track “Underground” offers a true acoustic rock sound ala John Mellencamp with a humane message as he sings, “The air is getting filthy so we’ll call it nice and clean/The rivers run with mercury and the fish are turning mean.

“To me songs are more about the words and the vocal delivery. I’d like to think that my lyrics speak to our humanity, our wins and losses, our draws and each of those is equally valuable. I also strive not to use clichés either lyrically or vocally. Damn hard to do in this day and age and still be at all intelligible.”

It’s About Time features appearances by a variety of noted musicians. Helen Avakian, a singer/songwriter who has opened for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Marshall Crenshaw and the New York Philharmonic, produced and contributed acoustic guitar as well as etherial back-up vocals to the album. Other musicians who contributed to It’s About Time include Terry Champlin played classical guitar.

His music has been performed worldwide by such groups and artists as David Starobin, Evangelos and Liza, The Woodstock Chamber Orchestra and The Highlands Symphony. Grammy-nominated producer Scott Petito, who engineered, mixed and mastered at his NRS Studios in Woodstock, NY, and whose recording credits include The Band, James and Livingston Taylor, Mark Knopfler, Keith Richards, Bela Fleck, and Stevie Wonder, played bass, piano, B2 organ, acoustic and electric guitar. Deni Bonet, a Lilith Fair singer/songwriter/musician who has recorded and/or performed with REM, Sarah McLachlan and Cyndi Lauper, added violin, viola and electric violin.

Beth Reineke served as a vocal coach and production assistant. Reviewers have glowed about the release. Creative Loafing called Bud’s music “…a sincere set of acoustic folk rock, elevated by mature arrangements.” Among a slew of other positive comments have earned Bud a positive reputation. “Bud Buckley makes the kind of music that I want to hear when I listen to the radio, and that's why I don't listen to the radio,” claims Chris Propfe of MusesMuse.com.

Hailing from Venice, Florida, Bud has also lived in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Bud spent most of his adult life in the Woodstock, New York, region. A self-taught guitarist, he instructed elementary school students. It was then he met his mentor Helen Avakian, a resident Flamenco guitarist at Bard College and multi-talented singer/songwriter, who educated him in fingerstyle guitar.

She was a driving force in challenging him to write and worked with Bud’s wife, Cathy Lewis, to connect him with voice instructor Leslie Ritter (of the duo Leslie Ritter and Amy Fradon). “Helen set me loose and my musician friend Davis Turner on Amelia Island, Florida, coaxed me to perform. I started doing open mic and bars and coffee houses and started getting steady gigs and eventually had enough material to record two CDs,” says Bud.

His college education in journalism and experience as a feature writer and columnist lent him strength in the songwriting department, though Bud admits that he had help from others to create the tracks. Bud penned all of the songs on his album with some co-writing input from former student Kathy Feeney. Author James Braha, one of his guitar students, co-wrote “Meltdown” while he was teaching him.

“Writing is my first strength, certainly. But I love the process of striving to become better and better at writing music. The same is true of my performance skills. I like to think I get better all the time. I certainly work at it,” says Bud, who plays harmonica as well as guitar. Bud’s music has been featured on compilation CDs such as Moozikoo’s Best of Indies and Indie Music for Life, Positively Music Benefit Music Compilation and Quickstar’s Chill Out.

His song “Crowded Memory” has been placed in a public service advertisement in California for a drug rehabilitation facility. He is entertaining several licensing and co-publishing deals with different music libraries. “I have to be patient about that. There are many offers to use me and abuse me, but I’ll wait for an honest offer to come along.”

For more on Bud, visit www.budbuckley.com.

You can see his press kit, reviews and stream his music at www.sonicbids.com/budbuckley.
Artist: Bud Buckley
Album: It's About Time
Artist Name: Bud Buckley
Album: It's About Time
First/Last Name: Bud Buckley
Email address: Bud.Buckley@gmail.com
Hometown: Venice, FL, United States
Website: http://budbuckley.com
Style of music: Singer/songwriter
MySpace: http://myspace.com/budbuckley1
SonicBids: http://sonicbids/budbuckley SoundClick:
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Other: Label Affiliation: Independent
Label Performing Rights Affiliation: BMI (USA)

Thursday, December 13, 2012

USA Songwriting Competition Newsletter

“Songwriting is how I make sense of things. It’s how I make my way through the world” ~ Mary Chapin Carpenter, songwriter

USA Songwriting Competition Newsletter 


12/12/12


** 18th Annual USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION BEGINS
18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition is now accepting entries. Winning songs will receive radio airplay in United States and Canada along with great prizes such as a Top Prize of over $50,000.
Sponsors of the 2013 Competition are: New Music Weekly, AirplayAccess.com, Loggins Promotion, Sony, Audio-Technica, D'Addario Strings, Presonus, iZotope, Propellerheads, Notion Software, Recording Magazine, Acoustica, Sonoma Wireworks, Acoustic Café Radio Program, LivewireMusician.com, Reverbnation, Broadjam, Sirius XM Radio, Sonicbids, etc.
FREE EARLY ENTRY BONUS: First 1,000 entries will each receive a Recording magazine digital subscription worth $17.99. Hurry, Enter Now online with your MP3, Youtube, Reverbnation, Myspace or Soundcloud files here:
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** 2012 WINNERS ANNOUNCED - MILEY CYRUS' SIDEMAN WINS TOP HONORS

Results of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition have been announced. Los Angeles based songwriter Mike Schmid won the top position of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition.

Berklee College of Music trained Mike Schmid won Overall Grand Prize as well as the first prize of the Children's music category with his song “Can You See All The Colors”. This is the first time that the winner of the Children's music category won the Overall Grand Prize. Mike Schmid is professional keyboard player and has toured with Miley Cyrus and Jessica Simpson. He also received a bachelors degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music.

Jonathan Ferreri, Chris Upton & Ashley Upton of Nashville, TN won the Overall 2nd Prize with "20 Years". He has won honorable mention prize in 2010.

Charlotte Sometimes won the Overall 3rd Prize with "Paint The Sky". she also appeared on the hit TV show "The Voice". American Idol contestants have also placed on USA Songwriting Competition:  Ashley Robles (American Idol, 2012 Season) and Marissa Pontecorvo (American Idol, 2012 Season) won honorable mention awards at the 2012 USA Songwriting Competition.

Helle Hansen, from Denmark is a 11-time consecutive year honorable mention winner, making her the most consecutive year winner in USA SOngwriting Competition's history so far. Sherri Gough won First prize in the Lyrics category, making this her 2nd win. She won also First Prize in 2010.

Other winners came from Australia, Canada, France, Spain, Belguim, Singapore, and Austria

See full results of the winners here:




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*** PAST WINNERS & FINALISTS' UPDATES
*Alexander Cardinale (2011 USA Songwriting Competition First Prize winner & Overall 2nd Prize) won Hollywood Music in Media Award for "Best Song in a TV Show" on "90210" with the same song he won for USA Songwriting Competition "Traffic Lights".

*Adrianne Gonzalez (1999 USA Songwriting Competition Overall Grand Prize Winner) made the cover of Performer Magazine of the October 2012 issue. She is part of the band "The Rescues" and they are signed to Universal Records.

*Lorraine Ferro (2000 USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention Winner) appeared on the hit TV show "The Voice" singing "Skyscraper" written by another USA Songwriting Competition winner.

*Lindy Robbins (1999 USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention Winner) co-wrote  Demi Lovato's hit song "Skyscraper", the song hit #10 on the Billboard Charts. She also wrote the Top 5 hit song "Incomplete" by the Backstreet Boys. She has also written songs for Hot Chelle Rae, Jason Derulo,  Selena Gomes, Leona Lewis and many more.

*Aaron Tap (1998 USA Songwriting Competition First Prize Winner, Pop) plays with hit artist Matt Nathanson's band. His guitar work can be heard in Matt Nathanson's hit song "Come On Get Higher".

*The Wailin Jennys (8th Annual IAMA, Best Group, First Prize Winner) had their winning song "Bird Song" aired on NPR radio's "A Prairie Home Companion".

*Dave Berg (2003 USA Songwriting Competition Honorable Mention Winner) has signed a worldwide co-publishing agreement with Los Angeles and New York-based Downtown Music Publishing, and his upcoming full length album Not Quite So Alone will be released by Downtown imprint Mercer Street Records. Berg’s credits as a country songwriter include the No. 1 hits “Somebody” by Reba McEntire, “If You’re Going Through Hell (Before the Devil Even Knows)” and “These Are My People” by Rodney Atkins, and “Moments” by Emerson Drive.


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*** SONGWRITERS SHOWCASES
USA Songwriting Competition will present a showcase at during world renowned "SXSW" in Austin, TX:
WHEN: Friday, March 15, 2013, from 7pm to 10pm
WHERE: Mozart's Coffee Roasters
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NO COVER: no SXSW badges needed
~Music Acts To Perform:
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USA Songwriting Competition will present a showcase at the world renowned "Bluebird Cafe" in Nashville, TN:
WHEN: Thursday, May 9, 2013: 6pm - 8pm
WHERE:  Bluebird Cafe, 4104 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN 37215-2700, Tel: (615) 383-1461 (alcohol & food are served, reservations are accepted). NO COVER.
~Songwriters to perform:
TBA

*Are you a songwriter or band Interested in performing in any of these showcases? If so, please e-mail info@songwriting.net with your website address.


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** COMPILATION CD 
"NEW MUSIC NOW Vol 9" - THE USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION COMPILATION CD. USA Songwriting Competition's CD Compilation. This CD is out and features winners such as Nenna Yvonne, Alexander Cardinale, Molly Hunt, etc. 

"New ACOUSTIC MUSIC Vol 8" - featuring winners and runner-ups of the 8th Annual IAMA will be out later this month. Artists includes; Maddy Rodriguez, Doug Young, The Wailin Jennys, etc.


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** MUSIC CONFERENCES, FESTIVALS, & WORKSHOP PARTNERS
~Winter NAMM: January 24 - 27, 2013. Anaheim, CA, USA
~MIDEM: January 26 - 29, 2013, Cannes, FRANCE
~25th annual International Folk Alliance Conference: February 20-24, 2013; Toronto, CANADA
~SXSW Music Conference: March 12 - 17, 2013, Austin, TX, USA
~Franfurt Musikmesse 2013: April 10 - 13, 2013, Frankfurt, GERMANY
~2013 ASCAP EXPO: April 18-20, Los Angeles, CA, USA




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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year to all! May the new year bring you all great joy and better music making! Warmest Wishes!


Best Wishes...Jessica Brandon, Artist Relations ~~


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Monday, December 3, 2012

winners of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition

2012 Results Are Out, 2013 Competition Accepting Entries
The winners of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition are out.

The finalists results of the 17th Annual USA Songwriting Competition are out. The top 2 winners will be announced December 12, 2012. USA Songwriting Competition would like to thank you for entering. Please view the list of the finalists at: http://www.songwriting.net/winners/

Also, I would like to invite you to enter the 18th Annual USA Songwriting Competition (2013). Win a top prize of $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise such as cool gear from Sony, Ibanez Guitars, D'Addario Strings, IK Multimedia, Audio-Technica and more. Also, have your winning songs played on radio! Enter in Pop, Rock/Alt, Folk, R&B, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Instrumental, etc. Sponsors are: New Music Weekly, AirplayAccess.com, Loggins Promotion, Sony, Audio-Technica, D'Addario Strings, IK Multimedia, iZotope, Propellerheads, Notion Software, Presonus, Acoustica, Sonoma Wireworks, Acoustic Café Radio Program, LivewireMusician.com, Reverbnation, Broadjam, Sirius XM Radio, Sonicbids, Soundcloud, etc.

*EARLY BIRD BONUS: First 1,000 entries will each receive a Recording magazine digital subscription worth $17.99. Hurry, Enter Now online with your MP3, Youtube, Reverbnation, Myspace or Soundcloud files here:

Or enter by using printing the mail-in entry form found here:
http://www.songwriting.net/entryform


Thank you and have a great week,

Karen Randle
Artists Relations
USA Songwriting Competition
http://www.songwriting.net
info@songwriting.net
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