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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

More news on this year's Tin Pan North festival.



More news on this year's Tin Pan North festival.

Open Mic - Friday, May 24 -

After the 2 featured rounds of music there will be an open mic for all songwriters at the Cadillac Lounge. Sign up during the evening to grab your spot on the stage.

Draw Prizes -

Come out to the shows to get an opportunity to win a door prize which includes gift certificates from Long & McQuade's and more.

Bill Toffan to MC Hugh's Room Gala - May 25 -

KX947 FM's morning host Toff of Toff & Melissa (CCMA radio personalities of the year) will be the MC for the Gala show

NSAI Members to open Gala Show
A draw was held from among the NSAI members who are performing during the festival and the winners were Barbara Lynn Doran & Elora Taylor. They will each perform a song to open the Gala.

14TH ANNUAL TIN PAN NORTH SONGWRITERS' FESTIVAL MAY 23-25TH, 2013

Look out Toronto! This year's festival should be the best yet!!  Tin Pan North is Ontario’s largest 3-day songwriters’ festival and is a celebration of original songwriting with intimate shows held in the GTA over three nights.  In addition to showcasing local talent, each show features some of Canada’s finest talent as well as some heavy hitters in the world of songwriting that come up from Nashville to take part in the festival. 

This year's show promises to deliver with headliners such as: 
   
            -          Michelle Wright, a Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer, with 25 Top Ten hits and more than forty major awards; 
            -            Steve Bogard, who produced nine #1 hits with artists such as George Strait, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Etta James, and Lee Greenwood; and who has produced albums for Michelle Wright, Deric Ruttan, Jerry Kilgore and Brad Cotter; 
            -           Marc Beeson, a Nashville veteran with over 100 cuts by artists such as Restless Heart, Reba McEntire, Jason Aldean, Kenny Rogers, Martina McBride; 
            -           Tim Taylor, a Juno Award winner whose songs have been cut by Canada’s top country artists, and who has won CCMA and BCCMA Song of the Year awards;
            -           Bruce Michael Miller, a producer, guitarist, songwriter’s vocalist, performer and Oscar nominee for best song in a motion picture in 2013; 
            -           James Gordon, one of Canada's most prolific songwriters, well known for his songs about social justice, heritage and environmental issues;   
            -           Suzie Vinnick, a perennial nominee and six-time winner of Canadian Maple Blues awards for her work;  and
            -           Marshall Dane, nominated in several categories at this year's CMAO awards, including Male Artist and Album of The Year. 

Other amazing headliners are:  Tim Buppert, Kate Todd, Ryan Cook, JK Gulley, Kim Beggs, Tom Barlow, and Serena Pryne.

Tickets are available now at ticket window - http://tickets.ticketwindow.ca/mobile/Event.asp?Event=1505

For complete schedule, venues and list of performers please go to:

Don’t forget about Music Row North!!!!

Music Row North is a one day, intensive seminar presented by the Toronto Chapter of the NSAI that will give you the inspiration and insight to become a better songwriter. Held at Trebas Institute on May 25th from 10am-5pm, music industry guests will include hit songwriters Steve Bogard, Marc Beeson and Bruce Michael Miller. Other panelists will include Jennifer Essiembre (Ole), Erin Kiyonaga (FACTOR), Jennifer Fox (Grant writer) and James Linderman (Berklee graduate), Deborah Wood (Publicity & Promotion), Rodney Murphy (SOCAN), and Wendell Ferguson (multiple CCMA Guitarist of the Year awards). This seminar includes song evaluations by some of our panelists.  Cost and location details can be found at:

http://www.nsaitoronto.com/TinPanNorth14/index.html

Originally published on May 22, 2013 at 10:05 AM.

Tin Pan North - A Songwriter's Festival



May 23-25. Tin Pan North - A Songwriter's Festival. Various locations all over GTA. Nashville Songwriter’s Association International puts together. Ontario’s largest 3-day songwriter’s festival is a celebration of original song writing with intimate shows held in the GTA over three nights. In addition to showcasing local talent, each show features big-name celebrity headliners–heavy hitters in the songwriting world whose work exemplifies excellence in the craft—and really draw a crowd. For more info, visit www.nsaitoronto.com/

Monday, May 14, 2012

Tin Pan North Mentoring Sessions

We're happy to let you know that we have a couple of Nashville pro songwriters in town that will be available for mentoring one-on-one sessions during Tin Pan North.

Marc-Alan Barnette and Rob Crosby will be available for sessions on Thursday and Friday, May 24 & 25.

Brief Bios:

Marc-Alan Barnette

Marc-Alan Barnette has been a Nashville fixture for many years and has worked with NSAI as an Adopt-A- Shop pro. He's known for his David Ball hit "Too Much Blood IN My Alcohol Level" and cuts with Shelby Lynne and John Berry.


Rob Crosby

Rob Crosby started off as a hit country artist with Arista Nashville and 3 top 20 hits in the early 90's. He then established himself with hits like "Concrete Angel" by Martina McBride, "She's More" by Andy Griggs and "Holdin' a Good Hand" by Lee Greenwood. Crosby's songs have been recorded by Blackhawk, Brooks & Dunn, Ty Herndon, Paul Overstreet, Carl Perkins, Restless Heart, Ricochet, Paul Simon, The Wilkinsons and Darryl Worley, among others.www.robcrosby.com

Mentoring Sessions

Marc-Alan Barnette


ONE ON ONE. A note by note, line by line assessment of your songs. Giving detailed information. Find out where your overall writing level is, what you need to do for that "Next Step."
30 minutes: $45. Between three and five songs depending on length of songs.
1 hour $65 Between 6 and 7 songs.

Career advice. Have questions about steps, process, pathways? This is when to get them.
"Write ups."

This is a two hour, focused songwriting teaching lesson. Songs are written around participant's ideas, structure, focus, lyrics, melody, phrasing, avoiding "2nd verse hell": Getting the most out of your message, writing to hooks, getting it all in a tight time framework. Cost: $225. Can be participated in by up to 3 people, $100 each.

To book an appointment, contact Marc directly at:

Email: Mbarne4908@aol.com
(615) 417-7181

Rob Crosby
Songwriters can spend one-on-one time with award-winning songwriter Rob Crosby, having your songs analyzed, critiqued, and improved in 30 or 60 minute sessions with a #1 songwriter.

Cost: $30 per half hour session 

To book an appointment, contact Dan McVeigh at:
dman-music@rogers.com

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

NSAI News Promoting Tin Pan North May 26 - 28

Songwriters Dan McVeigh, Barbara Lynn Doran & Joe Hash appear this Thursday, May 5 on Dave Woods "In The Country" Internet Radio Show at 9 PM.

They'll talk about Tin Pan North & the songs they've written. You'll hear songs from all three artists and hear all about this year's songwriters festival and the those who will be performing this year on May 26-28.

You can tune in at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/dave-woods/2011/05/06/tin-pan-north-special-1

www.nsaitoronto.com