DSA SONG CONTEST 2021 - SEMIFINALISTS

  DSA SONG CONTEST 2021 - SEMIFINALISTS (11/8/2021)

AMERICANA/BLUEGRASS:

57 Chevy

Bayou Sef

Beautiful Mess

California

Dreamland

Farewell to Maggie Valley

Gone Gone Gone

Hayride

Heaven or Hell

It’s a Long, long road

King of the interstate

Miss Peggy Lee Sings the Blues

Secondhand

Sonic or Dairy Queen

The Tunnel

Weight of a Dream

When I Look Into Your Eyes

You make me wanna dance

CHRISTIAN/INSPIRATIONAL:

Best work on wood

Dear Jesus

He wants you back

Half my hearts in heaven 

Home

My amazing Grace 

One rich man

The promise

COUNTRY:

A HARD REFRAIN

BAYOU SEF

BLUE COLLER MAN 

COLORADO

COMIN HOME TO YOU

COWBOY BOOTIE CALL 

DALLAS TONIGHT

DATE WITH AN ANGEL

DON’T GO MAKING PROMISES 

DREAM LAND

I’M SORRY

IN DREAM LAND

KISS ME IN THE KITCHEN 

WHITTLE

INSTRUMENTALS

Alone Again

Come Sundown

Farewell My Angel

Last Bus To Hell

Night On Zombie Mountain

Pads

Re-Discovery

The Devils Willing

The Soldiers Widow

Where Is She Now

LOVE SONGS & EASY LISTENING:

Baby, You're Gone 

Bluebirds and Butterflies 

Crazy

Dallas

Dreamland

Farewell My Angel 

Lover's Rendezvous 

Over the Moon

Save a Little For You

Still in Love With You 

That Man 

You Imagine

NOVELTY/CHILDREN:

Bluebirds and Butterflies

I Got an App for That

I Hate Jazz

In Dreamland

King of the Interstate

My Dad, My Dog, and Me

My Wish List

Peas Porridge

Slay Me With Your Eyes

Smilers

POP/ROCK/ALT/R&B:

Comin Home To You

Dallas

Dreamland

Except You

I Knew Her When She Wasn’t All That

Miss The Heat

She Takes Me

Start Again

Summer Days

Tidal Wave

We Pray Love Never Ends

Wicked Web

Zip Code

SINGER/SONGWRITER:

Daddy Had a Bad Day 

Dallas

Hey Now

Magic of Music 

Shahre Adamha

The Speed of Life 

These Are the Days 

Tidal Wave 

Transistor Radio 

White Dream

Zip Code

Semifinalist are invited to perform via Zoom at our Awards Show on January 15, 2022 from noon to 3PM. Please let us know by contacting Showcase Director Harry Hewlett.

DSA SONG CONTEST 2021 OPEN JUNE 1 - DEADLINE SEPT 30

 Eight Song Categories

1. Christian/Inspirational

2. Country

3. Americana/Folk/Bluegrass

4. Pop/Rock/RnB/Alternative

5. Love Songs/Easy Listening

6. Children's/Novelty

7. Singer/Songwriter (songwriter is the performer)

8. Instrumental

See website for

 18 and Under Young Songwriter Contest
     https://dallassongwriters.org/young-songwriters-contest/
     Use this separate url to enter this category only on DSA website.
     https://dallassongwriters.org/young-songwriters-contest/

Multiple Winners In Each Category

Entry Fee $25

Deadline: Thursday, Sept 30th

Submissions Close at Midnight. 

Enter Online 
at DSA's Song Contest Submission Partner:

Broadjam.com

To Enter Online, you Must Join Broadjam by

Receiving a Free 90 Day PROMoB Membership.

Not interested in taking advantage of the free membership on Broadjam.com, then you can enter on the DSA site here
https://dallassongwriters.org/dsa-annual-song-contest/

OR ENTER BY MAIL, 

download the contest form here.

Mail your check and entries to:

Dallas Songwriters Association

Song Contest Director

Sammons Center For The Arts

3630 Harry Hines Blvd. #20

Dallas, Texas 75219

(voicemail) 214-750-0916 x1

e-mail: DSA SONG CONTEST

MAIL IN ENTRIES MUST BE POST MARKED BY Sept 30th.

 or you can mail you entry form and CD and pay online at our DSA store with credit card or Paypal. https://dallas-songwriters-association.square.site/product/song-contest/8?cs=true

We Amy be the only song contest that you can still enter by mail.

Each entry is entered into the drawing for a blue tooth speaker

Drawing held Nov 5!

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: Sept 30th
Drawing For Free Bluetooth Speaker: Nov 4, 2021
Semi-Finalists Announced: Nov 4, 2021
Finalists and Grand Prize Winners Announced: Jan 15, 2022

GRAND PRIZE

a Casio PX-S1000 Privia Piano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXv3ispGJDY

Grand Prize Winner, and

1st and 2nd Runner Up Receive:

1 Yr. Broadjam Primo MoB Membership

($199.95 Value) 
Includes Artist Website, 1 Yr. Hosting

and

Song Critique from Barbara McMillen, Associate Professor of Songwriting at Collin College,

recording time at Joe Musik Studio

and 2 tickets to Between The Waves Music Conference

1st and 2nd Place in Each Category Receives:

$50
A 1 year Broadjam Film & TV Membership ($99.95 value)

Every Winner Receives:
DSA Membership ($60.00 Value)

Judges

Rules

Need More Info?

Click Here for Song Contest FAQ -

Winners will be announced on-line

at www.dallassongwriters.org

And the winners of the 2020 DSA Song Contest are . . . . . . .

 Americana/Folk/Bluegrass

1. 1309 North Austin by Tommy Patterson, Comanche, TX

2. Mendocino Sunrise by Ynana Rose, San Luis Obispo, CA

3. Bayou Sef by Charles Edmund Carter, Dallas, TX

HM Summer Days by Steve Jackson, Irving, TX

HM The Windmill Bar & Grill by Louie Cate, Alexandria, VA

Christian/Inspirational

1. New Sight by Amy Abernathy, Canton, GA

2. With Your Love, O God by Denise Rosier, Colorado Springs, CO

3. Going Home by Matthew Stemme, Clayton, NC

Country

1. Someone to Miss Me by Susan Odella, Virginia, MN

2. Coal by Matt Rogers, Hermitage, TN

3. Way Back When by T. Edwin Doss, Bumpass, VA

HM That's My Name by Randy Overton, Waxahachie, TX

HM When The Fertilizer Hits The Ventilator by Parvin & Patterson, Plano, TX 

HM The Balladeer by Mark Patterson, Plano, TX

Instrumental

1. Forever Now by Charles Edmund Carter, Dallas, TX

2. On the Caravan by Len & Jon Seligman, SARASOTA, FL

3. The Soldier's Widow by Charles Edmund Carter, Dallas, TX

Love Songs/Easy Listening

1. Don't Ever Say Never Again by Steve Jackson, Irving, TX. 

2. Wonder Boy by Randall Mark, El Cajon, CA

3. So High by Preston Ash, Dallas, TX

HM  Til My Last Breath by John Visconti, Cary, NC   

Novelty/Children

1. Parking Cars on Mars by Louie Cate, Alexandria, VA

2. Flying Disco Chicken by Randy Sauer, Hays, KS

3. Zipcode by Charles Edmund Carter, Dallas, TX

Pop/Rock/Alt/R&B

1. Word Man by Stefanie Johnson, Allentown, PA

2. Zipcode by Charles Edmund Carter, Dallas, TX

3. Make America by Phil Ipsan, New York, NY

Singer/Songwriter

1. Goodnight Moon by Steve Jackson, Irving, TX

2. In Dreamland by Charles Edmund Carter, Dallas, TX 

3. Word Man by Stefanie Johnson, Allentown, PA

Grand Prize Winners

1. That’s My Name by Randy Overton, Waxahachie, TX

2. Don’t Ever Say Never Again by Steve Jackson, Irving, TX.

3. On The Caravan by Len & Jon Seligman, SARASOTA, FL

JUDGES COMMENTS FROM ROY ELKINS

https://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com/p/2020-dsa-song-contest-judge-roy-elkins.html

MOST NOMINATED SONGS AWARD

Charles Carter, Dallas, Tx

WINNER OF THE DRAWING FOR THE GIFT CERTIFICATE

# 169 Forever Now by Charles Carter, Dallas, Tx

YOUNG SONGWRITER AWARD

1. Satisfied by Sathvika Ganesan, Frisco, Tx

2. Texas Lullaby by Cela Harper, Little Elm, Tx 

3. Wine by Cela Harper, Little Elm, Tx 

2020 Community Awards went to Dunn Brothers Coffee and Broadjam, Inc.

             https://dsasongcontest.blogspot.com/p/dsa-community-awards.html

Dunn Brothers Coffee - Dallas Songwriters Association presents Dunn Brothers Coffee with the 2020 Excellence in Community Service Award  - Thank You,  Alan & Kate Geddie and the entire DBC team for the outstanding venue for supporting original music & the best cup of coffee in town.

Broadjam - DSA presents broadjam.com with the  2020 EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD  Thank You,  Roy Elkins & the entire Broadjam.com team for providing outstanding online services to the musicians/songwriting community.

BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING AWARDS

SONG OF THE YEAR

3. You Gotta Go by Don Wall, Dallas, Tx
2. If Every Week Was Friday by Rick Valente
1. The Girl’s So Texas by Harry Hewlett and Chuck Ehrmann

VERN DAILEY SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Harry Hewlett

AWARDS PROGRAM VIDEOS

2020 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O53tKlKWRs&list=PL2QmQKUl70-2fZsHAIcWZTejZVKttRKMX

2020 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZJ_TN9f7_I&list=PL2QmQKUl70-0NTzHsFcVDDtQRkAyMoZud

2020 DSA Song Contest Award Winning Songs - 30 sec clips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVnE1vn4cN4

2020 DSA Award Certificates.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY7CJkGDKwg