Bluegrass Songwriting News

The 7th annual CMT/NSAI Song Contest is accepting submissions, with prizes that include among others: A mentoring session with John Rich of Big & Rich A Single-Song Contract from a major Music Row publisher A $500 gift certificate to Sam Ash Music A special

This post is a contribution from Mark Montgomery, president of echomusic, a Nashville-based company providing creative and marketing services to a variety of country and acoustic artists. He is also a past President of The Americana Music Association. The images Mark

We have posted several times this past few weeks about the upcoming CD release from country superstar, Alan Jackson. It is produced by Alison Krauss, and was initially described as being intended to have a bluegrass flavor, though the subsequent

IBMA has announced the names of the ten songwriters invited to showcase during the IBMA Songwriter Showcase, held during their annual World Of Bluegrass trade show, where they can perform their original material for the assembled membership. The Songwriter Showcase will

We have posted a few times recently about the USA Songwriting Competition, an international contest where folk, bluegrass and Americana songwriters have done well this past few years. The original information we received from them had indicated a deadline of May

Billboard Books has just released This Business Of Songwriting, by Jason Blume, billed as an "exhaustive guide to navigating the murky waters of copyright law, publishing contracts and other realities of the business world that don"t always come naturally to

The Harry Fox Agency (HFA) recently finalized an agreement with DMI, owner of background music service Private Label Radio (PLR). The deal, of course, has to do with mechanical licenses and features a revenue sharing structure. PLR supplies brand-specific, audio

We've mentioned the USA Songwriting Competition previously, letting everyone know about the contest and the May 31st deadline for submissions. Winners receive prizes and guaranteed airplay for the winning songs on the Acoustic Caf??? radio show and on XM Satellite

Another CD we should have included in Brance's New CDs post yesterday is the debut recording from Wayne Scott, This Weary Way. Wayne is the father of noted songwriter, Darrell Scott, who has made it a personal project to see

The guest for tonight's Song Writer Chat at Bluegrass Guide's web site will be Becky Buller. The chat starts at 8:00 p.m. and instructions to log in can be found on their web site. Becky currently is the fiddler with Valerie