DSA EVENTS THIS MONTH
DSA SONG CONTEST - 2025 Opens June 1
DSA YOUNG SONGWRITERS SONG CONTEST
MONTHLY MEETING and Workshop - 2nd THURSDAY
Next Meeting & Workshop with Song Critiques - Thursday, June 12, 6:30- 9:30
ZOOM IDZoom ID 617 432 0082
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6174320082
SPEAKER -Michael RJ Roth - Winner of the American Songwriter Contest - will talk about contest and his recording experience in Nashville.
followed by song critiques
BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING CONTESTS
Starts over in January for 2025
members only may enter here
https://dallassongwriters.org/song-critique/--------------
SONG SWAP WORKSHOP with Rickey Gene Wright at Half has been Postponed
4th Thursday 7:30 - 9ish.
In Community Room
We are looking for a better venue - HPB was NOT working. Do you have any suggestions.
DSA Board Meeting - Board meeting via zoom - Tuesday, June 24
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SHOWCASES AND OPEN MICS
OPEN MIC
Guitars & Growlers Richardson Open Mic -
EVERY FIRST Thursday, June 5, July 3, 7 - 10
Songwriters perform in the round. Please sign up with host Rickey Gene WrightWell Grounded Coffee Community Song Circle -
EVERY FIRST Friday, June 6, 5:30 - 7:30
Acoustic Song Circle - covers and originals - Bill Martin is there from DSA(Bill also performs every Friday noon - 2, come out to hear his songs and covers)
9219 Garland Rd. # 2019
Dallas, Tx
(214) 918 - 3538
Songbirds of Dallas Songwriting Circle
EVERY SECOND Saturday of the month - June 14, 11:00am-1:00pm
at Vitruvian Park Tavern;
3870 Ponte Ave #150, Addison, TX 75001
Arthur Rekerdres from DSA hosts
at Vitruvian Park Tavern;
3870 Ponte Ave #150, Addison, TX 75001
Arthur Rekerdres from DSA hosts
SHOWCASES - Physical & Virtual - check on Facebook for updates
Opening Bell Showcase - EVERY THIRD Thursday, June 19, 7 - 8:30
The Journey of A Song - Songwriters perform in the round. Please sign up with host Emmeline Miles
SPECIAL EVENTS
Songwriting Workshop: Tish Hinojosa
Date: June 28, 2025 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Lewisville Grand Theater
100 N. Charles
Lewisville, Texas 75057
Introduction: 13th Annual Lewisville Grand Songwriting Workshop
Location: Lewisville Grand Theater
100 N. Charles
Lewisville, Texas 75057
Introduction: 13th Annual Lewisville Grand Songwriting Workshop
Tish Hinojosa will lead the 13th Annual Lewisville Grand Theater Songwriting Workshop.
Tish Hinojosa is a singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas. Hinojosa’s blend of folk, country, Latino, and pop has an undeniable far reaching appeal, garnering her accolades such as a White House concert at the invitation of President and Mrs. Clinton and teaming up with artists such as Joan Baez, Booker T. Jones, Flaco Jimenez, Pete Seeger, and Dwight Yoakam. She has recorded as an independent artist as well as for A&M, Warner Bros, and Rounder Records and has been a featured artist on Austin City Limits, A Prairie Home Companion and other NPR programs. With 17 CDs to her name, Hinojosa’s distinct sound has gained her much critical acclaim. She has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe and continues to draw a loyal and growing audience.
Participation in this workshop is limited to 20 people.
Ticket Pricing:
Tickets are $55 each and include a catered lunch and one ticket to the Black Box Songwriter Series: Tish Hinojosa concert taking place the following evening, Sunday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m. Additional tickets can be purchased at a discounted rate of $10. Sales tax and ticket fees included in the price.
BEST SONGS OF THE MEETING 2024 AWARDS PROGRAM
TBD, 2025
DOWN THE LINE
Christmas In July - Sons Of Hermann Hall - July 20
DSA Pool Party - Sat Aug 5
SonsStock - @ Sons of Hermann Hall - Aug 16
Christmas Song Contest - Oct 1, 2025 - Get your songs ready - for performing songwriters - one instrument - one vocal - This is your chance to perform with Light Crust Dough Boys at the SMU Christmas show
CONTESTS
DSA SONG CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
DSA YOUNG SONGWRITERS SONG CONTEST
LINK TO DSA VIRTUAL SONG CONTEST AWARDS SHOW - Jan 18
Semifinalist performed and judges presented
DSA SONG CONTEST - 2025 Opens June 1
DSA LYRIC CONTEST - NEXT DEADLINE - Sept 30
Al Johnson Performing Songwriter Contest Winners Announced at Festival on May 18
https://wildflowerfestival.com/----------------------------------------------------
PAST EVENTS
DSA HALL OF FAME - 2025 Hall of Fame, was held on April 12, 2025 @ Love and War, 7pm
Go to this link on Facebook and like and share to your page.
See the full program here: https://dallassongwritershalloffame.blogspot.com
Weren't able to make it? You can donate to the event, just scan the QR code.
Young Rising Star performers and DSA members are performing the songs of inductees.
Edie Brickell: Love Like We Do; Good Times; Mama Help Me; A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall; Tomorrow Come
Michael Nesmith: Mary Mary; Different Drum; Silver Moon; Tapioca Tundra; Some of Shelly’s Blues
Earnest Tubb: Walkin’ the Floor Over You; I Got Texas In My Soul; There’s a Little Bit of Everything In Texas; Tomorrow Nevers Comes; You Nearly Lose Your Mind
Michael Martin Murphy: Wildfire; What’s Forever For; A Long Line of Love; A Face In the Crowd; From the Word Go
Kacey Musgraves: High Horse; Merry Go ‘Round; My House; Space Cowboy; Butterflies
Demi Lovato: Confident; Really Don’t Care; Stone Cold; Give Your Heart a Break; Skyscraper
Danny Eaton: Independent Concert Promoter
VIEW EVENTS ON YOUTUBE CHANNEL
View our past events on our Youtube channel.
YouTube archives
SONSSTOCK - Link to YouTube channel video playlist from this event
Aug 17, 2024 - SonsStock at Sons of Hermann Hall Mini Woodstock @ Sons of Hermann Hall - IT'S WAS HOT OUTSIDE - SO WE GATHERED INSIDE TO CELEBRATE. - Songs from Woodstock + originals and craft booths at Sons in the Old Bowling Alley. DSA members
performed.
Blue Christmas in July 2024
DSA HALL OF FAME - 2024 Hall of Fame, April 20th, 2024 at Love and War-
2024
Inductees: Michael Aday (Meat Loaf), Tom Douglas, Nora Jones, Erykca Badu, Billy Joe Shaver, Buck Owens, Miranda Lambert, KNON, Jack Calmes, Chuck Rainey
Blue Christmas in July 2023
Festivals in May
2024
WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL 2024 - May 17 - 19, 2024
DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY ARTS FAIR 2024 - April 1-4, 2024 - DSA stages
On YouTube:
2023
DALLAS SONGWRITERS CITY LINE STAGE at WILDFLOWER 19-21DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY ARTS FAIR - DSA on big stage and Wounded Ostrich - 26-29
DALLAS SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME - APRIL 14 AT LOVE AND WAR IN PLANO
http://dallassongwritershalloffame.blogspot.com
Rising Stars under 18 perform with DSA Members and BYOB band
Inductees:
Jimmy and Stevie Vaughan, Sly Stone, Roger Miller, Jim Collins, Selena
Gomez, Stoney Burns, Ron McKeown, Charley Wirtz, Mark Pollock, and Jimmy
Wallace.
SONGWRITER SPOTLIGHT -
Past Performances ON YouTube
You can also find these show on Spotify Podcasts
2023
January 31 performers Don Wall and Allen Larson
Feb 3 - Rickey Gene Wright, host - Bill Martin
Feb 3 - 2022 Grand Prize Song Contest Winner Thierry Coupey, host - Barbara McMillen
Tuesday March 21, 7pm - Mike P Ryan (2nd and 3rd place Grand Prize Winner) Host-Barbe McMIllen
Thursday, April 20, 7pm - Robert Graham from Perth Australia (2023 Grand Prize Winner) Host-Barbe McMIllen
Thursday, May 11, Wayne Willingham, 7pm - (2022 Song of the Year Winner) Host-Barbe McMIllen
Thursday, June 8, Michael Roth, 7pm - (2022 Song of the Year Winner) Host-Barbe McMIllen
https://www.youtube.com/live/8k1TpoWTeYQ?feature=share Thursday July 13, 7pm - Jolie Hope (Young Songwriter of The Year Winner)
Thursday, Sept 14, Alexis Tapp, 7pm - (2022 Song of the Year Winner) Host-Barbe McMIllen
https://youtu.be/etgEeKh_smo?si=UxRXCWJT0oiUU0YGThursday, Oct 12, Jamey Shannon, 7pm - (DSA Director) Host-Barbe McMIllen
2024
Thursday, Feb 8 - Bradley Banning
Tuesday, March 19 - M’Lynn Musgrove
Tuesday, April 16 - Keith Dodson (DSA Director)2023 Song of the Year Winner) Host-Barbe McMIllen
Monday, May 20 - Emmeline Miles (DSA Director) Host-Barbe McMIllen
Tuesday, May 21 - Will Townsley (DSA 2023 Song Contest grand Prize Runner Up) Host-Barbe McMIllen
DSA Virtual Songwriters Spotlight
Hosted by Harry Hewlett featuring co-host Barbe McMillen and songwriter performance and interview
2024 Recently uploaded to Youtube
Emma James - Young Songwriter of the Year 2023Songwriter Spotlight is now as a podcast on Spotify.
DSA 2023 Song Contest Awards Program - January 13 - Noon - 3pm
Performances by semifinalists and winners on DSA Facebook page and on Youtube
DSA Best Songs of the Meeting Awards 2022 -Saturday, March 25, 2023 - Noon - 3pm DSA members perform. Community Service Awards -Opening Bell, Guitar Arlington, Patty Allen Driver, Tone Shop
DSA 2022 Song Contest Awards Program - January 14 - Noon - 3pm
Performances by semifinalists and winners on DSA Facebook page and on Youtube
LOVE & WAR OPEN MIC -
January 26th Songwriters Round on Youtube: https://youtu.be/YBmWlAITO
February 23rd Songwriters Round on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XOHR6siaL8
March 23rd Songwriters Round on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBL5zqngk3U
April 27 Songwriters Round on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6K66nucuTM
May 18 Songwriters Round on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn_OCOMs_UQ&list=PL2QmQKUl70-2BUBV_3yyYejRGK4lu9vMM&index=3
June 22 Songwriters Round on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk5236sEztU&list=PL2QmQKUl70-2BUBV_3yyYejRGK4lu9vMM&index=2
July 27 Songwriters Round on Youtube:
Dec 28 Songwriters Round on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UfAQp_bGP9o?si=ETEHpGDwsX6Fj04M
DSA HALL OF FAME - 2022 Hall of Fame was held on April 23rd at Love and War-
2022
Inductees: Willie Nelson, Mickey Raphael, LeAnn Rimes, Bill Mack, Kelly
Clarkson, Charley Pride, Towns Van Zandt, David Card, Charles McGarry.
Check our Facebook page for photos. Here's the video on our youtube
channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oUFMBTD89o&t=3995s
2021 Inductees: John Denver, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Janie Frickie or Gregg Smith
The Dallas Songwriters Association celebrated the songs of these North Texas icons at the 2022 Dallas Songwriters Hall of Fame virtual event, which was held on Saturday, April 17, 12-3. Please head over to our channel and don't forget to subscribe.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2QmQKUl70-3Y_SmChiZRqM9rmPfrLWbL
More info here: https://dallassongwritershalloffame.blogspot.com
Donate to Hall of Fame
Via Square
PayPal link
Donate to DSA via PayPal Tip Jar https://py.pl/2S7dRL98V4Y (Thank you!)
Via stripe store
https://dallassongwriters.org/donate-to-dsa/
CONTESTS
SONG CONTEST - 2024 runs June 1 - Sept 30
DSA International Song Contest winners announced Jan 13, 2024
2023 Winners announced on January 14, 2024
2022 Winners announced on January 14, 2023 https://dsapress.blogspot.com/2023/03/dsa-international-2022-song-contest.html
2021 Winners were announced on January 15 - Press Release - https://dsapress.blogspot.com/2022/02/dallas-songwriters-associates.html
Here is a look at the wonderful talent from last years contest.
Awards Program- 2021 Contest - AWARDS VIDEOS on Youtube
2021 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 1 - annual song contest, young songwriters song contest and lyric contest awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn9o0mgl8lo
2021 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 2 - Best Songs of the Meeting, Songwriter of the Year, Song of the Year, community Awards
2020 Contest - AWARDS VIDEOS
2020 Winners Announced Jan. 16
2020 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 1 - semi-finalists perform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O53tKlKWRs&list=PL2QmQKUl70-2fZsHAIcWZTejZVKttRKMX
2020 DSA Song Contest Awards Part 2 - finalists perform - awards given
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
LYRIC CONTEST - NEXT DEADLINE June 30
2021 Fall Winners
2021 Summer Winners
2021 Winter Winners
2020 Fall Winners
2020 Summer Winners
2020 Spring Winners
2020 Winter Winners
Enter Here on in DSA Stripe store - pay and upload lyric
or Enter here - pay in DSA square store and email lyric here.
YOUNG SONGWRITERS CONTEST - 2024 runs June 1 - Sept 30
2023 Winners announced Jan 13, 2024
2022 Winners were announced Jan 14
2021 Winners were announced Jan 15
Entrants must be 18 & under - Winner performed at Awards Program
BEST SONGS OF THE MEETINGS - http://bestsongsofthemeeting.blogspot.com
2023 Winners announced Feb 17, 2024
2022 Winners were announced March 25, 2023
Vern Dailey Songwriters of the Year - Song of the Year - Community Awards
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