Lyric Writing Contest Writing & Production Prize
For his prize, Vincent Robert Trocchia, winner of Round 3 of The 2009 Lyric Writer Awards, joined forces with We Are Listening’s songwriting duo, Pat and Pete Luboff to polish his lyric, set it to...
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Nettwerk’s Eavan Porter Joins We Are Listening
Graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in Public Relations and Entertainment Communications, Eavan began her music career as an A&R intern at Atlantic Records. In 2007,...
View ArticleSongwriting Contest Secrets Revealed
In a blog post, Spinme.com Editor, Joe Taylor writes: “If you type the words ‘songwriting contest’ into Google, you’re going to come back with close to a million entries. And that number is growing...
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Song Contest Where Everybody Gets Feedback
Anyone who enters a song contest should get feedback. As of next month, anyone who enters our song contests will. We’re in the final stages of launching our Song Contest Score Card, which will allow...
View Article$30 To Review It?
I received this email this morning: …I was gonna submit a song but then I realised you want $30 to review it. Well? I want $30 to send it. Please send a check or money order to: XXXX XXXXXX 40...
View Article“$500 If You Make Me Famous!”
I received this email this morning: Hi. My name is XXXXXXX. I was wondering if we could maybe strike a deal. You see, I have no money because I am not famous yet. If you can help me become famous,...
View Article“Can’t even get a review included with my $30?”
I received this email yesterday: Most contests are a scam. But the reason musicians come to this conclusion is because they pay some big fee to enter a “contest” and they never hear anything back...
View ArticleAlexandria Maillot: Our New Song Contest Winner!
Alexandria Maillot came in first place in Round 3 of The 2010 Singer/Songwriter Awards for her song, “All We Need”. Constructive criticism welcome by leaving a public comment here.
View ArticleOur Song Contest Is A Farce
In response to an email alert that automatically goes out to our members seven days before a song contest deadline, I received this email this morning. It made me chuckle. Is that bad? I am pleased...
View ArticleHow To Play The Odds
Songwriting contests are not lotteries. But if you can stack the numbers in your favor, why not play the odds? Looking at the numbers from our Free International Songwriting Competition,...
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