West Coast Songwriters

Songwriters are invited to our Zoom event for San Francisco WIP “Works In Progress” ZOOM meeting will start at 6:45pm to check in, mingle (virtually of course) and be ready to start at 7:00PM, so please be onZoomline and ready. Play your song live (on Zoom) in a casual supportive environment. Please join us and receive honest thoughtful feedback from our talented local songwriting community. Each session will accommodate up to 8 participants. To attend you must register for the ZOOM meeting. To register please email Gerald Mullarkey metaphoric69@yahoo.com ahead of time, preferable the day before. Include your name, email, WCS membership status, and a copy of your song lyrics. JOIN OR RENEW: https://www.westcoastsongwriters.org/become-a-member Thank you!

Inside the Mind of a Music Supervisor

Members and Non-Members welcome!

$20 Purchase your spot below

Have you ever wondered what actually makes a song ‘work’ for a scene? How does a Music Supervisor know what songs to pitch for placement?

Join our workshop hosted by Shantell Ogden, owner of SOSync and Music Supervisor as she shares actual scenes and the songs that were pitched and placed to learn how decisions get made for music. We will also cover a few sync basics and guidelines for pitching. In addition, 5 workshop attendees will be selected at random to pitch a song for an upcoming film project Shantell is working on.

SOSync is a music licensing company based in Nashville. Since 2011, we have worked exclusively with independent songwriters/artists to deliver pre-cleared, ready-to-place songs as a music provider and Music Supervisor. Click here to visit our site (make link to https://so-sync.com).

About Shantell:

SOsync was founded by Shantell Ogden, an award-winning artist and songwriter. Nashville-based Shantell Ogden has a gift for crafting songs with real conviction and emotion. Her songs have received airplay on hundreds of country and Americana radio stations internationally, and gained impressive chart positions both in the US and Europe, including a #2 slot behind Chris Stapleton for her single "Blossom in the Dust." Shantell's music has also been featured in shows such as the hit television series Hart of Dixie and in more than a dozen feature films. Born in Utah, Ogden brings the work ethic she learned growing up on her family farm to her life as an independent performing artist. Having toured nationally and in the UK and Ireland, her music has been praised by notable media including Performer Magazine, No Depression, and Maverick Magazine (UK). Since the release of her seventh album in 2021, Shantell has enjoyed extensive media appearances including Coffee, Country & Cody on Nashville’s WSM - the home of the Grand Ole Opry -Today in Nashville (WSMV) and Good Day Utah (Fox). In addition, she has appeared at high profile festivals including Americana Fest, CMA Fest, and Tin Pan South. Praised for her work with awards including Songwriter of the Year in the 2018 International Music and Entertainment Association (IMEA) Awards, Shantell Ogden is truly an artist on the rise.

Rodney is the Director of Licensing at Spirit Production Music in Studio City, CA. With over 180,000 tracks of music, Spirit Production Music and its sister company, Spirit Music Collective, have placed music in and/or music supervised hundreds of hours of feature films, commercials and scripted and unscripted programming. Notable placements include feature films such as Tom and Jerry, Dick Johnson Is Dead, and Spider-man: Far From Home, as well as major network and cable television programs including This Is Us, The Kominsky Method, Girl Meets Farm, Curse of Oak Island, BoJack Horseman, in addition to numerous national commercials and web programs. Rodney started his entertainment industry career at the legendary, and family owned, Motown Records Corp. publishing company, Jobete Music.

PITCH: POP, ROCK and COUNTRY

SUBMIT YOUR SONG to poppy@westcoastsongwriters.org

Only 15 Spots Available

$10 PURCHASE USING BLUE BUTTON AT BOTTOM

WCS Members only, one song only, attach your MP3/song file and paste your lyric into the body of your email. In subject line put: Rodney Gordy Screening Please do not send links as we have to upload the songs. Deadline to submit is January 17th.

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP OR JOIN HERE: https://www.westcoastsongwriters.org/membership

Songwriters are invited to our Zoom event for West Coast Songwriters South Bay “Works In Progress” ZOOM meeting will start at 6:30pm to check in, mingle (virtually of course) and be ready to start at 7:00PM, so please be onZoomline and ready. Play your song live (on Zoom) in a casual supportive environment. Please join us and receive honest thoughtful feedback from our talented local songwriting community. Each session will accommodate up to 8 participants. To attend you must register for the ZOOM meeting. To register please email Mike Simpson (mssbwip@gmail.com). Include your name, email, WCS membership status, and a copy of your song lyrics. JOIN OR RENEW: https://www.westcoastsongwriters.org/become-a-member Thank you! Mike

Young Adult Songwriters Workshop

Saturdays, 1/29-3/5 10AM

YOUNG ADULT SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP is a 6 week workshop especially designed to nurture young songwriters. You’ll hear talks on important aspects of songwriting such as lyrics, song form, and chord changes, study YOUR favorite songwriters, and get priceless feedback on your songs. Most of all, you’ll be a part of a vibrant and supportive community of fellow songwriters that inspire you to take risks to find YOUR UNIQUE SONGWRITING VOICE.

*Feedback on your songs

*New songwriting tricks

*Listen to YOUR favorite songwriters

*Awesome community of fellow songwriters

*Pop, Rock, Folk, Jazz, Latin, and R&B

*Leave with lifelong creative friendships!

Ages 15-22 (some exceptions). There are a limited number of scholarship opportunities, based on merit and financial need. Please email poppy@westcoastsongwriters.org to apply.

SIGN UP HERE: https://westcoastsongwriters.org/young-adult-program