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WEST COAST SONGWRITERS

  • Home
  • Annual Conference
    • About the Conference
    • Program
    • WCS Youth Scholarship Program
  • Calendar & Programs
    • Song Contest
    • Monthly Evaluation Winners
    • Events Calendar
  • Young Songwriters
    • About Young Songwriters
    • Young Songwriters Programs
    • Young Songwriters News
  • Membership
  • Donate
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Open Mic Locations
    • In the News
    • Photos
    • Store
    • Equity Statement
    • Contact

Welcome to West Coast Songwriters

Here you will find a community of artists dedicated to building their musical career. At WCS, members establish important relationships, both professionally and personally, that enhance and accelerate their development. Music ceases to be a solitary pursuit and becomes a shared endeavor through the focus, feedback, collaboration, contacts/networking and support that WCS provides.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2021 Benefit Concert!

News & Updates

Mar 8 2023

Congratulations to Board President Bruce Ede!

American Songwriter 2022 Song Contest Semi-Finalists Announced

 

“SONG TITLE” BY SONGWRITER(S)

 

“How That Feels” By Bruce Ede

  How That Feels (feat. Sinclair) by Bruce Ede

Mar 8 2023

Rise to Sponsor WCS Showcase, Award Prizes to Top Performers

 

Rise is excited to sponsor the upcoming WCS Showcase, and will be awarding more than $2000 in marketing and consulting to the talented winners!
 

As a majorly vetted music marketing platform Rise works with Sony, Warner, Universal, Nettwerk, The Nations,…

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Jan 7 2023

Creativity is Californian!

 

Contact:        Laura Poppy Nichols (530) 400-1996 

Date:              January 6th, 2023 

West Coast Songwriters Awarded California Arts Council Statewide Regional Networks Grant 

State funds support the organizations infrastructure enabling the continued outreach to  songwriters throughout our communities and providing valuable opportunities…

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Jul 14 2022

WCS Awarded California Arts Council

West Coast Songwriters is so pleased to announce that the California Arts Council has once again awarded us with a Statewide and Regional Networks Grant! To learn more about the California Arts Council, please visit arts.ca.gov

Jun 7 2022

International Song Contest Winners 2022!

GRAND PRIZE WINNER 

Congratulations to Jessica Lindsay and Ann Ammar for the song 

"I KNOW YOUR NAME" 

  

RUNNER UP 

 

Congratulations to Bobby Jo Valentine for the song  
"GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME" 

...and Congratulations to all of our category winners: 

  

YOUTH 

…

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Jun 6 2022

Congratulations WCS Member Karl McHugh!

Congratulations to WCS Member Karl McHugh on this exciting placement! 

From Karl: 

Josh and I met during a 1:1 at the WCS conference in Fort Mason. He signed myself and my co-write, James Devine, to Atrium Music after this introduction…

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