The 2008 USA Songwriting Competition deadline is fast approaching.
Entrants stand to win a grand prize of over US$50,000 value in cash,
music merchandise and radio promotion. Also, winning songs will be
played on a syndicated radio show in over 75 cities in US and other
countries. This is great exposure for you and your songs! Judges
include A & R mangers from Sony/BMG Music, Warner, & Universal Music.

Sponsors include New Music Weekly, Acoustic Guitar magazine, Sony,
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Stores, IK Multimedia, Shari's Berries, Indie Bible, Acoustic Cafe,
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Past winners include songwriters and bands such as: Ari Gold, Vikki
Simpson (The Waifs), Hakim Young, Patrice Pike (from Rock group
"Sister Seven"), Gabriel Mann, Sarah Lewis (lead vocalist & songwriter
of rock group "Jag Star"), James Keelaghan, Michele Vice-Maslin,
Jonathan Kingham and many more. Winners came from South Africa, Italy,
Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Norway, Argentina, Columbia, Moldova,
Iceland, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, Bahamas, Bulgaria, Canada,
United States and UK.

On 2008-05-29 18:52:44 -0500, usasong yahoo.com> said:

How to write a song

If you write it on guitar
Place your guitar upon your knee
If you write it on piano
Don't do that

Place your fingers on the
Strings of your guitar
Not your piano
If you write it on piano, don't do that

Now strum or press together
Feeling, this might take a little time
Now think of something sad or something funny
Which inevitably brings us to the rhyme