LA Songsalive! Songwriters Workshop + Lunch w/ Publisher Joanne Ledesma

THIS MONTH’S INDUSTRY GUEST SPEAKER: Publisher JOANNE LEDESMA from Ledesma Music.

Ms. Ledesma runs her own grassroots company, Ledesma Music. Her primary expertise is in Music Marketing & Consulting. She is known for her finely tuned networking skills. She has proven her ability to connect clients with the right partners to achieve goals that surpass their expectation. Her clients vary from rising artists and music libraries to corporate clients and event planners in need of increased revenue. She is well versed in Music Supervision, Corporate Branding, Artist Management and Music Production. She wears many hats as a successful music blogger, publisher, educator and music consultant. Her distinct ear for music analysis has landed her on the lecture circuit for every national songwriting association and music trade show (NSAI, SongNet, NAMM, SXSW and SongsAlive!

TOPIC FOR SECOND HALF:

How to Prep and Negotiate your music for film & TV. Preparing your music for easy sell exclusive vs. non-exclusive standards in contracts and how how to negotiate without losing the deal.

EXTRA: Joanne is also looking for all genres of music (kids to adult contemporary and everything in-between) -

broadcast quality, must own 100% copyrights, 100% masters and 100% publishing.

LOS ANGELES SONGSALIVE! SONGWRITERS WORKSHOP

Are you a songwriter willing to take your songs to the next level? Workshop your songs to be the best they can be, and get them out to the world. The Songsalive! Workshops are open to all songwriters, composers, musicians, singers and music lovers

Hosted by Songsalive!, the largest international non-profit membership organization and social community for songwriters and composers since 1997, this is your chance to develop your songwriting in a supportive and intimate environment, meet invaluable music industry experts, network with fellow members, and be part of your local songwriters community.

WHEN: THIRD SUNDAY OF THE MONTH

TIME: Starts 12:00pm SHARP. Please arrive early. We start on time.
Ends at 3:00pm. .

WHERE: Cahuenga General Store (Hallenbecks)
5510 Cahuenga Blvd, North Hollywood, CA
(Just north of Magnolia and Chandler, on East side of street)

Our workshops are designed for songwriters and composers (from budding to professional) who have written songs, or are in the songwriting stage, who want to further their craft, gain feedback on their music, and potentially get their songs out to the world. However, we also have singers, musicians, and non music types who attend as it's a great networking opportunity (singers looking for songwriters, or musicians looking for songs, as examples).

The goals of the workshop are about 1) the SONG and making it the best it can be 2) providing a community for our members to gather, network, collaborate and learn.

The first half is solely dedicated to an in-the-round critique workshop where writers present one song each - either on CD or live - with feedback and critique given by a guest speaker or the Songsalive! moderator (who in turn may encourage audience comments if time allows). The second half is dedicated to a Music Industry educational and informative discussion/talk, often with an industry guest speaker, and plenty of time to talk and network.

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COST:

1. NEW: $1 non-refundable booking fee for all to secure your spot when you RSVP here. This is to ensure accountability of all RSVPs (that you turn up), and helps pay for our venue rental each month.

2. Songsalive! Pro Members – Free entry at the door

3. Non-members - $10 balance at the door. (Join as a Pro Member at www.songsalive.org (http://www.songsalive.org/) to save and get in free as above)

RSVP - is mandatory. We do not accept walk-ups on the day. If you RSVP "Yes" and then are unable to attend, please be so kind as to update your RSVP to “no” before 7pm Sat night (night before workshop). If you are a "No Show" yo jeopardize your ability to participate next time. $1 RSVP booking fee is non-refundable.

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ELIGIBILITY FOR CRITIQUE:

1. Members and Non-Members can attend the Workshop, however, ONLY Songsalive! Pro Members can present their song for critique or pitch. Being a member of Meetup.com does not constitute being a Pro Member of Songsalive!

2. First timers (whether Member or Non-Member) may only watch/audit their first workshop (not present a song), but can participate in question/answer/listen segment.

3. Song Critiques are randomly chosen from eligible Pro Members who arrive on time. We cannot guarantee all eligible songwriters will get an opportunity to present a song. It depends on # of attendees. But we do our best!

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1. COME PREPARED ON THE DAY

a. Bring at least 20 typed copies of your lyric sheet (with full contact details)
b. Bring your song on CD, iPod or perform live (bring your instrument - unplugged/no P.A). All CD's must be burned to work on a CD Player. Please check the CD first - if it won't play in your car CD then it won't work at the workshop.
c. Have CD labeled with track number / and instruments tuned and ready.

2. Do I have to present a song for a song critique? No. You don’t need to present a song for critique to benefit from ourworkshop. Watch, listen, participate and meet fellow peers. It’s all part of learning. In fact, if you are not chosen to present, please understand that the workshop provides value in so many way.

3. Song critique is provided by the Guest Speaker, and if time, 2 or 3 comments from the floor. It is at the Guest Speaker's discretion as to how much of the song he/she wishes to hear (when to fade song) before he/she is ready to provide a valuable, educated, and expert critique. Any song that goes longer than 4 mins will be automatically faded. Any long discussions will cut into your time.

4. The audience is encouraged to write feedback of the song on the songwriter's lyric sheet. Please hand that lyric sheet back to the songwriter after they have presented.

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