2021 – SongNet

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 7:30 pm, SongNet In-Person Showcase

Two songs or 10 minutes on one of the nicest stages & comfortable venues around! Email showcase@songnet.info to reserve your spot! FREE! We will be broadcasting live on YouTube at our SongNet LA channel.

The Urban Homestead
631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA. 91103
Near Orange Grove & Fair Oaks off the 210 freeway

Wednesday December 1st, 7:00PM SongNet Presents Gerald Ishibashi!

“Done it all” is an overused phrase, but in Gerald Ishibashi’s case, it’s true! As a teenager, His dad gave him a choice between a dirt bike or an electric guitar, and since then, he’s become one of a small handful of people in the industry who has performed on major stages around the world, owned a music store, produced and promoted huge events with legendary bands & artists, broke through multicultural barriers, partnered with cities & major corporations to create events and much more.

He’s still active on both sides of the glass, performing with a Santana tribute band and “Island Crooners” honoring the work of artists like Bobby Darin, Nat King Cole, Dean Martin & Don Ho while still promoting other bands & artists across a wide spectrum of events & venues. “Because of electronic media, social media, the population has changed, the demographics have changed. And it’s exciting because I honestly believe we can create a world-class venue [online] if we do the right thing!”

“You can get anybody with three phone calls” is one of the secrets of his success. As a person who’s worked with Kool & the gang, The Pointer sisters, Tower of Power, Sugar Ray, The Righteous Brothers and countless others, you know it must be true. Working with and around the issues of promoting events with cities like Newport Beach, venues like the Aratani Theater, and NAMM, it’s proof he knows what he’s doing and is still doing it! This is the kind of PRICELESS career building knowledge that can change your life, and December 1st, it’s FREE!

Send your BEST work in mp3 format with lyric sheets to
songnetshowcase@gmail.com for a review!

(and / or zoom link for this event)

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 7:30 pm, SongNet In-Person Showcase

Wednesday November 3rd , 7:00 SongNet Presents Eric Bettelli!

As the Publisher of Music Connection Magazine, Eric Bettelli has seen it all. In 1977 he and J. Michael Dolan realized artists needed something that could help them find gigs, and also realized that clubs needed to showcase their venues and to attract acts. They put the two needs together, formed Music Connection and founded what became the industry standard for performers, clubs, recording studios, publishers, songwriters, and all things music in L.A.

Music Connection has since expanded from its LA base to full national coverage, maintaining an attitude and atmosphere of integrity in an industry that often is borderline in its practices. The magazine has been instrumental in launching a number of well-known music groups & artists over the years, and Eric is proud that the publication has served the community successfully for over four decades!

The publication and its website (musicconnection.com) offer inside information about the music business, including specialized directories and contact information about music professionals every month. Eric knows what works, knows the right people and knows that even in this digital age, being in print really stands for something. Priceless information,

FREE!

Send your BEST work in mp3 format to
songnetshowcase@gmail.com with lyric sheets for a review!

(and / or zoom link for this event)

Wednesday, October 20, 2021, 7:30 pm, SongNet In-Person Showcase

Wednesday October 6th, 7:00 PM SongNet Presents Tess Taylor!

Wanna real JOB in the music industry? NARIP is the National Association of Recording Industry PROFESSIONALS, which means if you’re SERIOUS about the industry, you NEED to know wazzup.

As founder and CEO of this organization and LAMN (Los Angeles Music Network), Tess Taylor has been quoted as an authority in publications such as USA Today, Newsweek, LA Times, & lectured at Harvard Business School, UCLA, & Berklee College of Music. Tess is an educator that will bring information to share you won’t find anywhere else!

On top of all that, she’s a talented musician & songwriter too & is one of the most connected & respected people in the industry. She will be taking time out of her schedule to explain why you need to know key players in this business, & who they are. And, how YOU can be one. She’ll explain how networking has helped people get working.

Always informative & entertaining, be sure to bring your notepads for this one, ‘cuz she often gets a weeks worth of great information crammed into a couple o’ hours. And as always, we’ll be listening too, so send your mp3 and lyric sheets to songnetshowcase@gmail.com! FREE!

If you’re SERIOUS about your music, this could be another life-changing event!

FREE!
Not in the area?

email songnetshowcase@gmail.com for a zoom link for this event.

Venue

The Urban Homestead
631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA. 91103
Near Orange Grove & Fair Oaks off the 210 freeway

www.thesongnet.org Wannaplay? showcase@songnet.info

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 7:30 pm, SongNet In-Person Showcase

Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 7:00 pm (Los Angeles) SongNet Presents Jeff Weber!

Having produced over 185 CDs with two Grammys, seven Grammy nominations (so far) for artists like Nancy Wilson, David Benoit, Steve Lukather, Jackson Browne, Tom Scott, Chick Corea, Stanley Clark, Etta James, Count Basie, Ritchie Blackmore, Pat Boone, Billy Preston, at least seventeen top ten albums, two number one album releases and more, Jeff Weber KNOWS this industry. He’s re-defined the business model for record labels ranging from contracts to innovations in sales, marketing and promotion, re-inventing and re-energizing relationships between artists and labels, and artists and consumers, with format-breaking levels of transparency and unique partnerships in all label/artist/fan relationships.

His innovative concepts were the operational foundations for two labels distributed by Fontana (Universal). Jeff has also helped give back to the community producing The Band From TV, comprised of famous television actors who travel the country raising money for their selected charities. THIS is a guy you NEED to know! His books, “We’ll Get Back To You!” & “You’ve Got A Deal! The Biggest Lies of the Music Business” are a hilarious reference to his thirty-five plus year career AND He will be GIFTING IN PERSON ATTENDEES WHO PRE-REGISTER A COPY OF HIS LATEST BOOK OF HUMOR, “Pandemic Side Effects”!

PRICELESS amounts of real world wisdom, & he’s coming to share it with you… FREE!

Send your BEST work in mp3 format to songnetshowcase@gmail.com with lyric sheets for a review! This will be both an in-person and virtual (Zoom) event. Please indicate how you will attend and we will send you a Zoom link if needed.

Venue

The Urban Homestead, 631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA. 91103
Near Orange Grove & Fair Oaks off the 210 freeway

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 7:30 pm, SongNet In-Person Showcase

August 18th, 7:30 @ the Urban Homestead! 631 Cypress ave, Pasadena CA. We are outdoors, you can bring your own mic, or trust our wiping off the community mic. Though we will still stream to YouTube, we will not have remote audio returning back to this event because it’s still just a little too difficult. Sign up to reserve your spot! showcase@songnet.info or songnetshowcase@gmail.com.
Seeya IN PERSON then!

Wednesday, August 4, 2021, 7:00 pm PDT, Song Net Presents Col. Darryl Harrelson & Chuck Tenin!

Col. Darryl Harrelson

Col. Darryl has had almost every possible job in the industry promoting, producing, engineering, recording, eventually becoming the Executive Director of the California Country Music Association, while winning a producer of the year award & being commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel for his artist development work.

His company, MLE Studios, specializes in artist development, recording, producing, mastering & replication, and has worked with such notables as Charlie Daniels, Gary Allen, Leann Rimes, Donna Fargo, Little Jimmy Dickens and many more.

Teaming up with companies like Big Fish Music, The Colonel brings out the best in emerging and established artists to further their careers.

Chuck Tennin

Chuck Tennin of Big Fish Music has a career extending back to 1968 when he and Ray Thomas worked with Artists such as Neil Young, Aretha Franklin, Steppenwolf, Elvis Presley, Procol Harum, CSNY Jimi Hendrix, Little Feat, Peter Frampton, Rolling Stones, Ike and Tina Turner, Neil Diamond and many others.

Chuck formed Big Fish Music Publishing Company in 1974, followed by a sister ASCAP company, California Sun Music. Big Fish Music publishes and licenses all types of music to recording artists, motion pictures, T.V. and film projects, as well as artists and songwriter development projects, focusing on background and theme music for television, and has placed numerous songs with NBC, ABC, and CBS TV shows and recently placed songs for one of our SongNet members…and literally placed music on the moon!

Together, these guys have PRICELESS amounts of real world wisdom, & they’re coming to share it with you… FREE!

Send your BEST work in mp3 format to songnetshowcase@gmail.com with lyric sheets for a review & possible pitch by 1:00 pm PDT August 4th. Event begins at 7:00 pm PDT.

This will be both a Zoom AND live event. The live event venue is at
The Urban Homestead, 631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA. 91103
7:00 pm PDT
Near Orange Grove & Fair Oaks off the 210 freeway

Wednesday, July 21, 2021, SongNet In-Person Showcase

July 21st, 7:30 @ the Urban Homestead! 631 Cypress ave, Pasadena CA. We are outdoors, you can bring your own mic, or trust our wiping off the community mic. Though we will still stream to YouTube, we will not have audio returning back to this event because it’s still just a little too difficult. Sign up to reserve your spot! showcase@songnet.info
Seeya IN PERSON then!

July 7, 2021, SongNet Presents Music Placement Specialist Joanne Ledesma

This coming Wednesday, July 7th Music Placement specialist JOANNE LEDESMA will once again be our guest speaker, and it’s FREE!

One of our more popular industry guests, we’ve known her since her days at other companies programming music for airlines, businesses, Presidents and more, and her starting up & developing one of the largest music libraries in the world. Joanne knows this business like no other, and produces projects and events that also help keep her in touch with the real world too. She is the only guest speaker we have twice a year for sure because she is so popular and provides up to the second information!

Any other questions you can hit us directly @ showcase@songnet.info

YES THIS IS A PITCH NITE SO PLEASE FOLLOW THESE SUBMISSION DETAILS IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD!

Send an MP3 FILE with a lyric sheet to songnetshowcase@gmail.com No later than Tuesday the 6th. Anything else will NOT BE USED. This is because we need fast standard formats & though we know there are better sounding ways to do this, time is more important in this context, and if our industry guests like something they will contact you directly.
We will not have live performances for this one because for placement purposes, material is always needed “yesterday”, and if you can’t have it here and now, oh well. 300 others will.

When you log in on Wednesday, be sure to pay attention to the chat box, because if there is a problem that is where information will appear, and of course you can have running commentary with other attendees there, great for collaboration!

The event is free but the information is PRICELESS!

Placement specialist Joanne Ledesma @ SongNet
July 7th 7PM

Sign up to showcase@songnet.info or
songnetshowcase@gmail.com, and
CHECK YOUR SPAM FILTERS IF YOU DO NOT SEE A LINK BY TUESDAY July 6th!

Events will be BOTH online AND in person!
@
The Urban Homestead
631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA. 91103
Near Orange Grove & Fair Oaks off the 210 freeway
www.thesongnet.org Wannaplay? showcase@songnet.info

June 16th, SongNet IN-PERSON SONGCIRCLE!

The state officially reopens (with a few guidelines still in place) so we are celebrating in song at the Urban Homestead, with a few changes to our usual format:

This will be OUTDOORS

ACOUSTIC songcircle format. Please let us know if you need a keyboard.
No mic sharing, but a single ambient mic will be up for the stream.
Usual format, 2 songs or 10 minutes, whichever is shorter.
We will have a laptop, projector and amp up for online participants.
Masking and distancing requested, but not mandatory.
Bring your own water/beverage (no alcohol).
We will not be asking for vax cards.

To sign up and if you have any questions, please email directly to showcase@songnet.info.

Let us know if you plan on joining online or in person, and if you need a keyboard on site if you are coming in person.

Depending on how this works out, either this will be the new normal or we may add on another virtual showcase on either the 2nd or 4th Wednesdays.

Seeya then!

The Urban Homestead
631 Cypress Ave, Pasadena, CA. 91103
Near Orange Grove & Fair Oaks off the 210 freeway

Jimi & Steve

Wednesday June 2nd 7PM, SongNet Presents Hit Songwriter Clay Drayton!

As the president of TWO publishing companies and over 40 years in the music industry, Clay Drayton is a Songwriter/Producer who has hits with Motown and 20th Century records. He has written, arranged, produced and played on songs for Diana Ross, The Supremes, the Jackson 5, Bette Midler, Al Wilson, Jermaine Jackson, Billy Davis Jr. and many others, earned multiple gold records, and Clay’s song “The Life of the Party” is included on the CD entitled “Michael Jackson’s 50 Greatest Songs.”

Currently, he speaks at colleges, music schools and conducts Professional Songwriting seminars. Subjects & tips include How to write memorable melodies, prepare your mind for writing, the secret to writing catchy titles, tools of the trade, breaking out of writer’s block, co-writing & much more.

Yes he will be LISTENING TO YOUR WORK so email an mp3 to songnetshowcase@gmail.com to get heard and to get the link! We’ll be sure to put our east coast friends & those with time constraints up first. Getting a reality check from a songwriter who’s been there & done that is good, making a connection like that with someone who can make a difference is PRICELESS, & for tonight, it’s FREE!

May 19th SongNet Virtual Songwriter Showcase

May 19th SongNet Showcase – another virtual Zoom edition! You can be larger than life! get your music heard around the globe! Sign up to showcase@songnet.info to reserve your spot now! We will send you the Zoom link.

Wednesday, May 19th, 7pm Los Angeles time (PDT). Sound check, if needed, 6:30 – 7:00 pm.

May 5^th SongNet Presents Warrior Girl GILLI MOON!

As a founding member of Songsalive! In Australia, Gilli was doing well enough to try her hand at coming to Hollywood to fulfil her dreams. In doing that she also found a need for others to connect & find their direction as well. This is why Songsalive! & SongNet became “Sister” orgs connecting the industry & community along multiple levels on different paths, always looking to each other in this industry of constant change.

Gilli is an entrepreneur, producer, motivational speaker and more and she will be listening to your work as well as discussing what Songsalive! Is all about as well.

This is a VIRTUAL event. To RSVP for a Zoom link, send your response to showcase@songnet.info. If you’d like some commentary about your music, send an mp3 of ONE song with a lyric sheet to songnetshowcase@gmail.com .

No cover, starts at 7pm sharp and we will give priority to our east coast attendees.

Seeya then!

Steve & Jiimi
TheSongNet.org

April 21, 2021 SongNet Virtual Showcase

April 21st SongNet Showcase – another virtual Zoom edition! You can be larger than life! get your music heard around the globe! Sign up to showcase@songnet.info to reserve your spot now! We will send you the Zoom link.

Wednesday, April 21st, 7pm Los Angeles time (PDT). Sound check, if needed, 6:30 – 7:00 pm.

April 7, 2021 SongNet Presents Chris Fletcher: How to make money as a DIY artist.

Chris Fletcher has her own Artist Development company Coast to Coast Music since 1989.

Her expertise is in booking tours through college & festivals plus acquiring sponsorships, grants and guiding DIY artists in releasing their music to the world. In 2014 she started ‘thecoolschool’ hosting music business panels with manager Icon Kenny Kerner; in 2016 she re-branded the education events now callled MusicBizMentor.com.

Chris is doing weekly FBLive events and a blog encouraging musicians to use their music skills and creativity during these COVID times. The next zoom panels topics include: Planning your music career through COVID, How to place your songs in TV & Movies, DIY tips to getting press & features, Understanding social media and more!

Fletcher teaches in the music business program at Musicians Institute conducting classes on Making Money as a Musician. In fact, ‘Making Money as a Musician’ will be released as a book and a YouTube series by the end of 2021. Chris also is a speaker at conferences and does personal music career coaching. Currently, she guides Multi-platinum songwriter/performer Harold Payne, Global Music Award Winner, Brazilian musician Anna Beatriz and coaches 3 other DIY artists.

https://musicbizmentors.com

https://musicbizmentors.com/blog/

Fridays Facts for the DIY Musician, Fridays at 10am

https://www.facebook.com/MusicBizMntrs

POSSIBLE SUBJECTS for APRIL 7th

How to use my music skills to make money. (I’ll share music jobs to do at home)

Tips to enter into social media and virtual performances. (How to get started)

What does it take to get my music ready to pitch to TV and Film.(Do’s and Don’ts)

When should I be looking to go back to touring? (Outdoor opportunities to pitch to right now!)

March 17, 2021 SongNet Virtual Showcase

March 17th SongNet Showcase quarantine edition! You can be larger than life! get your music heard around the globe! Sign up to showcase@songnet.info to reserve your spot now! We will send you the Zoom link.

Wednesday, March 17th, 7pm. Sound check, if needed, 6:30 pm.

Wednesday March 3rd, 7:00pm Virtual Event with Music Attorney Ben McLane!

How often have you heard “Get it in writing”, followed by “GET AN ATTORNEY”? if the wrong things are written, getting it in writing isn’t enough!

Ben McLane is one of the most active attorneys in the music industry. You’ll find his name in almost every issue of Music Connection magazine, helping to get someone a deal. His website has some of the best free FAQ resources around. He gets it, & gets it done. As the former head of business affairs/CFO for JWP-USA/BMG Records, working legal and business affairs at Rhino Records, Priority Records and as a talent scout for Sire Records, Ben is one of the few attorneys who know both sides of the table well. With Attorney of the Year & more gold & platinum record awards than any wall can handle, his cred list reads like a Billboard top 40 chart.

We suggest reading the articles on his site prior to coming so you don’t ask redundant questions. Then, you’ll have some serious specific questions to bring. The kind that usually cost money. Anyone that can afford to give this much away is someone you NEED on YOUR side! His book, “Music Business In 10 Easy Lessons” is available as an e-book, & he’s coming to share his knowledge & answer your questions FREE!

IMPORTANT!

Email “showcase@songnet.info” for the free link to attend, and check your spam filters if you do not get the link in 24 hours.

To assure email delivery and avoid spam filters (esp for Hotmail and Outlook accounts), please add “showcase@songnet.info” to your Contact List.

You can also message Jimi on FB but please provide your login name if you do so we know you are coming. Thanks!

February 17, 2021 SongNet Virtual Showcase

Feb 17th SongNet Showcase quarantine edition! You can be larger than life! get your music heard around the globe! Sign up to showcase@songnet.info to reserve your spot now! We will send you the Zoom link.

Wednesday, February 17th, 7pm. Sound check, if needed, 6:30 pm.

February 3, 2021 SongNet Pitch Night with Music Placement Specialist Joanne Ledesma

This coming Wednesday, February 3rd Music Placement specialist JOANNE LEDESMA will be our guest speaker, and it’s FREE!

One of our more popular industry guests, we’ve known her since her days at other companies programming music for airlines, businesses, Presidents and more, and her starting up & developing one of the largest music libraries in the world. Joanne knows this business like no other, and produces projects and events that also help keep her in touch with the real world too. More information is on our site at songnet.info or www.thesongnet.org

Any other questions you can hit us directly!

YES THIS IS A PITCH NITE SO PLEASE FOLLOW THESE SUBMISSION DETAILS IF YOU WANT TO BE HEARD!

Send an MP3 FILE (preferably 128) with a lyric sheet to songnetshowcase@gmail.com No later than Tuesday the 2nd. Anything else will NOT BE USED. This is because we need fast standard formats & though we know there are better sounding ways to do this, time is more important in this context, and if our industry guests like something they will contact you directly.

We will not have live performances for this one because for placement purposes, material is always needed “yesterday”, and if you can’t have it here and now, oh well. 300 others will.

The event is free but the information is PRICELESS!

Placement specialist Joanne Ledesma @ SongNet

February 3rd 7PM

Sign up with mp3 and lyric sheet to songnetshowcase@gmail.com (preferred) or showcase@songnet.info
and
CHECK YOUR SPAM FILTERS IF YOU DO NOT SEE A LINK BY TUESDAY!

January 20, 2021 Virtual SongNet Showcase

Our next Virtual SongNet Showcase is this Wednesday, January 20th, 2021. We will have a sound check at 6:30 pm and start the showcase at 7:00 pm PST (USA west coast Los Angeles time).

Email showcase@songnet.info to get on the list & get the Zoom links. We will each play 1 or 2 songs depending on how many sign ups we get.

If I have already sent you a Zoom link, you’re good to go!

January 6 SongNet Returns with Speaker Jimi Yamagishi!

In keeping with our original Schedule, we’ll be putting together Zoom conferences every first & third Wednesday, First Wednesdays with an industry guest, 3^rd Wednesdays our usual Showcase, with an emphasis on original songs.

Our first event will be with Jimi Yamagishi!

Director of SongNet for two decades and 50 year industry veteran, Jimi has seen a lot, experienced a lot and understands alternative marketing & ideas.

In the studio with hit writers & producers, on stage with his own music, running labels, building & teaching guitars for some of the best artists around, and now finding an international audience online, he’s learned a lot, made some connections & wants to make a difference in YOUR musical career, answer your questions, and as always, FREE.
We’re starting just a little earlier, 7PM, to accommodate some of our east coast friends.

We’re negotiating with some of our previous guests as well as new ones to see how we can navigate these online events in a way that works for everyone, so keep watching!

Email showcase@songnet.info to get on the list & get the links.
Seeya soon!

Hope you’re havin’ fun!

We are joining our friends on the east & west coasts, as well as Canada, South America, New Zealand and more to ring in the new year with the MOST AMAZING VIRTUAL OPEN MIC EVER with the Hambone’s organization. Special hosting on the hour to celebrate as the year passes through time zones, ending a 2AM New Year’s Day in L.A.!

You will meet new friends, find new favorite artists & be part of a global community!

Fill out the form & we’ll be organizing how many people & songs will be playing per time slot before we get back to you!

But please do this asap so we can estimate how many we will have! See the link below for signup times throughout the day.

Seeya there!

New Years Eve signup form https://forms.gle/mfx8UEmKKdTN1kzw9

Jimi, Steve & the staff @ SongNet