PINEYFEST II...June 12 thru 15th, 2003 (the weekend after Fan Fair)

We have been working on this a good bit and after checking at the local chapter meeting for conflicts, we wanted to announce the dates. The Holiday Inn in Dickson is cooperating with us again and we hope to have a few more things for all to do and enjoy while they are here this year. Until we coordinate schedules with the desired professional participants, we really can't nail down what will take place at a specific time. However, based on conversations with several of you, this is what we are trying to include.

More pro critiques. (so bring a cd and a lyric sheet). A panel discussion of publishers who will tell you how to approach and interact with a publisher, what you can and cannot expect from them, what they feel the music industry in Nashville is looking for now. A bus trip into Nashville. Reps from NSAI, BMI and ASCAP to discuss their roles in the business and what they can do for you. A canoe trip. Mike Dunbar will be teaching a lesson on the Nashville Number System and how to chart a song for demo. Studio time at reduced rates for those who are interested. A better sound system with at least three microphones so we can do some spotlight rounds.

This started as a party and we have no intention of turning it into a seminar. However, we realize how fortunate we are to live in the Nashville area and that for many of you, this is your only trip here....so we do want to try and provide an avenue to the things which interest you most.

Please let us know if you plan to attend. Also, if there is something you would like to see which we have not included, please email me at greydog8@earthlink.net or email Bobbie at bgallup@aol.com. Or feel free to call us collect inside the continental US at
(931) 729-7008 or (931) 729-7009.

Thanks and we really look forward to seeing you all.

Bobbie and dawg

Update # 1. We have confirmation on Barbara Cloyd, Cyndi Foreman from Almo-Irving, and Charlie Craig, and Razzy Bailey.

Troutner's Studio has been kind enough to give us a solid week of studio time, from Tuesday, June 10th until Tuesday, June 17th for demo sessions. I will be blocking these sessions in two to three hour segments so that all who want to have a pro demo done can get one. The free demo is limited to one per person. It includes Studio time, producer, engineer, piano or guitar. Additional musicians and vocals are the responsibility of the songwriter. I will help as much as I can in assisting you to hook up with the right person.

This is not a home studio with an 8 track recording. Jim's studio is undergoing renovation right now from a large open studio to a project studio with isolation rooms for vocals, drums and acoustic. It will be brand new and ready by the 10th.
He has dedicated mac computers just to run the cubase recording equipment.

The demo alone should be worth the trip.

dawg



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