CSA Showcases: Now on 1st Sundays!

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Songwriters, we’ve had an incredible year of showcases at Brothers Drake Meadery.

When we started CSA in 2012, Sunday was always our time to gather. Over the years, we’ve adjusted to the schedules of venues and stayed together no matter what day of the week we met up on.

Finally, it’s time to move back to the 1st Sunday of the month! This is our sweet spot. We’ll start each showcase in 2020 at 6pm. Feel free to arrive early to setup and tune your guitar prior to sharing your newest songs with a listening audience.

As always: Sign up on our website prior to each showcase. We’ll add you to the lineup our Facebook events from there!

– CSA Team

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Members: We Want To Hear From You

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For nearly 8 years, CSA has been on mission to empower the lives of songwriters. As an organization, we interact with more than 400 songwriters in Central, Ohio. We realize our position to advocate for your needs beyond what our organization can provide.

We’d like to invite songwriters in the Central, Ohio are to complete this Grants Needs Assessment. While our organization has a very small operating budget and cannot provide grant funding, we do have the energy to help musicians navigate the available grants through organizations who are directly supported by the City of Columbus bed tax and city budget who have publicized their desire to support the careers of musicians. We are gathering this grants need assessment in hopes to inspire more successful grant applications that support the needs of hundreds of musicians in Central, Ohio.

Please take 5 minutes to complete the grant needs assessment here. Email us at ColumbusSongwritersAssociation@gmail.com with any questions.

Our Vision for 2019

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2019 is going to be an incredible year. Look forward to:

1. Community: Monthly Showcases at Brothers Drake Meadery to test and share new songs.
2. Celebration: Recognizing our 2018 performers at the Finale Showcase in early Spring.
3. Innovation: Thanks to our supporters at the Greater Columbus Arts Council we’ve been developing a sync licensing feature into our website that will help songwriters with instrumental music promote your music for placement opportunities.
4. Gigs: We’re always working hard to advocate for performance opportunities for local songwriters and performers. We love recommending performers to Black Brick in the Short North. Submit your booking request at PerformDonatos.com
5. New Showcase Opportunities: We’re considering ways to expand our monthly showcase opportunities through a new listening room in downtown Columbus.

Looking for our events? Make sure to add us on Facebook

Congrats to Carole Walker and Tell Collective for the “Burn” Music Video Release!

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Part of being a member of CSA for many years is the joy if seeing songwriters grow, develop, and rise — through new songs, new projects, and career growth as part-time and full-time creators.

At the 2018 CSA Finale Showcase, Bob Egle, the Film Director of Tell Collective, selected 1 of 20 songwriters to film and produce a commercial-grade music video from scratch. To the merriment and awe of many, Bob selected Carole Walker’s “Burn” and immediately got to work on the production details. This video was a collaborative effort by Carole, Tell Collective, and several other venues and small businesses downtown (shout out to the Short North Alliance) who collaborated together to make the film crew, music, and setting come together. Bob added his magic to the film and story, and Carole’s song truly shines bright in this passionate love story set in downtown Columbus!

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