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Our Mission Statement: The Minnesota Association of Songwriters is a volunteer, member-supported organization. Its mission is to inspire, educate and strengthen the songwriting and performance skills of its members through seminars, workshops, review meetings, showcases and networking opportunities, while encouraging collaboration and exploration of the creative process.
Upcoming
Monthly Songwriting Craft Workshop. Presenter: Chad Shank. Bring your song ideas, lyrics in progress, notebook and pen. Click here for more info.
Hi Songwriters. Many of you are as concerned about the weather, as we are. We are going to postpone the Melody Workshop on Thursday, April 11. I am very bummed about this MN weather. I was looking forward to this workshop! I am going to see if we can do it next week instead. We will send out updates ASAP on our plan. Thanks for understanding. – Chad
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Visit our MAS Artist Profiles for bios, contact info, audio samples, videos, pics, music/social links and gig schedules.
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Join MAS to get a start or a boost with your songwriting and presentation skills, and to help mentor others in the pleasure and business of making music.
What We Do...
MAS offers many ways to explore the joys of songwriting and the creative process:
- SongCasters TV showcase series: Perform your original songs in a television production studio and be seen on the MAS SongCasters show via community TV and on YouTube.
- Live artist showcases – Be part of our MAS Songwriters Showcase and perform your original music with other MAS members at various greater Twin Cities coffee houses, special event stages and outdoor festival locations.
- Virtual song evaluations – sign up via email to the MAS online song evaluations group and get reviews and suggestions from other online group members.
- Monthly Song Circle Jam sessions
- Networking and collaboration opportunities
- Gatherings to exchange information and resources
- Your own artist profile page on this website. Add your bio, schedule of performances, links to your social media, files of your songs, photos - you name it. It's your page to create with any and all information on your songwriting endeavors.
- Membership E-Mail Distribution List and MAS Newsletter and Announcements List
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MAS Song Review Meeting
Wednesday, April 24, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
New Alternate Location
Schmitt Music Center
Southdale Square
2906 West 66th Street,
Edina, MN 55423
Going forward, we will be alternating meeting locations between the Schmitt Stores in Brooklyn Center and Edina to accommodate more people coming from various parts of the metro area. Please check each month with which location will be hosting the meeting.
This is our general information and song reviews meeting. Please bring 15 lyric sheets of the song you will be performing for review.
Minnesota HomeBrew Music Show -
Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! Lots of variety on this show include new artists, Pat Hager and Shame Shame. And we cross the border to hear PeatMoss & the Spreaders. And did you know that Budweiser is dedicating a special b...
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Carl Unbehaun plays the music of Minnesota singer-songwriters. Made possible by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund. Click here for a replay…Minnesota HomeBrew Music Show - Double Plays
Host, Carl Unbehaun, presents a cavalcade of songs by Minnesota songwriters along with his musical musings! Now that it's baseball season, TWIN SPINS becomes DOUBLE PLAYS. Great line-up for this show: Mother Banjo, Bruce Caswell, Germaine Gemberling, John Kimball, Tim Fast & Zoë Say Go. And did you...
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Want to write a last-minute song? Minnesota HomeBrew Music Show is looking for newly-written submissions for this Thursday's show. Theme is Beatles. Songs about The Beatles, songs sounding like the Beatles, songs using a Beatles' titles. E-mail to minnesotahomebrew @gmail.com
Join us at the Folk House for The Riverside, Saturday, April 6 at 7:30.
The Riverside is a melodic, harmony-driven folk group hailing from Santa Barbara, CA, founded by husband and wife Jake and Lorein Jeanson in 2012. .
Seeking original songs for our weekly radio show, Minnesota HomeBrew, which airs on two AMPERS' stations: KSRQ in Thief River Falls (6 - 7 p.m. Thursdays) and KKWE in Callaway (Noon - 1 p.m. Saturdays). Inquire at minnesotahomebrew @gmail.com.
DON'T FORGET!
Songwriter Jam This Saturday
When: Saturday, March 23
Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Location: Maplewood Moose Lodge 963
1946 English St, Maplewood, MN
Northeast corner of the intersection of English Street and Frost Avenue.
MAS members--group rate ticket prices for "Rain-A Tribute to the Beatles - The Best of Abbey Road Performed Live" for Saturday, April 13 show at 8 p.m., State Theater in Mpls. Special ticket price is $55.50 for main floor seats. To order tickets, e-mail info @mnsongwriters.org.
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