My songwriting partner and I are members of NSAI (Nashville Songwriters Association International) and one of the membership benefits are a number of song evaluations. Over the past year that we've been members, we've sent a few of our songs in and received really helpful critiques. In the past three weeks or so, we sent in several songs all at once and based on the results, I think we're better songwriters than when we began.
The trend is less about fixing what's wrong with the songs and more about what might make them more marketable for country. We've also found that as we've tweaked our songs to improve them based on the feedback, that people who listen to our songs seems to be responding more to them and connecting with them in a way that wasn't happening before.
So this weekend, we are auditioning once again for Sunday Writer's Night at the Bluebird Cafe. Having done this once before makes me feel as though I'm better prepared this time around. And honestly, I think the songs are better, so I'm hopeful. I'm sure that I'll blog about how it goes.
