Welcome GARY TALLEY as our first music industry guest! Gary will be discussing all things guitar.

This forum is hosted by Tunesmithpro Member GREG SWARTZENTRUBER and will contain helpful hints and techniques for making videos of your songs. Greg is also selecting a song video of the week.

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Transcripts from scheduled chats with music industry pros in the Tunesmith Pro chatroom. Feel free to use our Tunesmith Chatroom located at http://tunesmithpro.ning.com/chat You must sign up as a member to use the site but it is FREE!

FOR TUNESMITH MESSAGEBOARD MEMBERS ONLY. If you are a member of this messageboard we invite you to "Run your own forum" if you have a product or service you are selling please use this forum to list and discuss it. We would like to try this for 30 days and get feedback from the users about developing a PAID permanent experiential advertising forum.

Drop in here to discuss whatever you want

Welcome to Tunesmith! Introduce Yourself To The Other Members: Where Are You From? How Long Have You Been Writing? What Songwriters Do You Admire? Your Strengths & Weaknesses? Personal Songwriting Success and Comments, WHATEVER!

Accomplishments, awards, accolades by our members! This forum will be archiving the Success Stories of Tunesmith, of it's members, and of it's spotlight songs and writers. Also, it will be a place for new members to read the positive endorsements and thank you’s that Tunesmith regularly receives.

Please post any tools you have to use as a guide when critiquing songs. Also when you post a song for critique please critique at least two other songs so everyone gets feedback.

Got a song that you’re ready to pitch or present as a finished product that is not headed for Music Row or Nashville? This is the place to post it for comments and critiques.

"A Compliment to the "Post a Link" forum, host Zan Cantwell; former DJ and armchair musicologist sifts through the stacks of new CD releases each week and posts links and reviews of his favorites here and welcomes others to post any you think he overlooked"

Please welcome longtime Tunesmith supporter, NEIL COTTON as HOST of the Lyrics Forum. Please Post NO MORE Than 1 Lyric Per Day; and Please Try To Critique At Least 3 Lyrics By Other Members For Each Lyric You Post. This Will Have The Effect Of Helping YOUR SONGS Get Plenty Of Responses Too. Please DO NOT post Re-writes in this forum. Use the Re-write forum shown below.

This forum is for posting GREAT Texas bound music and is hosted and moderated byBRENDA MCBRYDE.

Have you RE-Written a song that has already been critiqued in one of the "Lyric Forums?" Please try to wait at least ONE WEEK before posting it in the Re-Write forum. This will help ensure that you get Fresh Feedback from the members; and, to make sure you give yourself a chance to set aside your lyric for a few days after a re-write and come back to it with a fresh perspective before you post it again. Be sure to post the first song version along with your Re-write for comparison!

The Place To Post Your Songs When... They Have MP3's or Other Audio Links Posted With The Lyrics. PLEASE try to critique at least three songs by other members for each song you post. This will have the effect of helping your songs generate more responses too. (Guest Writers From Nashville Will Occasionally Post Critiques For The Benefit Of The Members too!)

The Nashville Bound section is NOW hosted by Professional Songwriter , AL CARMICHAEL! Post songs you feel are ready to be pitched on Music Row right now, not for works in progress (which is what the Audio section is for). In this section, the bar is set higher. Performance counts. Prosody rules. Song should be polished for pitching

Post your SONG HOOKS in this forum always beginning a New thread for each hook and watch it go round and round in the fishbowl..where it ends up ..nobody knows!

Songwriters are into home recording more than ever. Here is a place to ask questions and share tips and info with some talented and experienced engineers. Geek-speak and Tech-talk allowed but not mandatory.

A Tunesmith member expressed the idea for this forum becuase there is SO much music available today and just not time to listen for the songs you would buy. Post your recent finds here and share the links.

If you are aware of a resource that can be helpful to our members please post the link in this section.

Welcome to "Zen And the Art Of Music Maintenance" hosted by BUTCH PRICE who will be one of your music mechanic/groovy gurus. Believe everything he says that is true and nothing that is not true and you will do well grasshopper!!…. His philosophy of music is simple…LISTEN actively….

A meeting place for guitarists to talk shop, trade ideas, theories and techniques.

A Workshop with exercises, lessons, and discussions on the craft of lyric writing - Geared towards the Beginning and Intermediate songwriter, with emphasis on the development of "Commercial Writing".

Examine hit songs, discuss why they work and what we can learn from them. Ok, so maybe you have a favorite lyric that isn't a hit, but want to share and discuss why it works so well.

Corey P will be your host for a fun and entertaining journey to the world of parodies! Along with the sheer enjoyment of a great parody, they are an excellent exercise to help hone your writing skills. If you haven’t already, have a try at writing to an existing melody and music!

Song inspiring news!

Let us know when and where you will be performing in Nashville.

This forum will be based on "The View" with hosts BRENDA MCBRYDE and CHERYL MOON. Come on in and enjoy lively discussions about the roles women play in the music industry.

Bailey's Biscotti...is hosted by BAILEY BRIDGES. Join Bailey as she explores the world of songwriting from a little different perspective. Careful though...your dentures might not survive so you might wanna leave those at home.

You don't really want to rant, but you've got to get this off your chest. Or, you just felt like sharing, or were just wondering. This is the place for you.

Inspirational and motivational words for songwriters.

Tips, notices, and discussions on the state of the music business.