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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.

Important information to help save you grief when posting anything for 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.

Lyrics Have LYRICS critiqued by some of the best writers in the world! 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. (Guest Writers From Nashville Will Occasionally Post Critiques For The Benefit of The Members too!) Please DO NOT post Re-writes in this forum. Use the Re-write forum shown below.

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. (Guest Writers From Nashville Will Occasionally Post Critiques For The Benefit Of The Members too!)

The Nashville Bound section is designed to post songs people 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.

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 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!

All winners posted here

Calling all Jingle Writers! Try your luck at writing a winning Jingle. Post your Company/Brand your writing the Jingle for and we will find a way to submit it for you if your a Tunesmith Pro member, however, All Tunesmith members are invited to participate in this exercise.

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

If you have attended any Tunesmith Events in the past please share your experience HERE, Good or Bad!

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.

WARNING DISCLAIMER: THIS FORUM MAY CONTAIN OBJECTIONABLE LANGUAGE (AND/OR) SUBJECT MATTER! IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THIS TYPE OF STUFF, OR YOU ARE UNDER 18, DO NOT ENTER! The Steam Pipes Are About To Burst, And The Blood Is At A Boil... Sometimes You Just Gotta RANT !!! Come Inside And Join The Debate...