The MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President will discuss MSA events and upcoming meetings.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

February meeting will be at South Main Sounds
Topic: Music Export Memphis Services
Our prompt: Heart, Love, Valentine
Meeting Coordinator: Mark Parsell, President

The 2025 MSA Songwriter Competition entries start February 3 and go through March 14, 2025. Eight finalist will selected and announced on April 4th. The final showcase will be April 17th at Lafayette’s Music Room, Memphis, Tennessee..

The MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President will discuss MSA events and upcoming meetings.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

December meeting location will be at The Arcade Restaurant

Topic: Holiday Mixer and Song Share

Our prompt for the month is ??

Meeting Coordinator: Deion Corely, Director at Large

Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM CDT on January 20th hosted by Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President. Amber will also discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

December meeting location will be at The Arcade Restaurant

Topic: Holiday Mixer and Song Share

Our prompt for the month is ??

Meeting Coordinator: Deion Corely, Director at Large

The MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Our guest will be Ted Horrell, one of the Top 8 Finalist of the 2024 MSA Songwriter Competition. Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President will discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings, and interview Dennis about his current projects and upcoming events.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

November meeting location will be The Arcade Restaurantds

Topic: We will have a special guest speaker Doug Macleod

Our prompt for the month is Balance.

Meeting Coordinator: Mike Mielenhausen, Secretary

The MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Our guest will be Miz Stefani, one of the Top 8 Finalist of the 2024 MSA Songwriter Competition. Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President will discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings, and interview Dennis about his current projects and upcoming events.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

Change!! October meeting will be at South Main Sounds

Topic: We will have a special guest speaker Ms. Carla Thomas who will be interview by Jil Sweeney.

Our prompt for the month is "Balance"

Meeting Coordinator: Jil Sweeney, Treasurer

The MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Our guest will be Dennis Jay, one of the Top 8 Finalist of the 2024 MSA Songwriter Competition. Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President will discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings, and interview Dennis about his current projects and upcoming events.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

Happy Birthday Estelle Axton! Mrs. Axton was born on this day 1918. She is the founder of the Memphis Songwriters Association that she established in 1973.

September meeting will be at South Main Sounds

Topic: We will have Ms. Joyce Cobb as our honored guest speaker

Our prompt for the month is "Bubblegum."

Meeting Coordinator: Amber Rae Dunn, Vice President

MSA Take Over at the Delta Fair featuring the Top 8 finalist of the MSA 2024 Songwriter Competition

Delta Fair Main Stage

MSA will be hosting the second MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Our guest will be Rice Drewry, the 2024 MSA Songwriter of the year!! Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President and Joe Matthews, MSA Director of Records will discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings, and interview Rice about his current album and upcoming events.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

August meeting location The Arcade Restaurant

Topic: We will also be doing a workshop that involves song editing with middle 8s and bridges.

Our prompt for the month is "Surprise."

Meeting Coordinator: Minnesota Mike, Secretary

MSA will be hosting the second MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Our guest will be Rice Drewry, the 2024 MSA Songwriter of the year!! Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President and Joe Matthews, MSA Director of Records will discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings, and interview Rice about his current album and upcoming events.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

July meeting location to be announced

Topic: TBA

Meeting Coordinator: Mark Parsell, MSA President

MSA will be hosting the second MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Our guest will be Rice Drewry, the 2024 MSA Songwriter of the year!! Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President and Joe Matthews, MSA Director of Records will discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings, and interview Rice about his current album and upcoming events.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

May meeting location to be announced

Topic: TBA

Meeting Coordinator: Mark Parsell, MSA President

May meeting at The Arcade Restaurant!

Our special guest will be Ms. Carla Thomas and Mr. Willie Hall who will discuss Estelle Axton and Memphis Songwriter Association History.

Meeting Coordinator: Jil Sweeney, MSA Treasure

The 2024 MSA Songwriter Showcase Competition Live Event at th Halloran Center, April 25, 2024. Eight finalist announced on April 12, 2024.

MSA will be hosting the second MSA Radio Hour on Radio Memphis from noon to 1:00 PM. Our guest will be Rice Drewry, the 2024 MSA Songwriter of the year!! Hosts Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President and Joe Matthews, MSA Director of Records will discuss MSA events, upcoming meetings, and interview Rice about his current album and upcoming events.

Listen on line at the Radio Memphis website (with video feed too!).

The 2024 MSA Songwriter Showcase Competition Top 8 Songs will be announced. MSA received 105 songs submissions from 46 songwriters. The songs scoring the Top 8 scores during the preliminary judging will advance to the showcase on April 25th!

A special guest Ms. Judy Rodman. Click Here for more information. Ms. Rodman will do a presentation on Zoom and we will have a live session during the meeting.

Meeting Coordinator: Amber Rae Dunn, MSA Vice President

The 2024 MSA Songwriter Competition entries start February 1 and go through March 22, 2024. Eight finalist will selected and announced on April 12th. The final showcase will be April 25th at the Halloran Center in Downtown Memphis.

MSA monthly Member meeting. Meeting discussion will be the Circle of Fifths focusing on using the diagram to find chords in a key and chord substitutions followed by a song share.

MSA monthly Member meeting. We will discuss the development of lyrics followed by a song share.