30A Songwriters Festival, January 15 -17, 2010

Last night, I met several of the songwriters and I cannot wait to hear them perform. Keep in mind that this is a mix of professional songwriters with top hits, along with other songwriters whose songs we have yet to hear. I love that we will be hearing from the original source of the music. Let the shows begin.

I'll add that the schedule (line-up) has shifted slightly so be sure to go to 30A Songwriters Festival to get the most updated schedule.

Thanks to all of the organizers, artists, volunteers and sponsors for bringing this uber-cool event to SoWal.

These are "listening rooms" - people are here to listen to the artists perform and discuss their work. Try to keep noise and talking to a minimum. (It will be hard, but I will be adhering to this rule:lol:)

And turn off your cell phones! :wave:

And turn off your cell phones! :wave:

Yeah, that too!

We have an extra weekend pass if anyone would like to buy one. We bought too many. Just message me if interested.

interested

We have an extra weekend pass if anyone would like to buy one. We bought too many. Just message me if interested.

I am interested, need an extra for my 8 year old and they are sold out>
Let me know
Thanks
Jeffery near Alys

Saturday Pass!

I live here but apparently well stashed under a rock. Seems the tickets are all gone! If anyone has a Saturday pass they are not going to need, I would love to purchase. Thanks a million.

-Waiting eagerly in Seagrove.

Im in the same boat as nefasto2, I'd really appreciate a couple for saturday if theres any out there. spent all week moving in to my new place in the grove (been living in niceville) and thought you only needed a band for fri at Bud's and Sunday for the Indigo Girls. I just want to listen to some good tunes and enjoy my birthday weekend (turning 30 tues), so please give me a shout if you can help out.
-Tyler 850-251-4289

A little video - 30A Kicks off its First Ever Songwriters Festival

Chances are you've heard of the muscial groups, Hall and Oates, the Bangles maybe the Indigo Girls?
How 'bout Matthew Sweet, Chely Wright, Shaun Mullins or Rodney Crowell?
All of them have had solid careers as recording artists and songwriters.
And all you'll have the chance to see some of them perform this weekend in South Walton County.
Things are still in full swing out here and it's been a way bigger turn out than anyone expected.
Artists from all over are in attendance and earlier today I got to go behind the scenes with featured artist Donnie Sundal to find out just what exactly goes in to recording a song.
This studio at Neptone Recording is Donnie Sundal's playground.
"I think my main focus is really being a singer and songwriter and i did finally finish a record that i have been working on for quite awhile" Sundal says.
But he says it has taken him a lot of hard work, time, and concentration to get to this point, and the process may not be what you were expecting.
"All the time people ask me to come to the studio to see it and about 30 min into it they're snoring and i think they think they're gonna come right into when all the magic happens and the magic defintely does happen, but alot of it is the work after the fact" Sundal explains.
But a finished record--just in time.

Last night we sold over 100 wrist bands for one night only at Bluz. If you are looking for some great music and forgot to buy a weekend pass, check it out.

it's that simple?

never...but the gods are smiling today...so much great talent to enjoy.:wave:

Bluz

Michelle Malone will be playing at Bluz on Sunday-10PM

She rocks!

The $40 we spent for a weekend pass was one of the best investments I ever made.

Michelle Malone will be playing at Bluz on Sunday-10PM

She rocks!

The $40 we spent for a weekend pass was one of the best investments I ever made.

I will second that Buz!

Last night at BLUZ we sold over 100 wristbands for the nightly show again. If you have a weekend pass and want to come to the show tonight, try to get there for the first show.

We have had more phone calls inquiring about the Michelle Malone show for the past 2 weeks than any other show this weekend. Just a reminder to everyone coming to BLUZ tonight, we are set up this weekend to be a concert venue, which means limited tables and chairs in the restaurant. Last night was incredible and tonight will be just as much fun. Donnie Sundal will be playing with Eric Lindell, Reed Waddle and who knows who else will jump up on stage with them.

What a great weekend! Here is a video of Kelsey playing a song called "sister". She wrote this song about her sister, Tasha. The video is ok as I am still trying to figure this stuff out. I heard today Kelsey was the youngest singer/songwriter at the festival!

YouTube- Kelsey Playing "Sisters"

What a great weekend! Here is a video of Kelsey playing a song called "sister". She wrote this song about her sister, Tasha. The video is ok as I am still trying to figure this stuff out. I heard today Kelsey was the youngest singer/songwriter at the festival!

YouTube- Kelsey Playing "Sisters"

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Stay tuned to Channel 8 for the best coverage
Updating often
Link to all clips and longer videos
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http://30atelevision.com/page.php?page=22

What a great weekend! Here is a video of Kelsey playing a song called "sister". She wrote this song about her sister, Tasha. The video is ok as I am still trying to figure this stuff out. I heard today Kelsey was the youngest singer/songwriter at the festival!

YouTube- Kelsey Playing "Sisters"

Congratulations Bobby for being the father of a 2 beautiful talented daughters :clap:

You did good ;-)

This was an absolutely amazing event! :clap:

I had a great time and was very impressed with how well organized it was (once I figured out what was going on with the tickets and that was mostly non-festival people telling me the wrong info).

I thought the $45 admission was worth it just for ONE of the days/blocks of events I attended and will be ordering more CDs online today! The artists rocked! :wub:

Only negative IMO was the incredibly rude behavior of many of my fellow attendees. Standing in front of people and refusing to move, talking during performances, constantly getting up and moving around, yelling at the performers for taking too long to set up - WTF? :idontno: