Performing songwriters. We do what we do. We are our own niche. With the demise of Performing Songwriter, the magazine, may this become the new watering hole for performing songwriters looking to be there for one another and to provide creative, tour, marketing, and social support.

This is a group for the purposes of networking and exchanging ideas on how to market and develop a great career - and have a life.

'Cause let's face it...aren't you just completely overwhelmed?

Most of us start off solo, don't we?

In life, in music, on the road, on the phone with every promoter and music writer, in front of an audience until we're far enough along to have a band...and a 'street team' of friends and fans who'll do anything keep us going...this one's for you.

Performing songwriters. Small and beautiful. Large and in charge.

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WHAT TO DO?

► 1 Join this group and bookmark the page. You'll want to come back often.

► 2 Click on "Invite People to Join" button in the right menu.

► 3 Select all of your friends who are performing songwriters. (this only takes a couple of minutes depending on how many friends you have). You must do this in batches of 100.

► 4 Click on the "Send invitation" button.

► 5 Go back to the wall, then click on the "Share" button.

► 6 Say hi on The Wall (introduce yourself) and in your Geographical Region.

► 7 Talk up issues and ideas in The Topics. It's an open community for you!

► 8 Don't spam with empty links. It's the mark of an idiot.

NOTE: Put a full "http://www." in front of your links to make them active on the wall and in discussions.

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MEMBERS: Goal = 50,000.
Let's BE the force to be reckoned with.

June 10 - 24 members
June 11 - 51 members
June 12 - 112 members
June 13 - 180 members
June 14 - 272 members
June 15 - 456 members
June 16 - 679 members = 1 WEEK OF LOVE/UNITY
June 17 - 875 members
June 18 - 1075 members
June 19 - 1185 members
June 20 - 1269 members
June 21 - 1332 members
June 22 - 1392 members
June 23 - 1432 members = 2 WEEKS OF LOVE/UNITY
June 24 - ?
August 12 - 2026 members
September 4 - 2139 members
November 6 - 2420 members

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CONSTITUTION/RULES:

1. YOU ARE AN AMBASSADOR FOR THIS SITE, IF YOU'RE ON IT. Please pass on the good news and tell everyone you know. This is a grand experiment in greatness. Be in on it. Or, if this isn't for you, freely go.

2. YOU ARE A TRUSTED, INTELLIGENT, GENEROUS AMBASSADOR IF INVITED TO BE A MENTOR AND 'OFFICER' HERE. Officers who cannot contribute to this role in a meaningful way will be asked to leave, but your contribution does not have a 'number of posts' tag on it.

3. WALL POSTS -

a. Ask questions here.
b. Officers and anyone else can just comment on something that needs flagging immediately.
c. Put up a short full paragraph of your bio or (better) a personal intro about you. Include 1-3 of your main weblinks. Please note: non-descript weblinks that bore us may be removed at any time. Be entertaining. Learn how to write your own 'press release' effectively, starting now. Or just blab funny. We'll love it and look you up.

4. TOPICS/DISCUSSIONS - Talk to each other but be nice or be removed. Easy peezy lemon squeezy! Get smart and KNOW that it's a practice for BUILDING ONE PEER FAN AT A TIME. If you can't do this, forget about ever doing it with your listening audience.

5. POSTS FROM THE ADMIN: You will be receiving regular once-weekly posts (will try to make them brief and newsworthy) from the admin. Otherwise, other messages will be posted in the News section. If that bugs you, this may not be the site for you. Any concerns? Just talk to me via PM, thanks. - LL

Finally, FBook is a phenomenal tool that WORKS in building social networks, so please just use it, enjoy it, and talk openly but try to respect some of the structures in place here and be patient with us as we grow. Thank you!

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GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS - AFTER SAYING "HI!" ON THE WALL BELOW, POST HERE TO FIND EACH OTHER GEOGRAPHICALLY:

Africa - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9853&uid=110532175707

Asia incl. S.Asia, Middle East, E Asia - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9854&uid=110532175707

Australia/New Zealand - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9855&uid=110532175707

Canada - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9856&uid=110532175707

Europe outside of UK/Ireland - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9857&uid=110532175707

Mexico & South America - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9858&uid=110532175707

UK & Ireland - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9859&uid=110532175707

US - http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9860&uid=110532175707

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LINK IF YOU WANT TO SLAP A SAMPLE SONG UP FOR US TO HEAR AND YOU CAN'T FIND WHERE ELSE TO PUT IT...OR YOU'RE TOO LAZY TO GO LOOKING: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9862&uid=110532175707

AND IF YOU HAVE A RANDOM MUSIC 'SERVICES' SITE THAT EXCITES YOU, BUT YOU CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT TOPIC FOR IT: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=9863&uid=110532175707

REMEMBER: THIS IS A LOVINGLY PRUNED SPAM-FREE ZONE. ENJOY.

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FOUNDER/RABBLE ROUSER:

Lorelei Loveridge
Orderly Bazaar Records & Publishing
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lorelei-Loveridge-World-Travelling-Songwriter/142530793312

"Canadian artist Lorelei Loveridge lived for 11 years in Saudi Arabia, pre and post 9/11, and loved it. She experienced religious zealots, compound invasions, a terrorist chase, earthquake, tsunami, war in Lebanon, crazy drivers, nutty expats and more and survived to tell the tales in story and song. Lorelei Loveridge is a published songwriter, recording artist, performer, world-traveller, teacher, activist, arts manager, coach, consultant, writer, photographer, director of theatre, marketer, and jill-of-all-trades in the wonderful world of independent music making. She originally hails from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and is now based in Manchester, England after eleven years in Saudi Arabia. Orderly Bazaar Records & Publishing is an artist-owned boutique label specialized in roots, rock, ethnic, jazz, fusion and other travel-related shenanigans." http://www.loreleiloveridge.com

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Performing songwriters. We do what we do. We are our own niche. With the demise of Performing Songwriter, the magazine, may this become the new watering hole for performing songwriters looking to be there for one another and to provide creative, tour, marketing, and social support.

This is a group for the purposes of networking and exchanging ideas on how to market and develop a great career - and have a life.

'Cause let's face it...aren't you just completely overwhelmed?

Most of us... (read more)