A Best of the Fest Volume I, CD release party will be held this Thursday, July 27 from 4-7 PM at Dan McGuinness Irish Pub 1538 Demonbreum St. Nashville, Tennessee 37203. The Volume I
collection comprises song finalist by writers who attended the recent Nashville SongWriters Festival on Music Row.
The 16 songs selected to be on Volume I represents many genres. Writers did not pay to submit songs or to be on this compilation. All songs submissions went through a selection process
and were field tested on listeners from the average Joe on the street to Industry professionals. Writers whose songs were nominated are paid a mechanical for each record copy produced and
digital download.
It'ss a great album! These are undiscovered songs by previously unpublished songwriters. says Cornelius Popcorn Robertson festival founder. These writers will now get a chance to display
their craft to the music industry and listeners worldwide. The Best of the Fest Volume I is giving writers the recognition they deserve. Already several publishers and song pluggers have
expressed interest in the songs on this brake out CD project.
I think is cool. Popcorn continues, Now we have the music Industry talking to festival attendees, taking a deeper look into their song catalogs.and increasing writers chances of getting
cuts. The writers are really excited by all the recognition and possible inclusion in future artist projects. This is a part of what the Nashville SongWriters Festival on Music Row is all
about, inspiring and reinvigorating the unsung heroes of music, the songwriter.
We believe this product can compete in the market place for the average listener and plan on fully exploiting that. Popcorn says, We are releasing the CD using every marketing tool
available to get the music out worldwide. One method is with online sales and digital distribution by CD Baby, Apple iTunes, Tower Records, Yahoo Music, Best Buy, Rhapsody, Napster, MSN
Music, SongWritersFestival.com DigiPie, Audiolunchbox, Nareos, PeerImpact, Flip Technologies, Inc., Intent Media Works, iSound, Weed and more. We will also be going after physical
distribution outlets in record stores and retail chain outlets.
Two Hundred promotional copies will be distributed to those who attend the CD release event. The Music Industry, Fest Heads, songwriters and the general public are invited to attend the
release party.
Volume One Song Selections are..1. Not Afraid To BurnScott Stinson 2. Smile Myself To SleepRobin Anderson3. Walk'sn Away With My Heart Tim Casey 4. Not Worth Miss'sn Tracy Williams 5.
Nobody Scott Stinson 6. Ain'st Got It So Bad Brian Edward Bell 7. Spanish Rain Craig Jackson8. Woman With Child Ronald Brown 9. Queen Of My Castle Crissy Wix10. This Time Craig Jackson
11. To Things Ronald Brown 12. Without You Dax Evans 13. What I Already KnowStacia Thompson 14. Under The Influence Pat Riley 15. Really Do Care Dax Evans 16. You Can Only Follow David
Greenberg
All Best of the Fest collection CD holders also receive 2 General Admissions passes to attend the Nashville SongWriters Festival on Music Row. We'sre a no fluff Fest. A gathering of music
people big, little and in-between, from all walks of music life in a laid back atmosphere. Popcorn says.
Proceeds from record sales and digital distribution go to pay writers mechanical, production of Best of the Fest Volume II scheduled to be released this Fall and to help enhance
activities of the Nashville SongWriters Festival now in its 5th year. Best of the Fest Volume 3 will be released in the Spring. Then the process starts all over again at the 2007
Nashville SongWriters Festival On Music Row June 13-17.
Advance copies can be obtained at SongWritersFestival.com or telephone 615-424-1491 or 931-296-4067
Industry inquiries can be emailed or by telephone.
Visit www.SongWritersFestival.com for more info.