The deadline for entering the current round of
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The BOSAs were created in 2000 to embrace and encourage the craft of songwriting, with the simple goal of offering all songwriters an opportunity to receive recognition among their peers and gain exposure for their creativity to a large number of industry professionals.

The top songs in each category are included on Showcase Recordings which will be delivered to over 125 Industry Pros who have expressed their interest in hearing them. Music Publishers, Producers and Record Companies that are looking for quality material and have all agreed that these Showcase Recordings give them a chance to review some of the best new material from writers around the world.

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Kaley Kinjo at the 07 Songwriting Contest

Music News of Note:

MySpace Music experiments with audio ads (USA Today)
Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.  

Revamp for music venue approved (BBC News)
A rundown Teesside music venue - famed for hosting The Beatles and Rolling Stones - is to be redeveloped.  

Living life to the sound of music (San Francisco Chronicle)
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was started in 1917 by local pianists Lillian Hodghead and Ada Clement with just three pianos, two blackboards and 40 pupils. Today, the conservatory boasts an enrollment of more than 400 students from 35 countries at...  

Yahoo Hires Former UMG Exec Bronikowski As New Music Chief (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)
Yahoo has hired Jeff Bronikowski, who until a year ago was SVP of global digital initiatives at Universal Music Group, as the new head of Yahoo Music, according to Billboard; he is replacing Michael Spiegelman, who is now the senior director of global entertainment and lifestyles products at Yahoo .  

MySpace Music experiments with audio ads (MSNBC)
Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear before listening to music for free online.  

McGillin, Kushnier, Voytko, Kern and More Sing Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Starting Feb. 9 (Playbill)
A host of theatre actors can be seen and heard in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber Feb. 9-14 in the Kimmel Center's Merriam Theater in Philadelphia.