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	<title>Songwriting News from Nashville&#039;s ParamountSong &#187; songwriters</title>
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		<title>Kellie Pickler Releases New Album, ParamountSong X-Writer/Vocalist Has Cut No. One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always nice to see talent move up in this business, and we are pleased to see Don Poythress, who used to co-write and sing on demos for ParamountSong, credited with co-writing one of the songs on Kelly Picklers upcoming album release. It&#8217;s like we always say, some of the best up and coming talent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The song’s the thing: Female songwriters Swift, Perry lead charge of country girls at CMAs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News of last night&#8217;s CMA Awards is being carried by media far and wide, as it should be, since it&#8217;s one of TV&#8217;s major events–right up there with the Grammys and the Oscars. The Washington Post went with the angle of women winning so many major awards. To wit:
Though still largely the domain of men, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriters of the Year Honored at BMI Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dallas Davidson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CMA awards week in Nashville continued last night with the third of the PRO awards sessions, all leading up to tonight&#8217;s CMA Awards celebration.
Broadcast Music, Inc. BMI celebrated the songwriters and publishers behind country music’s most-performed songs of the past year during last night’s 11/8 59th annual BMI Country Awards, staged at the organization’s Nashville [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriter Ben Hayslip takes top ASCAP 2011 songwriting honors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[joe Nichols]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Songwriter Ben Hayslip was the night’s top winner, collecting his first ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award on Sunday night during the performing rights organization’s 49th annual country awards.
Hayslip had a hand in writing five of ASCAP’s most-performed songs in the last year: “All About Tonight” (Blake Shelton), “All Over Me” (Josh Turner); “Farmer’s Daughter” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legendary Songwriter Denny Randell Nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES, CA, Oct 27, 2011 MARKETWIRE via COMTEX &#8212; Veteran songwriter and GI Jams R co-founder Denny Randell is a 2012 nominee for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Randell has collaborated with many songwriting partners, including co-nominee Sandy Linzer and with Bob Crewe. Randells catalogue with Linzer includes &#8220;A Lovers Concerto,&#8221; &#8220;Working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bobby Braddock To Be Honored By BMI As Songwriting Icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BMI will honor Bobby Braddock as a BMI songwriting Icon during its 59th annual Country Awards. The private ceremony is slated for Tuesday, Nov. 8 at BMI’s Music Row offices in Nashville, Tenn.
The Icon award is given to BMI songwriters who have had a “unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.” Braddock, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Songwriter Jerry Leiber Passes : MusicRow</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ray Stevens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronnie McDowell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanda Jackson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lyricists take note: if you think you have a problem connecting with writers of music and becoming a success in the music business, check this out. The news of one of music&#8217;s most famed lyricists is all over everywhere, but MusicRow.com gives one of the best accounts.
Jerry Leiber, Songwriters Hall of Fame Member and lyricist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hit Songwriters To Perform At 10 SongPosium Shows Sept. 20-24</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/hit-songwriters-to-perform-at-10-songposium-shows-sept-20-24</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 21:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can make it to Nashville, you should definitely pick up on this SongPosium opportunity to hear some of the best of the best songwriters at the Bluebird Cafe in September. It could be an education in itself.
Keep in mind that most of the songs below are co-written, but only one writer  is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trace Adkins Tells How Songwriters Get the Job Done</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/trace-adkins-tells-how-songwriters-get-the-job-done#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent interview with CMT, Trace Adkins related how he and a couple of songwriter friends came up with some nice work on his recent album.
One song on the new album, &#8220;Days Like This,&#8221; is a tune he wrote with his friends Kenny Beard and Casey Beathard early one morning while they were having [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson Among Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Nominees</title>
		<link>http://blog.paramountsong.com/garth-brooks-alan-jackson-among-nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame-nominees</link>
		<comments>http://blog.paramountsong.com/garth-brooks-alan-jackson-among-nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame-nominees#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>normdan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresh from his Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in New York City, Garth Brooks is nominated for another prestigious honor for his tunesmith talents. The Shameless singer, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 16 by Billy Joel, is also nominated for inclusion in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He [...]]]></description>
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