Songwriters Festival Offers Digital Distribution Storefront and Other Benefits to Attendees

Songwriters attending the Nashville SongWriters Festival On Music Row this June will be able to establish their own personal storefront at SongWritersFestival.com. There will be no set up or up front processing fees, hosting charges or introductory commissions for "Fest Heads" to receive this service complete with secure online bank transaction resources. Other Fest happenings are the Open House On Music Row, Fest Awards Double CD, Writer's Table, Discussion Forum and more.

Nashville, TN (PRWEB) April 16, 2006 -- Songwriters attending the Nashville SongWriters Festival On Music Row this June 14-18 will be able to establish their own personal storefront at SongWritersFestival.com. There will be no set up or up front processing fees, hosting charges or introductory commissions for "Fest Heads" to receive this service complete with secure online bank transaction resources.

Songwriters of all genres with CD’s and other music products will have a place where the general public can listen to song samples and digitally download music right to their shopping cart. Offering this powerful tool of exposure and potential revenue source to music people helps create income possibilities for songwriters, independents and other industry pros.

Songwriters can also set up their own secure password protected "listening room" where invited music industry professionals can preview the songs in their collection. to for consideration by artist, music projects, movies and the whole spectrum of commercial music.

"What would cost the average person thousands upon thousands of dollars in computers, servers, software, IT man hours, background checks, secured banking transactions, etc. the fest already has." says fest IT manager Niles Franco. "We are just passing this capability on to the writers to say thanks for supporting us. There are music people out there who can’t or don’t want to deal with all the requirements to establish this type of modern networking capability. There is also another group of writers out there who have been stalling because they have to pay to get all this started in the real world. We are opening up or online server capacity, software configurations and our secure online financial processing to the music community."

Cornelius "Popcorn" Robertson explains, "We really want these writers talents to be combed over and discovered and that’s what sets our festival apart. Part of that process involves the ability of the writer to present their works to the industry and public electronically. By displaying "Fest Heads" product in the world wide digital marketplace we are giving them the power to be heard."

"The business of music is all about exposing great and innovative music related talent." Popcorn continues, "The more "Fest Heads" we can get to promote or improve on promoting their talents helps break the sound barrier. That is just a part of what the festival is about. We invite others to network and look forward to the experience."

The Nashville SongWriters Festival also extends it's offer to music industry pros at the fest who have instructional CDs’ DVD’s, How To books and other informational products that are helpful or may be of interest to songwriters.

Other Fest happenings are the Open House On Music Row, Fest Awards Double CD, Writer's Table, Discussion Forum and more. To find out all about The Big 3 Day Weekend SongWriters Festival On Music Row held this June 16-18 or the Writer's Retreat on Music Row, June 14-16 visit www.SongWritersFestival.com or call 615-424-1491.

An Open MIC will be hosted at the Music Row Best Western Hall of Fame Lounge on April 30th from 2 PM till Midnight. The songwriting public, committee members and volunteers are invited to join in and attend.

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