"Fire Songs" contest ino

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DEADLINE EXTENDED: SONGWRITERS, ENTER YOUR “FIRE SONGS”
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The deadline to enter your original songs in the Guide’s “Fire Song” contest has been extended through SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31.
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OUR CHALLENGE FOR ALL YOU SONGWRITERS is designed to get your original songs exposure right away, and bring you a chance to win a prize late in October.
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YOU CAN ENTER AS MANY SONGS AS YOU LIKE, FOR FREE! Each song must deal with “fire” or firefighters” in some way. To enter, send us the url of a place that everyone can see (or simply hear) your “fire song(s)” someplace on the web. Yep, either a music video, or audio-only, both forms are accepted.
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WHEN WE HAVE YOUR INFO, TWO THINGS HAPPEN ~
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FIRST, We’ll post it in a special section that’ll run through the ENTIRE Southern California fire watch season, so you’ll get exposure for your song(s).
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SECOND, our readers will be invited to listen/watch and VOTE for their favorite “Fire Songs.” Yep, readers pick the winners! The winners will each get a nifty certificate to post on their web sites and walls and wherever bragging rights can help get gigs and media attention!
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Along with each url, be sure to include the NAME of the song, the GENRE, the names of the SONGWRITER(s) and the MUSICIAN(s) performing the song. ALL GENRES are welcome for this one, but you need to tell us the genre(s) of your song(s).
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You can send separate urls (each with its info) for AS MANY OF YOUR ORIGINAL “FIRE SONGS” AS YOU WANT. It’s FREE to enter!
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Send us the complete info on your songs, and make the subject of your email “FIRE SONG” - and send the info to us at tiedtothetracks@hotmail.com
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We’ll soon announce voting dates for our GUIDE READER’S CONTEST TO PICK THE TOP THREE SONGS (and PRIZE WINNERS). So get busy, get the recorded performances of your songs posted someplace accessible and send us the info, so everyone will be able to start hearing (or watching) YOUR song(s)!
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We originally decided to do this for “National Fire Prevention Week.”
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And none of us wants to see a repeat of that shameful episode a few weeks ago, wherein a family’s house burned-down with firefighters watching and taking no action because the residents hadn’t paid their individual “fire assessment” fee. (Isn’t there a song in there, someplace?)
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All of us need to be mindful of all the gratitude we feel for our firefighters in times of crisis, and to remember that gratitude when government looks at ways to cut budgets. We need to remember the firefighters from other states and other taxpayer-supported jurisdictions who came from all over the nation to fight Southern California’s Station Fire. Of course, the memories of firefighters on 9/11, and who came from everywhere in its long and painful aftermath, are ingrained in the annals of civilization. And we should be mindful that each time a fire bell rings, it signifies a life-and-death matter for somebody, somewhere.
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The EXTENDED DEADLINE is Sunday, October 31. Enter your “fire song(s)” to get exposure, recognition, and a shot at prizes in the Guide’s contest!
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