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Many of you already know I co-manage the West Coast Songwriter Competition in Berkeley, California. I want to invite Bay Area Taxi friends to come by sometime. It's at the legendary Freight and Salvage every month on a Monday, the next one is on 2/11/08.Here's how it works. The competition is held at venues on the west coast from Los Angeles to Seattle. Each city has a monthly event with industry judges. Songwriters perform one or two songs with 2 winners each time. Best Song wins 3 hours of recording studio time. Best Performance wins 10 blank CDs.The competition starts in October and runs through June. In July, all the monthly winners have a play off to decide who is the finalist. In August, the finals are held with the winners from all the venues. Finalists are featured on a compilation CD and in a concert.Anyone can come to an event for $5. You can only compete if you are a member of West Coast Songwriters, if there are open slots, non-members can perform but not compete. Any style of music is welcome.Hope to see you. If you make it, please find me and say hello.Nomi