  I'M SO EXCITED TO BE SHORTLISTED IN THE AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITING ASSOCIATIONS COMPETITION 2019!! LAST YEAR I WON 3RD PRIZE FOR MY SONG "RED HEAD AT HEART'. I'M REALLY THRILLED TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS THAT MY ENTRIES WILL GO INTO THE NEXT ROUND FROM THAT THE TOP 30 WILL BE ANNOUNCED !! https://www.asai.org.au/
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    I'm so thrilled to have two nominations in this year's JOSIE MUSIC AWARDS 2019 held at Dollywood in the U.S ALBUM OF THE YEAR and FEMALE VOCALIST ARTIST OF THE YEAR. For a complete listing of all nominations please go to https://www.josiemusicawards.com/official-2019-nominations
  I'm so excited to be a nominee of the Josie Music Awards 2019. I have been nominated for Female Artist Vocalist. For the full list of nominees for the first stage of JMA's click here https://www.josiemusicawards.com/official-2019-nominations.html
 I am thrilled to be nominated in the above categories in the International Singer Songwriters Association. For a complete list of nominees please go to issasongwriters.com/official-international-nominees/?fbclid=IwAR3QMdkc74e2cQ3tnQIkYGu59BSSGWRRsJ411jdJDpjoVf-Wq3OZ4-r5X388
 “MAGNETIC LOVE THROUGH SONG" AS I LISTENED TO THE LATEST MUSICAL CONTRIBUTION BY MUSIC ARTIST MELISSA ROBERTSON AND HER AWE INSPIRING AND WONDERFUL ALBUM CALLED “LITTLE COUNTRY LIFE”. THE FIRST SONG ON THE ALBUM IS CALLED “LITTLE COUNTRY LIFE” AND THE SONG HAS A REAL FEEL OF COUNTRY FLAVOR WITH FIDDLE AND THE SONG HAS A SOUND THAT MAKES YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME. MELISSA AND HER VOICE ADD THE ELEMENT OF A DOWN HOME APPROACH. THE NEXT SONG CALLED “MAKE LOVE TO ME”, A BALLAD THAT MELISSA BRINGS IN A REAL EMOTIONAL SOUND THAT MAKES IT REAL AND SHOWS HER TRUE SONG WRITING ABILITIES THROUGHOUT. AS I LISTENED I NOTICED THAT MELISSA HAS STRONG STORY TELLING ABILITIES THAT PROJECT THROUGHOUT HER MUSICAL ASSORTMENT OF SONGS ON THIS AMAZING AND REALLY LOVELY ALBUM. WITH THE NEXT SONG STARTING OUT CALLED “RED HEAD AT HEART” REALLY BRINGS IN THE TWANG OF COUNTRY WITH THE FIDDLE AND THE REAL FEEL OF A GREAT COUNTRY SENSATIONAL SONG. MELISSA HAS GOT A VOICE THAT IS SMOOTH AND POLISHED AND ONE THAT MAKES YOUR EARS WANTING MORE. MELISSA, HAS A SOUND THAT IS SIMPLE YET BETWEEN HER LYRICS AND HER SIMPLISTIC VOCALS THAT MAKE A SOUND THAT IS AMAZING AND LOVELY TO HEAR . “LOVE LIKE A RIVER” A GORGEOUS LOVE SONG THAT BOTH MELISSA ROBERTSON AND IAN BURNS BRING IN A REAL FEEL OF CONNECTION WITH THE TRUE MEANING OF A GREAT CLASSIC LOVE SONG, THE MUSIC IS UNBELIEVABLE AND ALLOWS YOUR HEART TO FOLLOW IT. THE SONG STOLE MY HEART AND IS PERHAPS MY FAVORITE ON THE ALBUM. SINCE I AM A TRUE SUCKER FOR THE LOVE BALLAD. AND BOTH MELISSA AND IAN HIT THAT SPOT IN MY HEART WITH THIS SONG. “WOULDN’T BE WITHOUT YOU” MELISSA ONCE AGAIN THAT BRINGS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND HER VOCALS JUST HAVE IT, ARE SPOT ON AND SAIL THROUGH THE MUSIC LIKE A HOT KNIFE THROUGH BUTTER. THE MUSICALITY OF MELISSA WHICH INCLUDES THE MUSIC OF THE INCREDIBLE BAND MAKE THE SONG ASSORTMENT FEEL SO GOOD AND REAL. THE NEXT SONG CALLED “ANGEL” MELISSA KEEPS THAT SIMPLISTIC BUT WONDERFUL FEELING VIBRATING THROUGH MY EARS THAT TOUCHES MY SOUL. A REALLY GREAT SONG AND ONCE AGAIN SHOWCASES MELISSA’S WRITING AND MUSICALITY THAT IS SOUND AND SUPERBLY MATCHED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT SONG, IT HAS THE ABILITY TO TOUCH ME THE SONG CALLED “HE’S A WRITER OF SONGS” AND JUST HIT ME, SINCE I AM A WRITER AND REMINDED OF MYSELF. MELISSA VOCALS JUST ARE AMAZING AND HER VOICE IS SOFT ON THE EARS AND DRAW YOU IN TO JOIN THEM AS YOU LISTEN. THE SONG CALLED “WAY BACK HOME” MELISSA TAKES ON A SOUND OF SHANIA TWAIN VOCALLY, BUT WITH THIS BEING SAID, MELISSA HAS HER OWN STYLE AND ONCE AGAIN MELISSA PLEADS WITH YOU TO OPEN YOUR HEART TO HER. MELISSA’S VOCALS ARE OUTSTANDING AND MASTERFUL AND VERY TOUCHING TO MY SOUL AND REALLY TOUCHED MY HEART. AS I LISTENED TO THE ALBUM I NOTICED THAT MELISSA HAS A WAY OF BRINGING YOU IN WITH HER VOCALS THAT IS DRIVEN AND HAS PERFECTION AND HER LYRICS ARE WRITTEN FROM THE HEART, I AM ABLE TO FEEL THIS SINCE I AM A WRITER THAT WRITES FROM THE HEART AS WELL. THE SONG “WILD WILD FLOWER” MELISSA TAKES ON A LITTLE ROUGHER EDGY, BUT NICE SOUND THAT ADDS TO THE ALREADY TOUCHING MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM. THE NEXT TRACK CALLED “I WASN’T MEANT TO” MELISSA BRINGS IN HER ELEMENT OF STORY TELLING AND I REALLY LOVE THIS SONG, MELISSA SEEMED AT TIMES THAT SHE WAS SINGING ABOUT MY OWN LIFE WHERE I WENT THROUGH SIMILAR EXPERIENCES HOWEVER, MELISSA AND HER STORY TELLING IS IN TRUE FORM ON THIS SONG AND IT’S A SONG I CAN RELATE TO AND LOVE IT, A LOT. “HEART OF GOLD” WHAT A SONG THIS SONG REALLY SHOWCASES MELISSA AND WHERE HER VOCALS ARE INCREDIBLE YET, VULNERABLE AND REAL. ONE MUST HEAR THIS SONG, IT HAS A ALMOST BLUESY FEEL TO IT WITH AN UNDERTONE OF COUNTRY, BUT I TRULY FEEL THAT THIS SONG SUMS UP WHAT KIND OF MUSICIAN MELISSA ROBERTSON IS, A TRUE SONGWRITER, AND A TENDER ONE AT THAT. THIS SONG HAS TOTAL TENDERNESS AND ARRIVES WITHIN MY OPEN HEART AND RECEIVED WELL. THE LAST SONG ON THIS AMAZING AND HEARTFELT AND HEART WARMING ALBUM CALLED “IN YOUR LOVING ARMS” MELISSA KEPT THAT FEELING OF TRUE EMOTIONAL PLEA TO JOIN HER AND HER MUSIC HAS THAT ABILITY TO BRING YOU IN AND KEEP YOU WITHIN IN HER LOVING ARMS. THE SONG REFLECTS AN AMAZING MUSIC ARTIST THAT HAS TRUE TALENT, TRUE MUSICIANSHIP, TRUE HEARTFELT AND AMAZING EMOTIONAL MAGNETIC APPEAL THAT IS CREATED AND KEPT ALL THE THROUGH THIS AMAZING MUSIC ALBUM AND I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE MUSIC OF SINGER SONGWRITER MELISSA ROBERTSON AND HER TREMENDOUS MUSICAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE MUSIC FROM THE HEART. I THANK MELISSA FOR ALLOWING ME TO HEAR HER OUTSTANDING AND HEARTFELT MUSIC THAT IS ACCEPTED INTO MY HEART AND ALWAYS WILL, AND HER TREMENDOUS FRIENDSHIP AND I WISH HER WELL WITHIN HER AMAZING “LITTLE COUNTRY LIFE” STEVEN F. ADAMS PUBLICIST/ PROMOTER MUSIC REVIEWER OWNER SOUND WAVE ONE BAKERSFIELD CALIFORNIA https://soundwaveone.wordpress.com/  DOWNLOAD A DIGITAL COPY OF 'LITTLE COUNTRY LIFE' ITUNES:
https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/little-country-life/1437269263   Both songs are available on Melissa's Award winning Album "Little Country Life" Available through iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/little-country-life/1437269263
Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/album/6ehWlol72y21ZW6ZqrlAAO  Tamworth Songwriters Association Semi Finalists Announced TAMWORTH SONGWRITERS SALUTE AWARDS SEMI FINALISTS- DEC 2018 NOVICE WRITER AWARD Houlies Ukulele - Robert Knox Layover - Blake Dantier... Whisky is My Woman - Blake Dantier Feel the Same - Sean Griffiths Fall to the Ground - Sean Griffiths Back to the River - Garry Jones I’ve Got Someone -Sean Griffiths Nowhere Fast -Sean Griffiths & Catherine Nona Smiles - Brooke Roberts Lost at Sea -Kenneth Dinsdale, Briana Dinsdale & Ashlyn Dinsdale Beyond Blue Eyes -Noeleen Smith Hang on Through the Storm - Shirley Goslett Turn this to Gold -Keely Johnson & Estelle Poots Never Too Late to Have A Dream - Aurelle Brunjes Easy Street -Joel Mckay Love for The Farmland - Sophie Volp The Waiting - Susan Forson Tamworth Busker’s Shoes - Paul Whittaker Tamworth Rambler - Paul Whittaker It’s Time to Go - Paul Whittaker Rock n Roll Cowboy - Marion Shilo JOHN P TOOMEY COMMEMORATIVE AWARD For YOUTH SONGWRITING Road Called Life - Felicity Dowd It’s You - Cassi Marie Cupid – Cassie Marie I Used to Love You - Lucy Parle Youth Award Semi Finalists continued Never Going Home - Felicity Dowd Something Like Love - Lucy Parle Letters - Sophie Volp Bullet - Sophie Volp Better than This - Bonnie Melbourne Used to Care - Trinity Woodhouse LYRICS WRITER AWARD Lock the Gate - Luke Robinson Turning Point - Graham Scobie Doin’ It for Dolly - Shirrelle Jackman My Grandad - Dianne Coombes Coat of Sorrow - Shirlee Faint History Lesson - Paul Bacon Ride On - Shirrelle Jackman Wool on the Water - Lloyd Clarke Louder Than It’s Ever Been - Blake Dantier My Heart Is Like A Dust Bowl - Carolyn Carvalho Disappearing Man - John Walsh Big Bill Jones - Glenn Jones Chapter Eight – John Walsh Hard Working Dog- Diana Davis Don’t Give Me Halloween -Peter Campbell Eucalyptus Breeze- Kevin Pye The Ballad of Black Caviar - Carmelo Cacciola Bill the Bastard -Glen Naylor The Next Round’s on Me - Andrea Corish You’re not Putting me in a Home - Robert McIntosh Lyrics only -continued Howling to The Moon - Paul Whittaker Walk Away - Ben Mawdsley & Kate Appleyard (Souly Us members) I’m From Here - John Walsh GOSPEL/ SPIRITUAL SONGWRITING AWARD A Friend Forever - Carmelo Cacciola Final Judgement - Dianne Lindsay & Peter Simpson Part of Our Father’s Plan - Shaza Leigh & Jean Darnell When I Fall - Cill Van Der Velden Hold On - Dianne Lindsay I Got Gold - Geoffrey Bates Their Work Here Is Done - Gordon Station The Hand - Daniel Higgins Please Say Hi to Granddad - Shaza Leigh Francis My Friend - Peter McDonald BLUEGRASS SONGWRITING AWARD Face the Wind - Virginia Hermel Wildhorse Mountain - Brenda Kelly Hillbilly Radio - Dave Diprose Love Street - Brendan Smoother Who Was the Dancing Man - Lester Treuer & Michelle Treuer Feeling Love - Susan Lily Homeward Call - Michelle Walker Moonshine - Kylie Adams Collier Walking (By My Side) - Shaza Leigh Put Your Money in Your Shoes -Lola Brinton COUNTRY BLUES SONGWRITING AWARD Nobody’s Business – Cathy Dobson Phoenix – Michelle Walker Singing for The Money – Ian Burns Homesick Blues – Stan Lenz Grab Yourselves A Drink – Benny Allen Behind the Seen – Brendan Smoother Pretty Baby Blues – Kiara Rodrigues Gypsy Girl – Brendan Smoother A Moment Like This – Cathy Dobson Do You Remember – Shaza Leigh & Emma Jene Festival Blues – Peter Campbell Postcard – Aaron D’Arcy GEOFF MACK COMMEMORATIVE AWARD FOR COMEDY/NOVELY SONGWRITING That Mobile Phone – Michael Clare I Don’t Want to Go to Tamworth – Wendy Wood The Truck Song – Paul Grierson, Chris Rieger & John Healey Tim The Termite – Paul Owen & Judith Edwards Grandad’s Farm (We’ve Got Weeds) – Lawry Bucholz Hold’er, Hold’er, Hold’er – Ron Buckpitt & Greg Williams Mums Hot Cuppa Tea - Stan Lenz & Glenny Palmer It’s A Dogs Life – Glenn Jones Mr Vanity – Kiara Rodrigues Put on A Good Show – Thomas Libreri & Tess Libreri B & S Ball – Peter McDonald COUNTRY ROCK SONGWRITING AWARD Let It Burn – Michael Carpenter & Ryan McMahon Where We Stand – Julie Prowse Little Country Life – Melissa Robertson I Will Not Run – Briana Dinsdale & Ken Dinsdale The Borderline – Cathy Dobson Don’t You Still Get Restless – Dave Diprose Hurricane Child – Cathy Dobson Yahoo – Emma Jene The Thing I Like Best About You – Thomas Libreri & Tessa Libreri Never Knew I Was Country – Benny Allen Yesterday – Brad Marks & Troy Kemp Smack Dab – Angela Easson, Troy Kemp & Jeremy Barnes White Side of the Fence – Paul Grierson, Chris Rieger & Matt Scullion Feels Like Coming Home – Brendan Smoother & Jeremy Edwards Writing My Book Again – Bobby Valentine Playing with Fire – Kiara Rodrigues Out on The Clay – Peter Campbell That Dear John Song – Lola Brinton & Christopher Matthews The Boy from Lightning Ridge – William Beggs Country and Western Songs – Bobby Valentine ALT COUNTRY SONGWRITING AWARD Diesel in My Veins – Wendy Wood Love Left Behind – Stephen Kiely, Roxanne Kiely, Lara Nakhle & John Clement Something Like Love – Lucy Parle She’s A Picture – Paul Grierson & Chris Rieger Don’t Leave with My Heart – Blake Dantier Down in The Boneyard – Cathy Dobson Alt Country Song Award continued Better or Worse? – Gareth Leach Born to Be Free – Shaza Leigh & Billy Wye Face the Show – Ian Burns Scars on My Heart – Cassi Marie North West Country Dance Floor – Spike Flynn One Trick Pony – Michael Carpenter & Kylie Whitney Big Black Car – Brendan Smoother & Lola Brinton Cold Hard Truth – Rob Imeson When Your Light Burns – Chloe Styler & Fanny Lumsden Annaballe – Matt Ward Call the Police – Angela Easson & Kevin Bennett The Devil’s Garden – Lola Brinton & Jasper Shelton Hollis I Give My Heart to You – Aaron D’Arcy & Tim Bruns Do You Ever Dream of Me – Becci Nethery Close the Door – Noeleen Smith The Web – Lola Brinton & Jen Mize Hate Away – Becci Nethery The River Spoke to Me – Clint Wilson & Kelly Breuer COUNTRY BALLAD SONGWRITING AWARD No More Holden’s – Paul Grierson & Chris Rieger Want to Sing – Ian Burns Sweetheart- Blake Dantier ‘Don’t Sign the Dotted Line’ – Julie Prowse & Kym Beare Every Once in a While – Wendy Wood You Don’t Know What It’s Like – Wendy Wood & Matt Scullion Smoky Wind – Donal McKernan Country Ballad Song Award continued I Used to Love You – Lucy Parle Lessons Learned – Tyson Lucas, Tammie Lucas, Peta Cherae Peters & Jayson Peters A Break tn The Clouds – Cathy Dobson Travelling tith You – Lloyd Back The Roses Fall – Andrew Wriggleworth & Allan Caswell Just Down the Hall – Lola Brinton & Kevin Bennett If I Didn’t Have A Heart – Kiara Rodrigues Waltz Right Back – Lester Treuer & Michelle Treuer Rivergum Tree – Aurelle Brunjes From the Heart of The Hunter – William Beggs The Tiny Bush Grave – Graham Rodger Stranger – Brendan Smoother The Bloke from Bendemeer – Michael Clare I Don’t Love You Anymore – Kiara Rodrigues Sat In the Car and Remembered – Geoffrey Bates I Guess I’ll Miss the Horses – Glenn Jones BEV DANIEL COMMEMORATIVE AWARD for TRADITIONAL or BUSH BALLAD SONGWRITING Advance Australian Wood – Gordon Station Me and Sandy – Trinity Woodhouse & Allan Caswell Home – Tyson Lucas, Tammie Lucas & Peta Cherae Peters In Good Time – Tyson Lucas & Jeremy Edwards It’s Ok to Be Me – Tyson Lucas, Rebecca Lee Nye & Billy Bridge Tough as Geranium – Susan Lily Bellingen Boy – Paul Grierson & Chris Rieger Jericho Rose – Cathy Dobson Fair Dinkum Aussie Bushman- Patricia Thompson Paddy’s Soul – Peter Simpson Bev Daniel Commemorative award continued The Old Plough Inn Hotel – Wendy Wood Derrinallum – Menindee Bushman by The Sea – Michael Clare Hard Year on The Land – Sandra Pearn, Wayne Elliott, John Doherty & Anne Doherty Old Chimney – Brendan Smoother Country of Gidjee and Stone- Patricia Thompson His Last Cattle Drive – Carmelo Cacciola Florence Met Frank – Geoffrey Bates Ringers in The Sky – Graham Rodger In the Shade of The Old Bunya Pine – Warren Kearney My Angel – Michelle Treuer, Stacy Treuer & Lester Treuer Station Minderoo – Terry Bennetts & Keith Lethbridge Tommy Mac – Peter Coad APRA AMCOS/ TSA NEW SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD The Hand – Daniel Higgins Dance with Me – Vicki Walsh Every Girl Wants A Cowboy – Rachel Jillett Threading the Eye of the Needle (Loch Ard Lament) – Lloyd Clarke When Your Light Burns – Chloe Styler & Fanny Lumsden Meant to Be – Ben Mawdsley & Kate Appleyard (Souly Us) Sugar Cane Town – Rob Imeson Just Another Fork Along the Road – Tim Channon Rutile Mining Man – Michael Clare Streets of Old Kilsyth – Thomas & Tessa Libreri ANZAC SONGWRITING AWARD Beersheba – Sally Pottinger & Allan Caswell Lest We Forget – Simone Lee Such A Shame – Terry Bennetts The Lost Soldier – Peter Campbell & Brendon Walmsley His Last Cattle Drive – Carmelo Cacciola One Day A Year – Diana Davis The Roses Fall – Andrew Wrigglesworth & Allan Caswell Gallipoli – Michael Clare Stretcher Bearer – Brendan Smoother We Will Remember – Benny Allen The Ballad of Kokoda – Lance Birrell Brothers in Arms – Elizabeth Steadman Montevideo Maru 1942 – Kylie Adams-Collier The Last of The Horsemen – Dave Diprose Afghanistan – Tony Kennelly Bill the Bastard – Glen Naylor Congratulations to all of the Semi Finalists in the 2019 TSA Songwriting Awards For a download of Little Country Life ... Please go to https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/little-country-life/1437269263?i=1437269268   I'm so overwhelmed to be at the TOP OF THE CHART this week #1 LITTLE COUNTRY LIFE. A BIG THANK YOU to all of my presenter friends and stations playing my song! To my amazing producer SIMON JOHNSON and to all of the amazing musicians GLEN HANNAH, TRENT SIMONSON, VAUGHAN JONES, MICK ALBECK, TIM CROUCH AND JAMES CHURCH! Thank you to SIMON JOHNSON AND KELLY HOPE for the backing vocals. And to all of you for your wonderful support much Luv Melissa <3 XXXXXX Alan Edwards - Seymour FM Alan Gilmour - Today's Country 94 0ne FM Alec Field - 2UUU Nowra Andrew Wallace - Frazer Coast FM Andrew White – la Trobe Country Valley Radio Angie Maxwell - Wow FM 100.7 Fm Ann Brown - Opal FM Aussie Grown Across the Nation Barbara Morison - 2SER Batholowmew Green - AlburyWondonga 2REM Beth Brown – Yass FM Big Al - 2UUU Nowra Brenda Elkington - Tank FM Carmel - Great Southern FM Charmaine Miller - Murri FM Cheryl Robb - 2REM Connie Kis Andersen - Showcase Australia Country Festival Dallas Johnson - Gippsland FM Dan Rennie - 98.9 FM Brisbane Diane Hamilton -4 You FM Rockhampton Dennis Titley - 2BOB FM Radio Diana Langley - 7MIDfm @ 97.1 Englefield Country Music Roots Radio Show Forbes Community Radio Frank Crump - 2 MAX FM Fred Payne – Radio Adelaide Frederik Plets – Globetrotter mix - Internet Radio Gary Simmonds - Dungog Community Radio Gene Bradley Fisk – 88.9 Wyn FM Geoff Jessop - QBN Glenn Gillie - Hobart FM Greg Elworthy - Coral Coast FM Good Morning Country Hank David - Aussie Grown Across the Nation Hawkridge Studio Ian Crombie - ZFM Radio 16.com.au and Power Country Jeff Dunn - Goulbourn FM Jennifer Fennel – Upper Murray Radio Jim Manning - Wow FM Semaphore John Callaghan - Sonshine FM John Nutting - Australian Country Radio John Slaven - 2CHR & 2NUR Joy Jones - Hobart Fm Joy & PJay - EMFM Echuka Judith Buchanan - 99.9 Voice FM Kay Gray - 2 Max FM Kenneth Andersen- Gin Gin community Radio Kevin Walsh - Good Morning Country Kylie Adams Collier - Good Morning Country Lee Williams - CMR Nashville Leonie McClure - 2 RRR Larry Sullivan - Cairns FM Radio Lindsay Morris _ Fraser coast Fm May Patterson - 3 Way FM Merylin Henderson - Kix FM Michael Clarke - ABC Country online Mike Crozier - Valley FM Nigel Jones - TYGA Fm Noel Parry - Radio Southland NZ Norm Tongue – BBB Fm Norma Shaw - Coonamble community Radio Paul Bishop - lichstatad Radio Paul Mac - Hamilton Radio Pheonix Radio Rick Nash – Orange Community Radio Robyn Hull - Coonamble community Radio Ronnieboy- 2RRR Saving Country Music.Com Sharon Freitag - One FM Sheparton Stephan Winter – Tank FM Susan Lily - Wow FM Semaphore Ted Wavedancer - 88.7 KiK FM Tim Andersen - Cow FM Casino Tony Wright - Donnybrook FM Tracy & Darren Robinson - Sunshine FM Viv Aroin - 3RPC FM Portland And to Everyone playing "Little Country LIfe" thank YOU !!! |
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