Share your talents and network with other NC Songwriters Co-Op members! The Annual Membership Meeting and Open Mic will be held on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at Tyler’s Speakeasy in Carrboro, NC. Registration begins at 3:00PM and the fun continues until 6:30. Heavy appetizers will be served, and we will end in time for you to have dinner with your family. Come see what your NC Songwriters Co-op is doing for you.  Bring a friend!  Admission is FREE.

A little business, food, lots of laughter, fun and, of course, music!

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It's a new year; time for a fresh start. Over the next couple of months you'll notice a new logo and some sprucing up of the website.

Over the next year, we will be producing a web banner that members may use on their own sites to associate with the Co-op, along with guitar case/bumper stickers, and a new stage banner for use at Co-op sponsored events.

The new logo will be revealed at the Annual Membership Meeting & Open Mic on February 21.

Live Music Lab has moved to Loco Lu’s, 5210 Holly ridge Dr., Raleigh. Live Music Lab is held on Sunday afternoons from 2-5 PM. Check the Co-op Website for dates and to get directions. http://ncsongwriters.org/livemusiclab

Rog Bates (rhymes with lodge), backed up by David Bultman, has been hosting the Royal Bean Open Mic since January. The open mic is held on the second Friday of each month from 7:30-10:00 PM. Sign-up begins at 7:00.

Our website, www.ncsongwriters.org -- just one of thousands of sites hosted at Bandzoogle.com -- was selected as the 'Cool Bandzoogle Website of the Day' on Twitter on September 10, 2009. Cool, eh? :)

In order to streamline our communications, we will no longer be maintaining the MEETUP site. All the communications that have been going out from Meetup willl be going through the Yahoo News List which you can join here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nc_songwriters_news/join

Stay in touch with the North Carolina Songwriters Co-Op via social networks. Become a fan on Facebook (http://tinyurl.com/ncscfacebook) or follow us on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ncsongwriters).

The Co-op has created an Event Calendar to help you promote your Gigs. Check it out at www.ncsongwriters.org/calendar. To get your Gig on the calendar, just fill in the form at the bottom of the page. This calendar will be featured in each issue of Coop Scoops.

The North Carolina Songwriters Co-op 2010 Annual Meeting will be held Sunday afternoon February 7th 3:00 PM at Tyler’s Restaurant in Carrboro, NC. The main order of business is to elect the 2010 Board of Directors, but there will be music, food and other great stuff, as always. Watch the website for more details and please join us to help steer your Co-op.

UPDATE:  Meeting date has been changed to February 21st.  Stay tuned to the homepage for details on this exciting event.

We will be starting some new promotional activities for the Co-op and members early in the new year. As part of this, we are working on a new look. If you have graphical aspirations and ideas you’d like to suggest, please send them to marketing@ncsongwriters.org by January 7th for review at the January Board Meeting.