A neighborhood music supervisor has created an area for songwriters to construct a neighborhood and acquire confidence of their expertise.

Sam Cox, the emcee of the occasion, stated the concept for the Songwriter Showcase, which takes place at Dewain’s Place, got here from seeing related acts in Texas.

“Autumn [Ragland] and I spent a lot of time touring in Texas and there are pretty famous venues, like the Blue Bite and another place called Cheatham Street, that has songwriter nights and they’ve been doing them for a decade or two, and I wanted to bring something like that to Tahlequah,” Cox stated.

The free showcase started the summer time of 2023, and has continued to happen the primary Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. at Dewain’s Place.

Cox stated the occasion is much like an open mic with six to 10 songwriters performing two to a few songs. Original songs should not required by the members, however they’re inspired.

Instead of getting the standard weekend vibe on Wednesday nights, Cox stated they attempt to make it extra relaxed so viewers members can sit and hearken to the members.

“It’s a little different when someone is up there singing a cover tune, like ‘Wagon Wheel’ or ‘Sweet Home Alabama.’ You know that song,” Cox stated. “If you’re hearing an original song you’ve never heard before people are actually trying to listen to it for the first time, so it’s just a little different.”

When it involves the performers, Cox stated he needs them to know that there’ll all the time be an area and crowd who will need to hear their authentic music.

“I think the songwriting community in Cherokee County is a really good one,” Cox stated. “It almost has a kind of a friendly competitiveness to it. It’s almost like you go out there and play a song and you hear a bunch of other songs that are super cool and it just makes you want to make better songs and be a better artist.”

Cox stated he not solely needs to develop the neighborhood of songwriters within the space, but additionally assist them acquire confidence of their skills. Some performers have a full circle second, as they could meet one other musician on the showcase then carry out or create a tune with them later.

“It’s just really cool seeing people meet at that thing, then a couple months later somebody will play a song up there and they’re like, ‘Hey, I wrote this song with so and so during a co-write.’ That’s really cool that they met there, then they met up on their own terms and co-wrote a song and then they came back and performed it.”

For these eager to get entangled within the Songwriter Showcase, Cox stated members ought to contact him at sam@rogueartistgroup.com or 918-207-2701.

What’s subsequent

The subsequent Songwriter Showcase will happen at Dewain’s Place Dec. 6 at about 6:30 p.m.