Please Check out the RISA Members playing at this year's festival...
July 7 - Plain White T's, Mae, and Kung Fu Girls
Festival stage: RISA MEMBER Daniel Chase

June 14 - Boz Scaggs
Festival stage: RISA MEMBER Frank Romanelli

July 11 - Jimmie Vaughan
Festival stage: RISA MEMBER Jimmytown Juke (Ed mcGuirl & Mike Fishman)

July 12 - Indigo Girls
FESTIVAL STAGE: Emily Smith

August 21 - John Hiatt -
Festival stage: RISA MEMBER Marc Douglas Berado

July 6 - Melissa Etheridge
Festival stage: RISA MEMBERS Becky Chace and Mark Cutler

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RISA is a non-profit which promotes original songwriting.
Formed in 1993, it provides gigs, seminars, critiques, open mics and links.
MORE ABOUT RISA
Joining lets you participate in those things (above) and do stuff
(some free - some paid). Anyone can join: musician or friend.
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS.
Joining is easy----send a tiny fee and start networking---the
membership card may take a few weeks (don't wait---just say you've joined).
JOIN RISA HERE
Go see pictures of us ! Once you join send your picture and link.
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You'll get email updates about all events
(by subscribing to "risongwriters" yahoo group).
CONTACT US
You can buy stuff. It's okay, no one gets hurt in the making.
VIST THE RISA STORE

Finally, you reap what you sow -- network, help out, go to shows.
The membership fee is low, so we know your name, trust you and make you a card.
If you sit on the couch and wait for a free booking-agent to call,
you will eventually need a new couch. Talk to people, email / ask
about playing shows, learn, give a little bit and accept gifts.
If you're amazing and have great hair, you'll be a big star and leave us soon.
If you're talented, humble and dedicated, you'll get gigs, have fun,
make money and be content. If you love music and are okay,
you'll probably play some gigs (depending on all kinds of stuff) and
make friends (depending on how picky you are). If you're god-awful terrible
but moving about the earth ---be nice, play when you can, bring food and
thank people as much as possible. Remember,
nobody really knows what music is or why we do it.
But we do.