BREAKING NEWS -
Stephen Desjardins has been named SONGWRITER OF THE DECADE
at VH-1 Song Of The Year.
Jennifer Fowler from Song of the Year informed me of this
special placement. I want to say how truly honored I am to
be named one of the "Songwriters of the Decade" and thank
the staff and for all those who voted for me.
"AND THE WINNER IS"
Anthem Pictures has released a new political comedy
featuring Jerry Springer. My song "Miss 4th of July" is
being played as the closing credits roll.
I have signed a single song publishing
contract with Mel Tillis Enterprises for my song "GONNA BE
BAD, IN A VERY GOOD WAY".
This is the 7th single song contract I have signed with Mel
Tillis in the past 2 years. The other songs signed by Mel to
his publishing company include: "Miss 4th of July", "Look
Into My Eyes", Every Time You Touch Me", "When He Comes Home
To Her", "Satisfaction On My Mind" and "Santa Please Help
Me".
Mel has told me these are great songs and he looks forward
to pitching them to Nashville's biggest stars.
I'm very excited and proud to be a write with this legendary
singer, songwriter, inductee to the Country Music Hall Of
Fame and a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Mel Tillis was also
selected songwriter of the decade by BMI.
The musical director for the motion
picture "And The Winner Is" called to say my song "Miss 4th
Of July" has been selected for the sound track.
The movie stars Jerry Springer, Robert Silk, Cindi Lipton,
and John Noble.
The movie is a comedy about a town that decides to elect
it's next mayor by having a beauty Pageant. Go to
www.winneris.net and see a 3 minute
trailer for this movie. The movies release is scheduled for
late 2008.
Steve's song, "When He Comes Home To
Her," has been used by The Sable Band in a video remix that
you can watch on YouTube.
CLICK HERE to watch the
video.
Steve is very pleased to announce that
he has signed a publishing contract with Little Dimple
Music, (ASCAP) a publishing company owned by the legendary
Mel Tillis.
It is a two song deal for the songs "Santa Please Help Me"
and "Satisfaction On My Mind". Steve met Mel in Orlando
while Tillis was promoting country singer Kenyon Lockery who
Mel manages. Steve pitched some of his songs to Mel after
the show.
A few weeks later Steve got a phone call saying Tillis
"loved several" of the songs. The publishing contract soon
followed.
Having Mel Tillis tell Steve he loved his songwriting was a
dream come true. Being a songwriter under contract for Mel
Tillis is a thrll beyond Steve's wildest imagination.
During CMA Fan Fair
week, I signed a single song contract with ASCAP and Mirror Image Nashville for the song "Look
Into My Eyes".
Sable Band from St.
Louis, Missouri has recorded two versions of my award
winning song "When He Comes Home To Her". These versions
are on the Sable EP "If I Fell". There is a full band
version and a acoustic version.
The song has also been placed on a Sable's Compilation
CD. Sable members are Jeff Sable, guitar and lead
vocals, his brother Chris Sable, Bass guitar, Mike
Downing ,Saxophone, and Jake Hanselman, Drums. This CD
was recorded at EMI Studio's in Nashville, Chris Latham
was the engineer along with Jeff Sable.
This song is getting great reviews and is being played
on Army Wives Radio and the Armed Forces radio. Sable
played the song for country radio stations, last week in
Nashville for the country radio fair.
March 31, Sable played on stage for a large crowd
outside Busch Stadium for the St Louis Cardinals home
opener. All the CD's mentioned are available at
www.sablecountry.com
Steve is thrilled to
announce that he was selected as a runner-up in the best
songwriter category for the United States by the 2007
Music Aid Awards. He's pleased because the
overall 2007 winner was the 2007 U.S. Winner, meaning
Steve was only one-step away from the absolute TOP!!!
Steve has two songs voted into top
20 at Unisong International Songwriting Contest for
2007. Unisong Contest announced that "When he Comes Home
To Her" was voted as a top 20 song for the 2007 Contest.
This song was co-written with Lisa Firestone and Charles
Harn.
Steve was also notified that Mama's Christmas Stockings
was also selected a top 20 song in the contest in the
Christmas Category. "I Like Your Vibe" another song Lisa
Firestone and Steve wrote finished in the Honorable
Mention category. "Proud To Be Your Son" a song written
by Steve in tribute to his mother also received an
Honorable Mention award by the Unisong voters.
