TSF Closing
TSF will be closing at the end of May, 2026.
After 20 years of serving the Songwriting Community, TSF will shut down permanently at the end of May.
If you have any songs, lyrics, contacts or anything else you wish to save from the site, please do before then.
Afterwards, the hosted server on which TSF runs will be released and all files will be deleted.
There will be no opportunity to retrieve anything after that point.
There is no specific event or cause. I just no longer wish to run it.
You are welcome to continue posting new songs, reviews etc up until that time and the normal standards and procedures will apply.
I have already switched off all registration options such that no new users can now join.
I'd like to personally thank everyone who has contributed to TSF over the years and I'll call out by name
- Mike Frisbey who set up the original site
- Troy Douglas who ran it for about 5 years
- and Chris Price who has helped me as a moderator in more recent years.
If there are other songwriting sites with which you have personal experience and would recommend feel free to comment those below.
Thank you guys, and good luck on your songwriting journeys
Regards, Owen
Comments
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Man, I kept scratching my head as to what you were getting out of this thing anyways. Obviously no monetary compensation. Thanks so much for allowing us to share our stuff here Owen. Hey @ChrisPrice where are you hanging out these days? Always loved your interactions.
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Seems some other member could take it over. I did mention charge 20 bucks a month , its nothing if you take songwriting kinda a serious , or comedy central whatever you prefer
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Thanks for the suggestion Elvis, but money isn't an issue.
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probably a blessing in disguise , pro artists aren't on forums , They're promoting on all that platforms
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sorry to see it go.
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Id take it over , let me know what I gotta do . I don't sleep anyway
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That's a kind offer Elvis. But you need some IT background to a run a site like this.
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I can hire someone . I have a guy that works for me now . Have Marsha be the moderator , she's level headed , Always a solution to a problem unless you're married . Or what Nashville says , got a girlfriend. Did you meet her in high school and live happily ever after ? of course. Was it a small town ? that goes without saying . Was Diary Queen involved ? Now how did you know that ? Did the town have one drunk sheriff ? Man you must of read my mind
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Elvis, please check my PM
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Thats alright I don't wanna run a forum anyway
So its back to all platforms promoting as the artist
I guess if you do AI songs you can do the same thing . Not sure really how that works , your not singing them , So how would you brand it ? Not sure
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You would stem it out. Load it into a DAW like Logic Pro, dump the instrumentals, keep the vocals. make a new mix out of and brand it as whatever sub-genre you want. It's essentially what I did on the Joke song that fell flat. I put that into Logic Pro, added a few effects and bam new song :).. I'm doing that now to other songs, this time i"m not going to mess around and try to make them better than the originals :)
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I want to thank you for all you've done up until now. I fully understand why this would be a bit much to keep doing, and I'm grateful you did it as long as you did. If anyone here does not admire what you've done, then I have doubts about them. VERY sincerely. . . thank you again.
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Sorry to see the site and you go Owen. You taught me and many others a great deal about songwriting and for that I will be always grateful. I'll post a song a day until the last hooray in appreciation of your unselfish contribution and help to all scribblers like me,
Good luck and thanks,
Sid
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Well, I've only just come across this. I will be sorry to see another forum for amateur musicians disappear. The amount of AI generated songs on this site has been disheartening though.
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Well robots took over the world , you can use them as a tool or not , kinda how it is in 2006
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There's always 4 lies to every story .the best one wins
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Huh, learn something new every day, never heard that saying.
I've heard it as there are two sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in the middle.
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Doesn't mean it can't coexist.
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I'm still writing and recording. I've had a lot of family stuff to deal with these past few months so I've been a bit out of circulation. Looks like we'll have to migrate to one of the other forums - probably the UK site for me - maybe The Muse as well. I'm going to post one more song here before it goes - unless someone comes to the rescue - I hope they do. We all owe a massive thank you to Owen who's work is much appreciated by me. Lets all keep in touch.
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Glad we managed to patch things up Sid. I mean that. I'm really sorry to see this site go, but I understand where Owen is coming from. I'm hoping someone might come to the rescue. It can't be me - I'm too old and I don't have the necessary skills - or patience! I'm going to post one more song here before it closes.
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Oh no, I am so upset about the closing. Owen you and this place will be missed deeply! Specially since an „outsider“ like me doesn’t know where else to go. Anyways I wish you the best of luck Owen.1
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