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to log names and addresses of music industry professionals. The Activity area allows a user to track any activity concerning their catalog, such as pitches, linking Contacts to entries from the Song Catalog. “Now, you can remember which songs you pitched to whom, and when," Bordenkircher adds. The system will also linking of documents, such as publishing contracts, to the appropriate songs in the Song Catalog. Minimum system requirements for Windows include: Windows 8 and newer Intel Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 64 or newer 1 GB RAM. Minimum system requirements for Mac include: Intel-based Mac running OS X Lion 10.7 and newer 2 GB RAM. SongNook is scheduled to go live on October 5th on the product website at www.songnook.com. It retails for $49. More information can be obtained at the product website. The History of SongNook: Like many software solutions, SongNook was designed and built out over the last twelve years from a personal need. "My wife, CJ Borden, is a songwriter, and we continually struggled to put together something to manage CJ's songs and what we were doing with them," Bordenkircher comments. "We just couldn't find something to keep track of her music. It seemed other solutions either didn't exist, or started at a fivefigure price point, which is way out of financial range for most independents." About Mesa Sand Ventures, LLC: Mesa Sand Ventures is a music, arts and entertainment company based in Mobile, Alabama. The principal mission of Mesa Sand Ventures is to assist independent artists in the development, promotion and sale of their creative works. Email: [email protected] • Website: http://www.songnook.com ###