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Chords of Connection:
2nd Annual Cosmic Songwriter Festival

The second annual Cosmic Songwriter Festival is set to
kick off on May 15th. This year, it spans four days and
four venues—the Orbit Room, the Bluebird, the Blockhouse,
and the Buskirk-Chumley Theater—and features exciting
new combinations of songwriting talents from across
the country. Cosmic Songwriter’s Club co-founder Pablo
Fuentes explains the showcase as a “combination of a
music festival and behind-the-music insights into the
songs;” a carefully curated selection of acts paired up...
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IndyNow interview about the 1st Cosmic Songwriter Festival

Interview on May 12, 2023 with IndyNow on Fox59 discussing the upcoming Cosmic Songwriter Festival.
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Cosmic Songwriters Club Performing at The Orbit Room

When he moved to Bloomington in 2021, Pablo Fuentes says he found a community of talented musicians. Fuentes, 42, connected with songwriter Shaun McDermott soon after and together were looking for a new way to harness that talent. Thus, the Cosmic Songwriters Club was born, a showcase of musicians as excited to talk about their music as to perform it.

They based the club on The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville...
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First Cosmic Songwriters Festival set to take off May 17-20 in Bloomington venues

What began in the small space inside the downstairs Orbit Room in downtown Bloomington is ready to be launched as the Cosmic Songwriters Festival across four venues May 17 through 20.

Co-founders Pablo "Oso" Fuentes and Shaun McDermott are songwriters and musicians who love their craft and want to share the collaboration and synergy that comes when songs and songwriters spend time on a stage together, crafting...
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Bloomington musicians sharpen songcraft at Cosmic Songwriters Club

Oso Blues is all about making the world a better place through song.

A self-described “rolling stone,” Oso [born Pablo Fuentes] grew up in Santiago, Chile but has since moved all over the world, living in a total of 15 different cities over the course of his life. Prior to his recent move to Bloomington, Ind., Oso called Austin, Texas home, where he met his wife.
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Local musicians perform their original work at Cosmic Songwriters Club

Cosmic Songwriters Club, a diverse and inclusive organization, features local musicians performing original material and brings songwriters together. Their fourth event is at 7 p.m. on March 2 at The Orbit Room.

Co-founders Pablo Fuentes and Shaun McDermott are both songwriters and guitar players. They formed aspects of the club from their own experiences playing in venues such as The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tenn. READ MORE