Post by leoroberts on Aug 30, 2019 13:37:59 GMT
The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge launches on the afternoon of Saturday 7th September 2019 during the Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon at 81 Renshaw.
The Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge is a truly unique event where songwriters are challenged to write a new, original song inspired by a work of art.
Now in its ninth year the Songwriting Challenge welcomes back judges Stephen Langstaff, Jon Lawton (Crosstown Studios), Kaya Herstad Carney (Threshold, Balance Vocal Studio), Luke Moore and Robert Vincent.
To enter the Challenge a songwriter must visit the Liverpool City Region (Merseyside and Halton) during the entry period of 7th September to 6th October and choose a piece of art that inspires them to write a new song. The songwriter or songwriters (collaborations are allowed) can choose any work of art on public display in the Liverpool City Region during the entry period, whether a painting, mural, statue, sculpture, stained glass window, pavement art, or anything else generally accepted as ‘art’.
Songwriters have one month from the launch date to write the song and submit it as a recording along with a copy of the lyrics and a photo of the art. The judges will listen to the art-inspired songs and mark each one for lyrics, melody, composition and originality. The top ten songs will be announce at the end of November and will be performed at the Showcase Final in January 2020 at Leaf on Bold St where the Judges’ Award winner will be announced. The audience at Leaf will be able to vote for which song wins the Audience Favourite award.
The winning songwriters in the two categories – Judges Award and Audience Favourite – receive the following prizes:-
- Song professionally recorded by judge Jon Lawton at Liverpool’s Crosstown Studios.
- Professional photoshoot at Crosstown Studios‘ brand new photography studio.
- A two hour vocal or songwriting lesson, from judge Kaya Herstand Carney at Balance Vocal Studio.
- A cello lesson or a cello part on the song recording, from Operation Lightfoot’s Luke Moore.