Young Acoustic Guitar Musicians Competition 2015/16
Nov 11, 2015 8:35:32 GMT
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Post by davewhite on Nov 11, 2015 8:35:32 GMT
"For personal reasons Nik Davies has decided that she's currently not in the position to accept "Samhradh" and I fully understand and respect her decision. I wish her all the best with her musical career and journey. I have decided to re-open the competition with the following structure:
Entrants have to be under 25 years old, resident in the UK and pursuing or about to pursue a career in making music using an acoustic guitar either solo or in a group. To enter the competition you need to be a member or sign up as an Acoustic Soundboard member and make a post in the Competitions section of the forum with title "YAGMC 2015/16 - Your Name" with:
1) A resume of your musical career so far.
2) An outline of your plans for the next twelve months.
3) Reasons why "Samhradh" will help you on their musical journey
4) A "set" of four recordings that would serve as a performance set or an EP in the order you would play them at a gig performance.
Martin will then set up your own individual thread. There will also be a general Competition Comments thread where Forum members can comment and ask questions and entrants can respond there.
There are three main requirements for entrants:
• You must be under 25 years old and have recently embarked on or are about embark on a musical career.
• An acoustic guitar must be a central part of your music career.
• You must have enough talent, ability, determination and stamina to fight against the odds to make it in the grinding world of music. My guitar should also help in this and develop your career making music in ways that keep me happy and reflect back on my instruments.
Beyond that I would want to impose very few constraints - I want it to be open to any genre of music and want to see your ideas and talent unhindered. Self compositions would be nice but again not essential. If you win the Competition you also agree to keep being active Acoustic Soundboard member and keep us up to date as your career progresses. The competition is open to entrants now with a closing date of 31st March 2016. Entrants to previous competitions who meet the entrance criteria are welcome to enter. The winner will be chosen at the end of April 2016.
The prize guitar is my “Samhradh” model, the Gaelic for summer pronounced Sow-roo or Sow-rah, which is a short scale (630mm) 13 frets clear of the body Grand Concert sized guitar with a Florentine cutaway. It has a Lutz spruce top, American Black Walnut back, sides and neck and is fitted with a clear mylar pickguard and a K&K Pure Mini Western pickup. Nut width is 46mm and string spacing at the saddle 53mm. The guitar comes with a Hiscox Pro II hardcase. A photo documentary of the making of "Samhradh" is here on the Forum."
I'm looking forward to the music
Entrants have to be under 25 years old, resident in the UK and pursuing or about to pursue a career in making music using an acoustic guitar either solo or in a group. To enter the competition you need to be a member or sign up as an Acoustic Soundboard member and make a post in the Competitions section of the forum with title "YAGMC 2015/16 - Your Name" with:
1) A resume of your musical career so far.
2) An outline of your plans for the next twelve months.
3) Reasons why "Samhradh" will help you on their musical journey
4) A "set" of four recordings that would serve as a performance set or an EP in the order you would play them at a gig performance.
Martin will then set up your own individual thread. There will also be a general Competition Comments thread where Forum members can comment and ask questions and entrants can respond there.
There are three main requirements for entrants:
• You must be under 25 years old and have recently embarked on or are about embark on a musical career.
• An acoustic guitar must be a central part of your music career.
• You must have enough talent, ability, determination and stamina to fight against the odds to make it in the grinding world of music. My guitar should also help in this and develop your career making music in ways that keep me happy and reflect back on my instruments.
Beyond that I would want to impose very few constraints - I want it to be open to any genre of music and want to see your ideas and talent unhindered. Self compositions would be nice but again not essential. If you win the Competition you also agree to keep being active Acoustic Soundboard member and keep us up to date as your career progresses. The competition is open to entrants now with a closing date of 31st March 2016. Entrants to previous competitions who meet the entrance criteria are welcome to enter. The winner will be chosen at the end of April 2016.
The prize guitar is my “Samhradh” model, the Gaelic for summer pronounced Sow-roo or Sow-rah, which is a short scale (630mm) 13 frets clear of the body Grand Concert sized guitar with a Florentine cutaway. It has a Lutz spruce top, American Black Walnut back, sides and neck and is fitted with a clear mylar pickguard and a K&K Pure Mini Western pickup. Nut width is 46mm and string spacing at the saddle 53mm. The guitar comes with a Hiscox Pro II hardcase. A photo documentary of the making of "Samhradh" is here on the Forum."
I'm looking forward to the music
Jo whoever he is.
