Simon Maddison – Brother Of Fur from Matt Smith on Vimeo.
Simon won the Judges’ Award with this song Brother of Fur, which is about his dog. It was inspired by the painting below.
As his prize, Simon will be recording this song at Crosstown Studios early 2012.
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Congratulations to Simon Madison (pic, left) who won the Judges’ Award at the Liverpool Acoustic View Two Songwriting Challenge with is song Brother of Fur.
Well done also to Rob Rivieres (pic, right) who won the Audience Favourite with his song Enough Is Enough.
Each of the winners will be recording their song at Crosstown Studios, and when it’s finished we’ll share it with you here.
Thank you to everyone who turned up to the Showcase Event when £280 was raised for Marie Curie Cancer Care and Garston Animal Rescue.
The tickets for this Friday’s Liverpool Acoustic View Two Songwriting Challenge Showcase Event are now SOLD OUT.
If you want to get in you have to either be taking part as a songwriter or musician, or have bought your tickets online in advance. Doors open at 6.45pm and the event starts at 7.15pm. Please be prompt.
We cannot allow entry to anyone who turns up without a ticket and who wants to pay on the door.
If you haven’t got a tickets, click below to see if there are any returns before 6pm on the night of the event.
Details of the event can be found by clicking here.
All the money raised from the Songwriting Challenge will be split between two charities, Marie Curie Cancer Care and Garston Animal Rescue, in memory of Liverpool Acoustic team member Sharon Jones who died in May 2011. In this post we’re focussing on Marie Curie Hospice, Woolton, Liverpool.
Located in the peaceful Woolton Village conservation area, the purpose-built Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool offers a modern approach to care with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. They offer specialist care for people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses and support for families completely free. Their in-patient unit has 30 beds. They have a fully-equipped day service department and some services are offered in patients’ homes.
All the money raised from the Songwriting Challenge will be split between two charities, Marie Curie Cancer Care and Garston Animal Rescue, in memory of Liverpool Acoustic team member Sharon Jones who died in May 2011. On this website we’re going to focus on each of the two charities, starting with Garston Animal Rescue.
Garston Animal Rescue started in 1984 with the rescue of a very exhausted and hungry mother cat and her five new-born kittens from a bin near the docks in Liverpool city centre.
Garston Animal Rescue registered as a charity in 1988 with the simple aim:-
“to rescue sick, stray, abandoned and unwanted animals, to give them essential veterinary treatment and, where possible, to re-home them.”
The charity is run by volunteers and has a policy that no healthy animal will be destroyed.
In addition to needing funds for vets fees and animal food, they welcome volunteers to help with the rescue work, dog walking, cleaning, comforting distressed animals and anything else that keeps the rescue going.
Organiser Nancy says
“What we need most of all are loving homes with kind people who could take an unwanted and unloved animal.”
HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can help in any number of ways.
Thank you to everyone who came along to the View Two Gallery on Saturday 8th October and entered the Songwriting Challenge.
All the places at the Showcase Event have been taken, and we have a reserve list too.
Given the incredible demand for places, next year we’ll be changing the format to enable as many songwriters as possible to take part.
The Entry Event for the Liverpool Acoustic View Two Songwriting Challenge is taking place this coming Saturday 8th October.
The View Two Gallery will be open to the public as normal between 12.00pm and 5.00pm. During this time songwriters can come along and look at the art on display, then pick one that inspires them to write a songs. They will then register it with one of the Liverpool Acoustic team, and will have just over a month to write the song. They will then return for the Showcase Event on the evening of Friday 11th November to perform the song.
Places for challenge entries to the Showcase Event will be limited, and will be allocated at the Entry Event on 8th October on a first come, first served basis.
The facebook event for this can be found here.
Taking place in the View Two Gallery at the same time as the Entry Event will be the Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon in the performance space on the top floor. It’s running from 1.00pm to 4.00pm, and open mic slots are available on a first come, first served basis. The facebook event for this is here.
There’s a preview of the Liverpool Acoustic Afternoon on Show 54 of the Liverpool Acoustic Spotlight, available to listen to for free at spotlight.liverpoolacoustic.co.uk
We’re pleased to announce that the Liverpool Acoustic View Two Songwriting Challenge is being supported by Crosstown Studios.
Crosstown Studios was established in August 2008 with the aim of making quality, affordable demos for local bands. They offer competitive prices for recording just audio, or audio with video and/or photos. Some great deal special offers are available on their website.
Owner and producer at Crosstown Studios, Jon Lawton, is an experienced musician with an ear for a good tune, and has agreed to join the judging panel at the showcase event.
Are you a songwriter? Do you live in Merseyside, West Lancs, Halton, Warrington or Cheshire West? Are you up for a challenge?
If the answer to these three questions is ‘yes’ then you’ve come to the right place.
Welcome to the Liverpool Acoustic View Two Songwriting Challenge.
Over the coming weeks we’ll be giving you more information about this exciting new event, and will be letting you know who the judges are going to be, and what, if any, prizes we’ve managed to rustle up.
