Operation Lightfoot to play unique Songwriting Challenge Showcase Final this Saturday
Operation Lightfoot will be playing two sets this coming Saturday 13th January 2018 as part of the Showcase Final for the 2017 edition of the totally unique Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge.
Fronted by local musician and composer Luke Moore, Operation Lightfoot is a collaboration project that features a range of guest singer-songwriters, musicians, co-producers, photographer and film makers. The group will be opening both halves of the show and will feature live visuals on the big screen.
The event takes place at LEAF on Bold St and sees the ten top placed songwriters in the 2017 competition performing their entry with an image of the work of art that inspired it projected onto the big screen for everyone to see.
At the end of the night the winner of the Judges’ Award will be announced and a vote will be taken to find the Audience Favourite winner. The winning songwriters in each category will have their songs professionally recorded at Crosstown Studios and will receive a songwriting or singing coaching session from Balance Vocal Studio, plus a cello lesson from Luke Moore.
The Songwriting Challenge is a totally unique event that saw songwriters submitted brand new songs inspired by works of art on display across the Liverpool City Region during the October entry period. Judges Stephen Langstaff, Kaya Herstad Carney, Robert Vincent and Jon Lawton listened to all of the entries and gave each one a score based on lyrics, melody, composition and originality. The points from the judges were added together and the songwriters with the ten highest scores were awarded a place at the Showcase Final.
The finalists are (in alphabetical order):-
- Emma Thuy Linney – Disappearing
- Freya Halvorsen – Devine Sarah
- Hilde Gundersen – Listen
- Iain Paterson – Long Dark Road
- Junior Dayvis – Passage Of The African
- Keir Howard – Speaking
- Lydiah – Narcissus
- Michael Aldag – Wings
- Sarah Jones – Only You Who Knows
- Tom Stichbury – Forlorn and Raised
Each of the ten songs is available to listen to on the Songwriting Challenge SoundCloud page where you can also see the work of art that inspired it and read the lyrics.
soundcloud.com/songwritingchallenge/sets/showcase-final-2017
Entry to this unique event is £6 in advance and on the door. All profits will be divided between Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Woolton Centre and Garston Animal Rescue in memory of Liverpool Acoustic team member Sharon Jones.
Advance tickets can be bought in online or in person from the TicketQuarter box office at the Echo Arena.
Please note this event starts promptly at 8.00pm with the doors open from 7.30pm.
For further information about the Liverpool Acoustic Songwriting Challenge visit the website challenge.liverpoolacoustic.co.uk
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