Important Music Press Release For Ottawa Blues, Jazz and Swing Guide
by Bluesandjazzguy
Passing this on for any interest it has.
Jim Roy
Ottawa Blues, Jazz & Swing Guide
Phone: (613) 829-3725 www.ottawabluesjazz.ca
Hi , Ottawa Blues, Jazz and Swing Guide
I wanted to let you know that the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has extended its deadline until November 1, 2012, and any help in distributing this news would be greatly appreciated. A press release is attached is below.
Called "the songwriting competition to take note of," by the New York Times, ISC is giving away more than $150,000 in cash and prizes, including a Grand Prize of $25,000 cash and over $40,000 in prizes. Judges for this year include: Tom Waits, Jeff Beck, Nas, Martina McBride, Bernie Taupin (Elton John Lyricist), Janelle Monae, McCoy Tyner, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi, Bruce Hornsby, Brian Setzer, Gerald Casale (Devo), Monte Lipman (President, Universal Republic), Dan McCarroll (President, Capitol/Virgin Label Group); and many, many more.
We appreciate your support and hope you can help spread the word about the extended deadline.
Best Regards,
Candace Avery
Founder/Director
LEGENDARY MUSIC ICONS JOIN RECORD LABEL EXECUTIVES TO SELECT ISC WINNERS
Tom Waits, Nas, Jeff Beck, Bernie Taupin, Martina McBride, Bruce Hornsby, Janelle Monae, McCoy Tyner,
Suzanne Vaga, Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Are Among The 61 Judges To Select Winners In The
2012 International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Deadline To Enter Extended Until November 1, 2012
October 11, 2012 - Due to high demand, the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has extended the deadline for entering songs until November 1, 2012. ISC is open to amateur and professional songwriters, and entries are accepted online through the ISC platform, Sonicbids, ReverbNation, Broadjam, or through the mail. Within this extended deadline period, ISC will be offering some special promotions and incentives.
One of the most prestigious and respected songwriting competitions in the world, ISC gives away a total of more than $150,000 in cash and prizes. This year ISC has doubled the amount of merchandise for the Grand Prize winner to more than $40,000 in prizes plus $25,000 in cash (US). Additional prizes include a custom Lowden acoustic guitar valued at over $11,000, a Marshall full stack amp, a studio package from Solid State Logic, a duplicator from Discmakers, and much more. Not only do ISC winners receive great prizes and media recognition, but winners also receive a lot of industry attention. Many previous winners have gone on to great success and garnered record deals, publishing deals, licensing deals, and even Grammys. ISC's newest success story are past ISC winners Gotye and Kimbra whose song "Somebody That I Used To Know" recently charted at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for eight weeks in a row.
Entry information can be found at http://www.songwritingcompetition.com.
One of the most difficult challenges for artists is to get their music into the hands of the music industry's heavy hitters, yet ISC gives this opportunity to each finalist. All finalists' songs are sent to the judges who evaluate them and then select the overall winners. This year's judges are unparalleled in prestige and accomplishment and reflect the pinnacle of success in contemporary music.
2012 ISC JUDGES
Recording Artists: Jeff Beck; Nas; Tom Waits; Bernie Taupin; Martina McBride; Duran Duran; Janelle Monae; Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks; Robert Smith (The Cure); Bruce Hornsby; Suzanne Vega; Michael W. Smith; Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC); Mark Foster (Foster The People); Alejandro Sanz; Gerald Casale (Devo); Bill Evans; Anthony Hamilton; Brian Setzer; Avicci; Wynonna; Keane; Jeremy Camp; Tegan & Sara; McCoy Tyner; Ketch Secor (Old Crow Medicine Show); Francesca Batistelli; Craig Morgan; James Cotton; Robert Earl Keen; Black Francis (The Pixies); John Mayall; Anoushka Shankar; Chris Hillman (The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers); Toots Hibbert (Toots & The Maytals); Los Temerarios; Billy Currington; Sandra Bernhard; Basement Jaxx; and Matt Thiessen (Relient K)
Industry Executives: Dan McCarroll (President, Capitol/Virgin Label Group); Monte Lipman (President, Universal Republic Records); Ed Vetri (President, Wind-Up Records); Jonas Nachsin (President, Roadrunner Records); Richard Stumpf (President, Imagem Music US); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); Albert Schilcher (VP Music & Music Mktg, MTV International); Angel Carrasco (Sr. VP A&R, Latin America, Sony/BMG); Dan Storper (President, Putamayo World Music Records and Putumayo Kids); Steve Smith (VP of A&R, Aware Records); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Lori Tieg (VP of Talent, VEVO); Dr. Demento (Radio Host, The Dr. Demento Show); Steve Lillywhite (Producer); Kim Buie (Head of A&R, Thirty Tigers); Douglas C. Cohn (Sr. VP, Music Marketing & Talent, Nickelodeon); Allison B. Jones (VP of A&R, Big Machine Label Group); Jack Vaughn (VP, Comedy Central Records); Leib Ostrow (Founder/CEO, Music For Little People); and Jamie Masada (Owner, Laugh Factory)
CATEGORIES
Adult Album Alternative (AAA), Adult Contemporary (AC), Americana, Blues, Children's Music, Comedy/Novelty, Country, Dance/Electronica, Folk/Singer-Songwriter, Gospel/Christian, Instrumental, Jazz, Latin Music, Lyrics Only, Music Video, Pop/Top 40, Performance, R&B/Hip-Hop, Rock, Teen, Unsigned Only, and World Music.
SPONSORS
Presonus, Lowden, Marshall Amplification, Grooveshark, Solid State Logic, Berklee College Of Music, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Airplay Direct, DiscMakers, Thayers, SongU.com, The Music Business Registry, Independent Mastering, Indie Venue Bible, George Stein, Esq., Sonicbids, Songtrust, and Taxi
For more information, contact Candace Avery at 615.251.4441 or email info(a)songwritingcompetition.com
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Trio Oirialla in Ottawa!
by Tim Bedner
“Celtic Reflection”
With TRIO OIRIALLA,
Music from Ireland & Brittany
TRIO OIRIALLA’S ONLY APPEARANCE IN ONTARIO!
Ottawa, ON 2012 – As falling leaves bring summer to a close, the resplendent music of Ireland’s Oirialla ensemble will be enriching an already colourful city. Drawing on the rich heritage of Ireland and Brittany, Oirialla will present their lively Celtic music in two concerts on
Friday, October 12, at 7 and 9 pm at GigSpace, 953 Gladstone Avenue, Ottawa.
Tickets are $20 and should be reserved by calling GigSpace (613)729-0693.
Three-hour workshops will be given by Trio Oirialla’s renowned performers on Saturday, October 13, from 9:30 am-12:30 pm for just $30.00.
To pre-register for these sessions, and for more information please phone (613) 729-0693
The Ottawa performance will just about complete Oirialla’s Canadian appearances at Cape Breton’s Celtic Colours Festival as well as Waterloo’s (QC) Maison de la culture. The Trio is brought to Ottawa by Celtic Harmonies International Festival. Composer and lover of all things Celtic Donald Patriquin is producing the concerts in Ottawa and Quebec.
Trio Oirialla is comprised of fiddler Gerry O'Connor, accordionist Martin Quinn, and Breton composer and guitarist Gilles le Bigot. All of the musicians making up Oirialla are renowned in their own right, and perform frequently as soloists and ensemble players. Their bios follow. For images, information and sound clips, please visit
http://gigspaceottawa.com/oirialla
Their music will showcase both Irish and Breton songs and tunes. Many of these come from the ancient, mystical Irish kingdom of Oriel whose music has developed as an eclectic mix of rhythms, melodies, and strong poetical lyrics.
The Oirialla trio may be heard in performance with Nuala Kennedy at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMfFDZCj9wY
www.gerryoconnor.net
Gerry O'Connor hails from Dundalk, a town close to the border with Northern Ireland, and is the product of four generations of fiddle players. His past recordings have focused strongly on local music and his work as a soloist and as a band member of Lá Lugh and Skylark is well known across the world. Over the past two decades he has recorded and performed with all the leading performers of the Irish music world including members of the Chieftains, Boys of the Lough, Planxty, De Dannan and Bothy Band. His solo album Journeyman has been hailed as one of the significant albums of Irish fiddle music. Gerry is also a violin-maker, music teacher and music producer and is currently directing a Traditional Music Initiative in a number of primary schools in the Drogheda area north of Dublin on the east coast of Ireland.
Martin Quinn comes from a family of musicians and raconteurs of traditional stories from just outside the village of Mullaghabane in South Armagh, in the north-east corner of Ireland. He has performed and recorded with a number of eminent line-ups including Lá Lugh, Dorsa, Josephine Keegan, Angelina Carberry, Paul Bradley and Cathal McConnell. His self-titled album with Angelina Carberry was included in the top 10 list of Traditional recordings by Earle Hitchner of the Irish Echo, a prominent newspaper within the Irish-American community in USA. Martin has developed an innovative and unique approach to playing the bass on the Button Accordion, developing and tuning new chords for the instrument based on the regulators of the Uilleann Pipes. He is also in keen demand as an accordion restorer and accordion tutor. www.reeltrad.com
Guitarist Gilles Le Bigot, is best known in Brittany as the co-founder of the groups Skolvan and Barzaz. Since the early 1980's his work as guitar-player and composer is characterized by the" open-tuning" style. Gilles recorded and performed with Lá Lugh throughout the 1990s and has continued to work with Gerry O’Connor since that time recording a duo album with him in 2006. As well as collaborating on several major recordings such as " l'Héritage des Celtes" by Dan Ar Braz , and "Azéliziza " by Le Bagad Kemper, he has performed and recorded with Kornog, Slovan, Barzaz, Fiddle Rendezvous and his own trio line-up, Empreintes with Jean Michel Veillon and Marthe Vassalo. www.gilleslebigot.com
For further information/interviews to do with the Oirialla concert kindly contact Donald Patriquin at 450-297-2779; DonaldPatriquin(a)gmail.com
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Free tickets for a new Ottawa music festival this Friday and Saturday
by Brett Delmage
You can read this story, with links to IMOOfest and past articles, photos
and vdieos about IMOO at
http://ottawajazzscene.ca/_1003/news/5600-ottawajazzsceneca-wants-to-take...
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OttawaJazzScene.ca wants to take you on a free musical adventure this
long weekend!
The first IMOOfest, a mini-festival of creative, improvised music, will be
held on the evenings of Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6, from 7
to 10 p.m. at Club SAW in Arts Court. And we're giving away IMOOfest
passes (a $25 value each) to listeners who want to try something musically
new and interesting this weekend.
Do you play or listen to jazz standards? Jazz vocals or big band? New or
classical music? Rock? Folk? Hiphop? Are you're unsure about or unfamiliar
with creative, improvised music? IMOOfest is an opportunity to try a
variety of interesting music, that can best be appreciated hearing it
played live. With four different concerts each evening by top Canadian
improvisers, you'll be able to explore the music and discover what you
like about it in a few hours. From solo saxophone to the IMOO Orchestra,
there will be a smörgåsbord of improvised music to sample.
There's a catch (but an easy one!)
You cannot have attended a regular IMOO Series concert as a listener
or performer before. We're seeking listeners who are unfamiliar with this
music but are sincerely interested in exploring new musical territory for
a few hours.
You have to tell us what you thought about the different concerts at
the end of the evening so we can share your musical discoveries and
reactions with our site visitors. All we want is your honest thoughts
about the music you heard, and how it relates to your own musical
experience and current likes. We certainly don't want to tell you what to
think of the music, nor are we looking for a detailed concert review. As
improvising percussionist Jesse Stewart (who will play at IMOOfest) said
at a past concert, how you interpret the music is up to you. This is your
opportunity!
Here's how to apply for the IMOOfest passes and your long weekend musical
adventure:
Please email editor(a)OttawaJazzScene.ca with your contact info,
including name, email address, and phone number(s) where we can quickly
reach you, and the information below. If you prefer, you can phone us at
613.454.5358 x4666 (IMOO) and reply to bullets 1-7 by voice.
Let us know what nights you will attend: Friday, October 5; Saturday,
October 6; or both.
If you're coming with a friend, have them apply as well, and let us
know you'll be attending and commenting together.
We'll be there to greet you when you arrive at Club SAW.
Confirm that you are willing to share your opinions about the music
you heard with us after the shows each night that you will attend. We'll
want to talk with you for about 5 minutes - or more if you have a lot you
want to say.
Tell us a little bit about your current musical likes and dislikes.
Which live musical concerts you heard in the last year (of any kind of
music) did you really enjoy? A few sentences is fine, but make it
interesting. If you want to share longer thoughts, please do so.
Tell us briefly why you would like to attend IMOOfest to hear
something new. One sentence is fine, but feel free to say more. We're
looking for listeners who are excited about a weekend getaway!
The deadline to apply is this Friday, October 5 at 10 a.m. We will make a
selection from all the entries received by 11 a.m. on Friday, October 5,
and let everyone who contacted us know by email who has been selected and
will receive passes. A minimum of two passes will be awarded, and possibly
more depending, on the entries received.
We eagerly await your entries, and look forward to seeing you at IMOOfest
this Friday - and jointly discovering some new music, never to be played
the same way again.
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