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Showcases (scroll down for workshops)
 Stick your tongue out and taste the talent! Showcase your
music and support our Songsalive! national and international live events and
showcases presenting songwriters and artists of original music. Songsalive! also
connects you to shows presented by other organizations. Showcases are conducted
globally. The Songsalive! Showcases are the best industry secret, a great
happening all around the world. Songsalive! Showcases are a very cozy, intimate
and acoustic environment where media and music industry representatives often
drop by to check out the latest talent. Hosted by Russell Neal.
Apply to
showcase
SONGSALIVE! SHOWCASE: KELLYS ON KING
285 King Street, Newtown
WHEN: 2nd and 3rd
Sundays of the month, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
See Calendar for dates
Always
a fun night, in a lively Irish pub with great staff, good food and fine
Guinness and Kilkenny.
SONGSALIVE! SHOWCASE: BELROSE BOWLING CLUB
146 Forest Way, Belrose
WHEN: Varies 6:00PM-11:00PM
See Calendar for dates
This
event is being organised in co-operation with Radio Northern Beaches. For More
Information about our Showcases contact Roxanne Kiely (email top right) or
Showcase Host: Russell Neal (top right) Apply to showcase (members only)
More info about our Showcases here
Workshops
Songsalive! holds workshops where songwriters gather to share their songs, gain feedback and develop relationships within the songwriting communities we have created around the world. The first half is solely dedicated to an in-the-round workshop
where writers present one song each - either on tape, CD or live - followed by a guest speaker/industry discussion in the second half and plenty of time to talk and network.
Moderated by
Stephen Kiely.
WHEN: FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH
See Calendar here
 WHERE: CANTERBURY HURLSTONE PARK RSL CLUB, 20-26 Canterbury Road,
Hurlstone Park, Wattle Hill Room. www.chprsl.com.au
TIME: 7:30 p.m. (meet, greet and network)
8:00 p.m.
Songwriter workshop.
COST: $5 for non-members, FREE to Songsalive! members.
You can join Songsalive! to participate in the workshops here HOW TO REGISTER: Email the Sydney email address or call the hotline (top right). You will be automatically registered to attend
unless contacted. We prefer pre-registrations.
SPEAKERS:
Some months we have guest speakers.
Check out who has spoken and
who will speak at our workshops here
Workshop details and what to bring here.
Opportunities
 APRA 2009 Professional Development Awards
This is a great opportunity to get recognized by APRA in their awards program to support young composers! Apply now!
(CLICK ON THE LINK FOR THE APPLICATION PDF)
PDAwards2009ApplicationFINAL22082008.pdf
OR GO THE APRA WEBSITE HERE
Local News
Support Act Limited (SAL), the registered charity set up
to help those in the music industry who are suffering hardship, has appointed a
part time fundraising and administration manager. Joanna Forman took up the
position at the end of June, and brings with her experience from the publishing
and not for profit sector. This role will see Joanna take responsibility for
non welfare related activities and be a point of contact for the organisation.
A priority will be to source funding from different areas, such as Government
and the corporate sector, to help maintain SAL's level of assistance to
applicants, as well as growing SAL's membership base. If you would like to
discuss SAL and the work it does, or if you are able to offer assistance with
fundraising or other areas, please contact Joanna on 02 9332 4424 or email administration@supportact.com.au.
SAL organises several key events throughout the year, one of which is Music in
the House, held on Sept 24th at Parliament House in Sydney . For further
information on this please visit www.supportact.com.au Join the Songsalive! email list, eNotes to be reminded of the next event. Join it here. Other news groups here
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