Gearing up for YSF 2010

Thanks to all who participated in this year’s Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival. We hope you had a great time, and got a lot out of it.

We’ll start planning for YSF 2010 in the spring & summer, so watch this space for more information and a call for participants.

 

 

YSF Evaluation!

Help us gauge how we did this year by filling out our online evaluation.

We hope you had a great time at YSF ‘09!

 

YSF’09 on Ann Arbor.com

Thanks to 107one’s Martin Bandyke for a terrific piece on YSF’09. Read all about it here: http://bit.ly/k4bQi

 

YSF’09 on the Radio

Jeremy Baldwin, host of the Roots Music Project on 89.1 WEMU will interview and play music by two of the featured songwriters on this year’s festival: Jason Ringenberg and Paul Burch. Tune in Saturday, October 3rd beginning at 12 noon to 89.1 FM  for a taste of this year’s festival.  Visit the Roots Music Project blog here: http://rootsmusicproject.wordpress.com/

Listen to the interviews here: http://www.crossroadsmusicprogram.com/musicfiles/ringburchnomusic.mp3

 

Schedule a Session with a Songwriter!!

Call now for a free 45-minute mentoring session with a local songwriter.  Offering advice on songwriting are Sean Rogers, Dan Florida (aka Almus Magnus), Holly Mae, and Jay Lapp. We’ll try to match you with the songwriter who most matches your style! To sign up, call 482-4110 ext. 1301. Sessions run from 11 am-3 pm, and will be held in the small conference rooms at YDL-Whittaker Road.

 

YSF’09 Prize Drawing: Sheila Weller’s Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — and the Journey of a Generation

Visit us at the Third Annual Ypsilanti Songwriting Festival on Saturday, October 10^th at our Whittaker Road facility or the Corner Brewery and enter your name to win a copy of Sheila Weller’s Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation signed by the author.  The New York Times’ Janet Maslin called Girls Like Us “captivating.” Mojo hailed it as “an unfailingly entertaining read… a riveting story.” And The London Sunday Times praised it as “a fabulous book… (that) works as a healthy, long overdue counterweight to the endlessly repeated, male-sided version of rock’roll.” Complete an entry form throughout the day and drop it off in the Community Room. The winner will be announced at the Corner Brewery before Jason Ringenberg’s performance and need not be present to win. A complete listing of the day’s events may be found at: www.ysf09.wordpress.com . See you there!

 

Local Songwriters Showcase Lineup

We’re happy to announce the lineup for the Local Songwriters Showcase, slated for 3-6pm in the YDL-Whittaker Rd. Community Room.

3-3:30    Matt Jones

3:30-4    Tracy Kash Thomas

4-4:30    Almus Magnus

4:30-5    Sean Rogers

5-5:30    Holly Mae Haddock

5:30-6    Jay Lapp

 

Just Announced: Songwriter Stopwatch Challenge

2:30 – 5 pm, YDL-Whittaker Road, Story Room

Roger Miller wrote “Dang Me” in fifteen minutes and won 4 Grammys.  Bob Seger wrote “Hollywood Nights” in twenty-five minutes and it became a top ten hit on one of the most popular albums of his career.  Could you write a song in two hours or less, with the clock running and the pressure on?

Sign up to be a part of The Songwriters Stopwatch Challenge.  Up to ten contestants will register between 2:30-3 pm.  At 3 pm, three words will be selected from a blind by each participant.  Then the challenge is on as the stopwatch ticks down the minutes…for in two hours time, these new songs, containing the three random words among its lyrics, will be performed for the first time, live, before our YDL audience.

 

YSF’09 Session on Home Studio Recording with Paul Tyson Announced

1 pm, YDL-Whittaker Road, Community Meeting Room

Paul Tyson will demonstrate several types of computer-based recording solutions that include both software and hardware. The session will cover audio recording as well as MIDI recording using a MIDI keyboard. Attendees will learn about MIDI recording vs. audio recording and will see a live demonstration that illustrates the differences between the two recording methods.

 

YSF’09 Community Records Foundation Showcase

12 -2  pm, YDL-Whittaker Road, Story Room

 

Get connected with other teens interested in songwriting. Local nonprofit Community Records Foundation (www.CRFmusic.org) invites teens to take a crtical look at the songwriting process as an exploraiton of music, message and the effect it has on community. Teens will perform and talk about their personal perspectives on songwriting and recording.