CHECK OUT THE BUSINESS CLUB!

Click on the business club tab to check out other company services.  New member has just been added “ISA website”

This is a great link if you are interested in song-writing

More to be added soon

Festival4Stars Summer Songcamp Details Revealed!

Festival4Stars is delighted to announce its 2^nd Songwriting Camp, a comprehensive Introductory songwriting summer school over 4 nights from the 8th to the 11th of August.

The workshops will encompass several round table seminars on songwriting, co-writing, publishing, and how to find a publisher, copyright issues, how to market yourself effectively on twitter and facebook, and how to pitch your songs into the music supervisors market for TV and film.

Leading the seminars are acccredited hit writers Tim Fraser, Alan Glass, and Phil Pickett all and members of Basca with successful writing experience, including hits in all marketable song genres.

As well as the highly informative round table seminars there will be song writing sessions, lessons on protools, production, and song dynamics, and how to take your song to the next level.

The location of the summer camp is the Old School House in idyllic Robin Hoods Bay North Yorkshire…a tiny centuries old historic fishing village, set amidst the wild craggy cliffs and crashing waves of the eastern coastline of Britain, the village is extremely inspirational with local tales of smugglers and mystery…the area is often used by tv and film crews, writers, poets and artists, all surrounded by the stunning scenery of the north Yorkshire moors.

There are fun times planned for the evenings, such as bbq’s jamming sessions in the village pubs with the local musicians and a trip to nearby Whitby folk club evening.

The cost of the camp is a snip at £450 Inclusive of all comfortable hostel type accommodation and meals, (alcoholic drinks not included) shared accommodation, split male/female max 6 to a room & Deposit £50 on booking to reserve a place. Balance due no later than June 30th but can be paid in instalments up to that date. Call 0141 620 2300 and pay by card {£1 charge}or send cheque payable to ‘Festival4stars’ to 34, Dorian Drive, Glasgow G76 7NP

Broadjam: Fantastic Music Website

Broadjam is a fantastic site for musicians, especially fans of indie music.

Fantastic way to promote your music and to discover your next favourite artist!

Also if you are a member you can submit to Heat 1 of the Festival4Stars International Songwriting Contest through Broadjam now!

Click HERE to submit through Broadjam.

Not a member of Broadjam? That’s OK! Click HERE for a free account. (this link will give them a free 6 month MoB membership)

International Songwriting Camp – Amazing Times!

Festival4Stars FIRST EVER international song-writing camp has come to an end!!!

All participants had a fantastic time and felt privileged to have had the opportunity to work with such highly regarded industry professionals.  The feedback has been very positive and participants commented that it was wonderful to attend a song-writing camp which allowed them to produce genuine, good quality demos of songs that they had worked upon during the camp.

Photos, reviews and video clips of the camp will be coming soon…so watch this space!!!

Festival4Stars summer camp “Introductory song-writing” will be going ahead (more details to come or call 0141 620 2300 for more information).  Check out this camps videos/photos and reviews to gain an insight into what to expect at the “Introductory song-writing camp.”

2010 Competition

International Song Writing Competition
2010 NOW OPEN

Can you write a hit song?
Want to be published?

Enter via MP3 online or send CD – simply click on “Enter Your Song” tab and follow the online instructions

2010 – 4 sections

Singer/songwriter*Pop/Rock & R&B*Country*Judges Choice

(Judges Choice is for those songs that do not fit into any of the other categories and for those songs that the judges feel should be saved for the next heat)

Heats 2010

Heat 1: 10th Nov – 10th March
Heat 2: 10th March – 10th June
Heat 3: 10th June – 10th September

4 winners will be chosen from each heat (one song from each section)

Stages of 2010 competition

Stage 1: All competitors receive written feedback form with full appraisal, within 4 weeks of entering. This form will also state whether or not the song is being held for stage 2.

Stage 2: Those songs which are held for stage two will be judged by a panel of judges, and three from each section will go through to stage three.

Stage 3: (The finals) The 3 songs from each section will be placed online for the public to vote. An overall winner from each section will be selected from 100% public voting and 100% judges. The 4 overall winners of each heat will receive their cash prize of £200 or $300  and their songs put forward for the Grand finals in November 2010.

The 4 overall winners chosen in November will receive an invitation to attend the International Songwriting Camp in London in January.2011 (all expenses pd)

Their winning songs will remain online for everyone to listen to for the rest of the year.

Judging at Festival4stars is 50% voting online and 50% judges choice.

PLEASE NOTE:

• All finalists/winners at each stage will be informed a week after the closing date, e.g. Heat 1 winners will know by 17th March, Heat 2 winners will know by 17th June, Heat 3 by 17th September.

• Voting for winners on www.festival4stars.com will run on the month following the competition results for that heat, i.e., winners announced on 17th march can receive votes until 17th April, final voting October 17th when last 4 winners web vote will be announced

RESULTS 2009

RESULTS 2009

Festival4stars International Songwriting Competition

Congratulations to all our amazing winners!

Singer Songwriter

Kotadama –See You Tonight  – from  NSW / Australia

Pop/Rock

Western Heritage – She’s only 16 – from OK/ USA

Country/Folk / World

Jimi Whitelaw – Bait Shack – from TN/ USA

R & B/ Soul/Rap

Benni Dernhoff – December Rain – from Hamburg / Germany

Each section Prize is £500 and an invitation to attend the International Songwriting Camp in London at TMS productions from 18^th -20^th January 2010.(expenses pd)