thie idea of "THE LAID BACK AND LIVE SESSIONS" came to me while playing alongside and watching some of the ridiculously local acts around various venues in our great city of dublin and surrounding areas. during this time i do get to see some fantastic talent live for a song or two and would regularly think to myself, "i would love to see that talent in my front room while sitting in comfortable su
rroundings, amongst friends and music lovers and get a chance to REALLY listen to the songwriters melodies, lyrics and passion up close and personal. ive seen some talent and quite frankly id like to see more, A LOT MORE :-)
as an aspiring songwriter myself and a lover of local music, i have been around the LIVE CIRCUIT playing and supporting other musicians in empty rooms on numerus occassions. the idea behind THE LAID BACK AND LIVE SESSIONS are simple
1: 20/30 (approx) invited/selected audience members are placed in my living room, WHICH WILL BE SET UP LIKE A REALLY INTIMATE GIG (candles, the works!! ;-)
2: performer is then placed in front of those 20/30 people.
3: there are no amps/electricity....... TOTALLY UNPLUGGED!!
4: said songwriter does their stuff for approximately 1 hour
(2 x 30min sets)
5: open mic for 30 minutes (approx)
6: audience are respectful, msic loving people.
7: audience will be asked to donate a nominal contributory sum
8: performer will recieve the few bob collected
9: audience enoy live music, the songwriter gets an attentive audience, performer also gets a few shillings for sharing there talents. NOT MANY PLACES AROUND GIVE YOU ANYTHING!!
10: each LAID BACK AND LIVE session WILL BE RECORDED (HOPEFULLY) and uploaded to the youtube channel and page.
11: EVERYONES A WINNER HOPEFULLY!!! :-)
12: AND MOST IMPORTANTLY!!! THIS IS REAL MUSIC PLAYED BY REAL SONGWRITERS PLAYED TO A MUSIC LOVING AUDIENCE..
13: you must love performing your music, this is not an audition for record executives... all i can guarantee you is plenty of ears ready and willing to hear your music, SO BE BRAVE, COME PLAY AND SHOW US WHAT YOUR ALL ABOUT ;-)
GOD LOVES A TRIER, I LOV MUSIC. ITS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ;-)
*if you think you would like to attend or perform at THE LIVE AND LAID BACK SESSIONS, just drop me a mail ;-)
keep the fath,
suport local music
DENIS
