About the Young Songwriters’ Showcase
The Young Songwriters’ Showcase is an annual event which gives teenage musicians an opportunity to perform their own music in a supportive and non-competitive environment.
One lucky participant is selected each year to work with myself, the Blue Room Recording Studio and TemperHound Productions to professionally record their song as well as a music video for it. Open to 4th, 5th and 6th years.
See below for what we produced with participants Pro Murray (2023) and Leah Davidson (2022).
Stay tuned for the release of our latest recording from Kenya Carr (2024) - coming January 2025.
Excerpt from my Letter – 31/1/23
“When we got the green light last year to run events at full capacity again the Young Songwriters’ Showcase was one of the first things on my agenda to revive.
Because songwriting isn’t something you either can or can’t do. It’s a skill and can be learned so the sooner you start the better. It can also be more difficult psychologically to stand up and perform something that came from inside you. All sorts of fears can come to the surface - can I do this? Will people like it? Will people laugh at me? It’s not quite finished yet! Will people know what I really feel inside if they hear my lyrics?
So huge respect to the teenagers who got up and did it last week. It was noticeable that those who had taken part last year seemed to have learned lots from that experience, so hopefully those who took part for the first time this year will continue to write. Well done to all involved.
One man who is a bit further along the songwriting path is Teenage Theme Night graduate Callum Wall. We invited Callum back to be a guest on this show and it was a joy to hear how he has developed in recent years - as a songwriter, singer and performer.”
