 Have you got a great melody - but can´t get the words?
Many songwriters have been there. You have a great tune, maybe even a whole song with verse, chorus, bridge middle eight etc - but you just can't get the right words. It is so frustrating. Maybe you find melodies very easy, you can write a great tune every day. But the lyrics refuse to appear. And you don´t know why. And you start thinking you will never be a good songwriter, and you give up because "I can't write lyrics". So many of us have experienced this. Now is the time to remember: Elton John didn´t write lyrics - he only wrote melodies. That´s why he worked with Bernie. And there are many other successful songwriting collaborations, where one person wrote melodies and the other wrote lyrics. The trick is to find the right collaborator. We think we have come up with a solution for this year´s UK Songwriting Contest. It works like this: 1. Songwriter submits a melody. 2. Judges choose melodies that could develop into a good song but need the right lyrics. 3. We post these melodies online and invite lyricists to write lyrics for them. 4. We pass on every lyric submitted to the melody writer. Every match creates a brand new complete song! 5. We choose a winning new song from all these lyrics to melody matches. 5. We professionally record the winning song. (But we also give the melody writer the option of using their own backing track if they prefer this). Check out the new Melody Only Category and all the other song categories in this year´s event.
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 NEW VIDEO ! Watch this video, see and hear last years winners, and learn about the 30 Song Categories and opportunities for songwriters in 2020. RECORD DEAL - AND FREE LOTY ENTRY!
This year´s prizes include an International Record Deal with world wide distribution of your song through the world´s top stores and streaming sites. Winners will be featured in a special Awards Show Video, and prizes include one-on-one coaching, Songwriters Guild Memberships, song pitching opportunities and much more. There is also FREE entry in the LOTY Awards included, an option to be part of The International Songwriting Awards (The ISAs), and everyone receives $50 worth of song pitching opportunities with SongU as a thank you gift. SONGWRITING CHALLENGE - AND MORE Categories this year include The Songwriting Challenge (write new lyrics or a new melody to a famous Paul McCartney song), Crisis Songs, Work In Progress for songs you are still working on, Unplugged and Acoustic, Music Aid 2020 (with a special Cover Songs category) and lots more. There are 30 categories this year with a category for every type of song and something for everyone. Visit the website for full details. We sincerely wish you every success with your songwriting - and we hope you are taking good care of yourself and your loved ones at this difficult time. Stay safe! Best wishes, The UK Songwriting Contest Team. www.songwritingcontest.co.uk The second session song deadline is approaching and extended by two days to Sunday 2nd August. This is in response to many requests to have the whole weekend for those last minute submissions. STAR RATING If you submit before the deadline you will see your song´s Star Rating and position in your dashboard within days. Semi Finalists will be able to follow events live to see if their song moves forward into the Finals. And even if you don´t get into the Semi Finals you will still get your song´s Star Rating from the judges, and an alternative Award position with Certificate. And the standard free entry gift. RECORD DEAL - AND FREE LOTY ENTRY! This year´s prizes include an International Record Deal with world wide distribution of your song through the world´s top stores and streaming sites. Winners will be featured in a special Awards Show Video, and prizes include one-on-one coaching, Songwriters Guild Memberships, song pitching opportunities and much more. There is also FREE entry in the LOTY Awards included, an option to be part of The International Songwriting Awards (The ISAs), and everyone receives $50 worth of song pitching opportunities with SongU as a thank you gift. SONGWRITING CHALLENGE - AND MORE Categories this year include The Songwriting Challenge (write new lyrics or a new melody to a famous Paul McCartney song), Crisis Songs, Work In Progress for songs you are still working on, Unplugged and Acoustic, Music Aid 2020 (with a special Cover Songs category) and lots more. There are 30 categories this year with a category for every type of song and something for everyone. Visit the website for full details. We sincerely wish you every success with your songwriting - and we hope you are taking good care of yourself and your loved ones at this difficult time. Stay safe! Best wishes, The UK Songwriting Contest Team. www.songwritingcontest.co.uk  The first session song deadline is midnight on Sunday 31 May. Sunday is the last full day to submit your songs.
STAR RATING If you submit before the end of Sunday, at midnight, on May 31 you will see your song´s Star Rating and position in your dashboard within days. Semi Finalists will be able to follow events live to see if the song moves forward into the Finals. And even if you don´t get into the Semi Finals you will still get your song´s Star Rating from the judges, and an alternative Award position with Certificate. RECORD DEAL - AND FREE LOTY ENTRY! This year´s prizes include an International Record Deal with world wide distribution of your song through the world´s top stores and streaming sites. Other prizes include one-on-one coaching, Songwriters Guild Memberships, song pitching opportunities and much more. There is also FREE entry in the LOTY Awards included, and an option to enter The International Songwriting Awards (ISAs), and everyone receives $50 worth of song pitchiing opportunities with SongU as a thank you gift. SONGWRITING CHALLENGE - AND MORE Categories this year include The Songwriting Challenge (write new lyrics or a new melody to a famous Paul McCartney song), Crisis Songs, Work In Progress for songs you are still working on, Unplugged and lots more. There is a category for every type of song and something for everyone. Visit the website for details. We sincerely wish you every success with your songwriting - and we hope you are taking good care of yourself and your loved ones at this difficult time. Best wishes, The UK Songwriting Contest Team. www.songwritingcontest.co.uk   THE CHALLENGE Can you write a new melody or a new lyric to a famous Paul McCartney song? Our challenge in 2020 is to write new lyric or a new melody to an existing famous song and the first song we have chosen is Paul´s Yesterday. The new lyric or melody will, of course, both have exactly the same structure and metre to match the original, so when the winning Lyric and the winning Melody are put together by the UKSC Team they will be a perfect fit and a completely new song will be created. The UKSC will professionally record the resulting new song for the winners! Simple, but brilliant if we do say so ourselves. The first classic song we have chosen to start this songwriting challenge is Yesterday by Paul McCartney. Paul had the melody for this song for a long time before he had a flash of inspiration for the final lyrics while driving a hire car on holiday in Portugal (his first working lyrics were about scrambled eggs!). So, if you are lost during lockdown and wondering what to write, get busy and let us have your alternative Melody or your alternative Lyrics for this classic. The new resulting song will also be passd on to our record company A&R contacts and producers and others in the industry. MORE OPPORTUNITIES There are more opportunities than ever this year in The UK Songwriting Contest with new song categories and new prizes that include an International Record Deal. There are now 27 different Cateories for songs ranging from Pop to Folk, Blues to Singer Songwriter, Christmas Songs to Love Songs and there is also an Instrumental section and a Lyrics Only section. Something for everyone. This year also sees a special Crisis Songs category that is attracting a lot of attention. We look forward to receiving your work this year - the UKSC Team and the judges are waiting to hear from you! Full details and entry forms are on the UKSC official website at https://songwritingcontest.co.uk Take care and be safe! UKSC |
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