Auditions – Your Disco Needs You - The Musical

Auditions – Your  Disco Needs You - The Musical 

Saturday 14^th & Sunday 15^th June

Venue – University of the West of Scotland Paisley Campus

Paisley Campus, Paisley, PA1 2BE

Time – 10am – 4pm

Casting call for brand new amateur dramatics musical for breast cancer awareness project for charity.

Main characters auditions Saturday 14^th June

Minor characters, chorus and dancers Sunday 15^th June

All profit to 3 cancer charities. Takes place at Mitchell Theatre Glasgow.

5 performances - 24^th – 26^th October 2014 to coincide with breast cancer awareness month.

Rehearsals

Mondays and Thursdays 7pm-9pm.  Commencing week of 21^st July

Choreography intensive workshops 4^th – 10^th August daily 5pm-9pm with Tim Noble [Kylie Minogue’s choreographer]  All at University of the West of Scotland Paisley Campus

If anyone finds they can’t make the day their part is being auditioned but can make the other day, please let us know at ydnymusical@gmail.com

Email us at ydnymusical@gmail.com for character list and audition pieces.

Send us a photo, your contact details - email, mobile number, CV, character [s] you are interested in.

You will be given a time slot for audition.

Please let us know if you are wishing to be considered for another part or chorus if you do not get the character you auditioned for.

 Website:  http://ydny-musical.com/

Twitter:  @YDNY-Musical

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Your-Disco-Needs-You-The-Musical/229082193925359

 

Review Sarah McLachlan's new album 2014 -'Shine On'

Canadian singer songwriter Sarah's music provides subtle mood changes.  Her music is intensely moving and full of both sad poignancy and hopeful joys.  While several of her song titles sound full of sad heartbreaks this new album does indeed shine. I enjoy her arrangements and her piano playing which always serves the song firstly.  On this new album some of the backing has a more updated feel, with slow trumpet,  discordant soaring guitar,  gentle ukulele and long note keys.  She has a wide ranging expressive voice and songs that linger. 

I particularly like the new songs - Broken Heart, Brink of Destruction, Beautiful Girl.  I am not as keen on the arrangements on the song Monster however. 

I have of course enjoyed her previous albums Afterglow (2003) and Fumbling Towards Ecstasy (1993)

I know she is wonderful live going by several YouTube clips - so I hope Sarah you might play over here in Scotland very soon!  Hint hint.   

 http://www.sarahmclachlan.com/

Her song, "One Dream," was the official theme song of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Sarah McLachlan has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards (out of four nominations) and four Juno Awards. She founded the Lilith Fair tour, which showcased female musicians on a scale that had never been attempted before. The Lilith Fair concert tours took place from 1997 to 1999, and resumed in the summer of 2010. On May 6, 2014, she released her first album of original music in four years, titled Shine On.

ALSO...

It has been wonderful so far this year with some of my favourite artists releasing new albums -  Sarah McLachlan, Cara Dillon (A Thousand Hearts), Dougie MacLean. 

Plus some exciting new artists I've seen on the Jools Holland show - including White Denim from Austin Texas.  Goodness no wonder the genres are blurring these days!  White Denim is a four-piece rock band from Austin, Texas. Their music draws influence from dub, psychedelic rock, blues, punk rock, progressive rock, soul, jazz, experimental rock with home based recording, jamming approach, intense looping work and unusual song structures.

 

Summer Festivals

The summer festivals circuits aim at every taste and style of music fan and range from -

Radio One listeners - T in The Park, Benicassim ;  Radio Two fans -  V festival, Staffordshire, Hyde Park ;  Indie music fans - Bestival, Latitude (Isle of Wight), Primavera Sound Barcelona (with headliners Arcade Fire, The National). Rockness Inverness for the scenery and eclectic line up  

Rock and metal fans - Download ;  Dance and club - Sonar, Barcelona, international festival of advanced music and media art ;  Folk music at Green Man and Latitude.

Classic rock and pop for everyone at one of the best – Glastonbury and its biggest headline acts. 

Reality Bubble

I was googling for info online and found Bo Bruce, a finalist on The Voice UK

She said the BBC spent no money on promo by The Voice, by comparison to the money spent by ITV on its shows – such as X factor. That acts appearing on The Voice UK are likely to fail once the show comes to an end.

The finalist stated that the BBC has too many restrictions when it comes to promoting acts in comparison to other channels. Leanne Mitchell’s debut album only reached no 134 UK album chart, and her single 'Run To You' peaked at 45.
"They just put out a single and didn't really advertise the fact that it was out there and available to buy..Normally you would have a huge marketing campaign before a big release. But you can't do that when you have won The Voice."
"Being part of the BBC, they can't be seen to do that. They have far more restrictions. If you look at The X Factor, they are allowed to heavily promote an artist or a singer. Because of that, they almost always have at least one number one single."

"BBC producers are not able to take control of the winner's career in the same way Simon Cowell does for his shows. I'm really glad I didn't win because it meant I could take my time.  Personally, it is better to be runner-up as there's less pressure to have an instant hit." Danny O'Donoghue said: "That's not the fault of the BBC. you can take an artist like that and question their work ethic." 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/the-voice-uk/the-voice-uk-acts-are-doomed-to-fail-on-bbc-says-bo-bruce

The reality of course is that the BBC can't be seen to spend money on things like the media hype for a contestant ( the BBC has no revenues from advertising).

Entrants to these Tv show should view them as a platform or showcase. for some exposure. Reality shows are intense short-term spotlights and anyone searching for a longer term career in music should look for other opportunities to showcase – such as the slow burner approach online and those at the small venues.

These shows create a false bubble for young people's expectations and therefore it can often be hard to deal with let downs, and with some entrants being as young as sixteen. It is necessary to be aware of these limitations and have your eyes open to the artificial nature of these reality tv spotlights.

The slow down in sales of CDs has affected these shows with money now in the live shows and song royalties