05/05/2021
At last!!! After holding out for a live event, then eventually throwing our lot in with the genius of a first-rate technical team, the Australian Songwriters Association (ASA) is extremely excited to announce the place, date and time of the 2020 Virtual National Songwriting Awards! All the results of last year’s Australian Songwriting Contest will be revealed at this event, on Sunday 16 May 2021, at (Sydney time) 7pm sharp, with a gather period for everyone to log in from 6.45pm.
We expect a host of mini viewing parties will engage with cyberspace at that time, all finding out the results at the same moment, around Australia and across the World.
So, begin organising your gathering now!!! Contact all your family, friends, fans, supporters, band members, engineers, producers, roadies and any other interested parties! Invite them all along to a spot near you where you are in command of a screen…be it laptop, computer, digital tv, or any other viewing means that will allow you to access the link to the biggest show in town!!!
That link will be found via the website of one of our Major Sponsors, Wests Ashfield Leagues. The place to find the link is the homepage of this mighty Sydney-based club, which not only supports sport, but also supports the Arts!!! Go to www.westsashfield.com.au
It would be great if you can reward the club in return, but becoming a member (just $3), and be sure you click ‘ASA Association’ in the little box asking for your ‘Intra Club’…this is vitally important in order to encourage Wests Ashfield to continue backing songwriters into the future. Best to do this now, so you don’t have to muck around on the day. (It’s not compulsory, but it’s hard to find supporters of the Arts, so please do this to show your appreciation).
The 2020 Virtual National Songwriting Awards will run for approximately 1½ hrs and will include ASA Patron Glenn A Baker’s induction of Colin Hay (Men At Work) into the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame. In addition, Kirk Pengilly (INXS) will recite the Lyrics Category’s winning piece, and three ASA Members’ performance clips will be shown. Snippets of all the Winning songs will there to be enjoyed, allowing you to experience an interesting range of new songs, and a great expose of what’s currently the cutting edge amongst our wonderful songwriting community, who have really fired up creatively in these difficult Covid times.
Top 30 recipients who’ve been holding their breath, will finally find out if they made that difficult leap to Top 10! An ASA Regional Coordinator will be saluted, and an ASA Member will receive an exquisite Maton guitar in recognition of great songwriting. And the grand announcement of the 2020 APRA/ASA Songwriter of the Year will be made, with APRA handing over $3,000 cold hard cash to the winner.
It will be a wonderful show, so sort out now how to best be a part of it. Crank up the BBQ, fill up the fridge, find a comfy pillow and get ready to be seated and paying attention before kickoff!
We’ll all be tuning in…see you then.
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