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Supporter of original music - Radio presenter and lyricisit Past organiser of gigs and live local events - comercial and charity.
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These days, talented musicians can find it tricky to find the time to create great music while also juggling the booking and promotion of gigs on an ongoing basis. Blueskies are here to help relieve some of that burden by offering quality acts the opportunity to play paid gigs which compensate them fairly and help to bring their talents to a wider audience. Since starting out formally in 2011 with an open mic Blueskies is now involved with two local annual music festivals; Staxtonbury www.staxtonbury.com and Lendal cellars https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/north-yorkshire/lendal-cellars/ ( as a charity fund raiser event). Whilst Blueskies still runs some open mics it’s early function to help local musicnas set up their own has been achieved, the Blueskies format is frequently copied as a good working model. Blueskies now has Lendal’s Lounge - nights of originals attached to a live broadcast with local community radio, Two Rivers Radio www.tworiversradio.stream iRreGuLaR FiDaY’s - an infequent informal event where covers and originals are played sometimes attached to a live broadcast. Both these events are used to introduce acts to venue managers and Blueskies, also vice versa, finding the right connections is very useful. In addition Blueskies has helped artists get recorded, supported them at gigs and helped book gigs at venues in and around York. With it’s Visit York membership Blueskies promotes York as a destination by encouraging visitors to come to venues where live music is being played. These currently include Lendal Cellars and Ye Olde Starre Inne on Friday nights and a monthly acoustic event at The Golden Lion, some events details can be found either at www.blueskiesam.co.uk or https://www.visityork.org/whats-on A new addition to the platforms from Blueskies is a collaboration with Two Rivers radio, already working togehter on outside broadcasts with the Blueskies roadshow from the end of July there will be a new fortnightly radio programme broadcasting original music from local artists, the music might have been released in previous years and could be any genre yet largely unheard as it is very difficult for bands and acts to get airtime. Breaking York is that radio show that aims to provide air time for artists/bands old, new and emerging from 23rd July you can tune in at 3pm on www.tworiversradio.stream and hear something original.
Photgraph Courtesyt of Aron Murray https://www.facebook.com/aronvexmurray
