The Insiders Guide To Song-writing

Dux de Lux Lounge, 2pm
Saturday 6 September 2008, $10/$8, Tickets on the door or book here
Panel discussion with Jason Kerrison (OpShop), Ruth Carr (Minuit) & Jody Lloyd (Trillion).

With the 20th anniversary of Smokefreerockquest, the enduring power of New Zealand musicians will be on show in Christchurch. Join some of our best singer/songwriters - Jason Kerrison (OpShop), Ruth Carr (Minuit) & Jody Lloyd (Trillion) in a panel discussion about what inspires them to write songs.

An eager crowd of around 30 guests joined Jeff Fulton (CHART) and Petrina George (APRA) to find out more about these local songwriters - their processes, influences and inspirations. Thanks to Jason, Jody and Ruth for sharing their stories in what was a great addition to the Christchurch Writers Festival programme.

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Jason Kerrison : singer and frontman for chart-topping NZ act Opshop - www.opshopmusic.com
Opshop was formed by Invercargill born, Christchurch raised, singer/songwriter Jason Kerrison. With the single "Maybe", they are the first New Zealand band to go to the #1 position on iTunes New Zealand in its history. Beating out Mika, Regina Spektor, Avril Lavigne, Beyoncé & Shakira, The Fray, Silverchair, Fall Out Boy, Justin Timberlake and Snow Patrol. "Maybe" is the first single off the album Second Hand Planet, released in April 2007. Come hear Jason share his stories behind their songs.

Ruth Carr : frontperson for NZ's premiere live breakbeat act Minuit - www.minuit.co.nz
'I never kept anything i stole, i never stole anything i kept - except you'
From St Petersburg to Berlin to BBC Radio1 to LA, this ex-Nelson girl has led her band around the globe with a huge amount of integrity, and her unique take on vocals has seen her begin to be roped in on albums by electronic heavyhitters worldwide.

Jody Lloyd : electronica and hip-hop musician and record producer. www.trillion.co.nz
As a kid, Jody Lloyd grew up on his parents Beatles record collection. Singing along to songs like 'I've just seen a face' he grew to understand the importance of melody and rhythm within song. As time passed Jody thought that there was no point in trying to write any songs because The Beatles had written all the best ones. Then out of the blue as a high school leaver he realised the third key factor to a good song; personal experience. Lyrics became a daily task and and songs began to take shape in the form of rap. Lyrics are just as or more important than melody. Jody first released his recordings in 1993, and since has written hundreds of songs, all unique to his own life experiences.

Presented in association with CHART and APRA.

www.chchwritersfest.co.nz
www.apra.co.nz
www.christchurchmusic.org.nz

Panellist Links
www.myspace.com/opshop
www.myspace.com/minuittheband
www.myspace.com/trilli0n

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About The Writers Festival
Over twenty international and forty New Zealand writers will converge on the Christchurch Town Hall from 4 – 7 September for The Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival 2008,

The largest number of international writers to ever attend a South Island writers’ festival will read, discuss, debate and entertain with topics as diverse as Cook’s abilities as a cartographer through to modern day migration, Middle East conflict to women in modern China, the art of science through to the art of painting. There will be sessions and panel discussions at the Christchurch Town Hall, exhibitions at Canterbury Museum and Christchurch Art Gallery, a song-writing panel, a political theatre satire, a visit to Dame Ngaio Marsh’s house and plenty more.

Writers include:
Robert Fisk, bestselling author and journalist based in Beirut as Middle East correspondent of the Independent, Xinran, author and journalist now living in London, whose latest book China Witness unlocks the secret history of modern China, Kate Atkinson who wrote Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and has been an international bestselling author ever since, Kate Mosse, whose historical thriller Labyrinth has been translated into 37 languages and published in 40 countries, Norman Doidge, Canadian research psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has presented his scientific research at the White House, Vanessa Collingridge, whose book on Captain Cook was made into the prize-winning documentary series Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery, Mark Billingham, UK crime writer, Lloyd Jones, freshly back from his writer’s residency in Menton, Jill Trevelyan whose biography on Rita Angus coincides with a major exhibition on this much-loved New Zealand painter, and many, many more.

For the full programme, contact admin@chchwritersfest.co.nz or check out the website www.chchwritersfest.co.nz

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