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So we have sent out a prompt to 10 songwriters, to write a song about Money. They will be playing their song, Friday, May 20th at The Warming House in South Minneapolis. You can come and judge, pick your favorite new songs and the winner will get a fancy certificate to frame and put in their awards room.
– If you’d like to participate you can, just not in a live performance capacity. Write your song based on the prompt MONEY and post it on Facebook. Be sure to tag both The Warming House and Riftmagazine.com. Folks from both organizations will review all entries and proclaim an online winner on Saturday, May 21st. If you win you’ll get two free tickets to a show at The Warming House.
– We encourage everyone to come to the show on Friday and make a donation to one or both organizations. You can also donate online. A donation is not required for participation in the online contest.
Here is a list of the performers and a little blurb about each one of them.
Next Wednesday, the songwriters get a prompt and have just about 36 hours to write a song and have it ready to perform on Friday night.
Nigel Egg will be hosting/performing and these fine songwriters will be performing as well.
Joe Fahey, Brad Senne, Brianna Lane, Niki Becker, Dan Hylton, Simon Husbands, Ryan Rud, Greg Neis, Mother Banjo and Ben Cook-Feltz
It’s Free with a suggested donation of $5-$20.
There is a possibility it could sell out, so buy your tickets in advance if you can.
Wow! I missed the first press release on this song, and now I regret waiting so long to hear it. It has a nostalgic sound, but also sounds new. Newstalgic? Is that a thing? If not I just coined that phrase. This one pulls on the heart strings a bit, a little emotional. Worth a listen or three, for sure.
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