CONTACT: William Hudson
HC 71 Box 765
San Lorenzo, NM 88041
(575) 536 3092
[email protected]
SILVER CITY, NM - The Southwestern Chapter of the ACLU of New Mexico is sponsoring a singer/songwriter competition, in connection with its Annual Meeting, to be held on October 26, 2012. Due to continuing attempts to suppress the legitimate right of American Citizens to vote; we are looking for songs that deal with voting rights issues. The focus can be on the historic efforts to obtain voting rights by women or minority populations; or the loss of the ability to vote due to oppressive legislation.
- This competition is open to all musicians in the “Border Regions” of West Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, who write and perform in any musical genre. The prize will be a 4 hour recording session, provided by our co-sponsor, Mountain Air Productions. Mountain Air Productions is a state-of-the-art, digital recording studio and production house, located in the performance space of Seedboat Gallery, in Silver City, New Mexico. All submissions must be original compositions of the Artist/Performer (maximum of 2 entries per Artist/Performer)
- Entry will be made on an official entry form (contact William Hudson, at [email protected]).
- Entrants will submit a tape or CD recording of their entry (It need not be a professional recording, but should be clean enough that the listener can hear the melody and musical interpretation).
- Entrants will submit a written copy of the lyrics (so that the appropriate theme and poetic quality can be evaluated).
All entries must be mailed to: ACLU/Competition
C/o Peter Falley
521 E. Lance Dr.
Silver City, NM 88061
Entries will be evaluated by the judging panel on;
- How appropriate the song is relative to the theme (The importance of voting, Civil Liberties/Constitutionality, as it relates to voting rights)
- Artistic lyrical styling, poetic interpretation
- Musical originality, styling
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