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Streetwaves 2008
Streetwaves is a Culture Company Music Project that animates and makes use of Liverpool's 5 neighbourhood areas and Merseyside boroughs in order to find the 'Most Ready' act from each area to play a set at Mathew Street and Creamfields.
So what do we mean by Most Ready?
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An Act that is well organized on the day
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Has a positive attitude and good work ethic
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An original musical style
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Can play their instruments to a good standard
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Can represent Liverpool well overseas
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An Act that is ready to take the step up to the festival circuit
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A band that will use the opportunities as a springboard to further their musical career
Being named as the 'Most Ready' Act will open doors to some fantastic opportunities;
These include playing Mathew Street Festival & Creamfields 2008, recording tunes at Elevator Studios, working with leading designers A Design Collective.
2008 Events
The five up-and-coming bands that blasted through the heats of Liverpool's annual Streetwaves competition earlier this year are returning to their home city in November after a summer of performing across Europe.
Streetwaves started three years ago as a way of providing a doorway into the music industry for young, talented bands in the city. The competition joined forces with Liverpool's Culture Company for the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations, and has given this year's bands unparalleled exposure to a European audience.
These talented young musicians aged between 14 and 25 years old stormed the stage at Creamfields 2008, sharing the bill with Kasabian and Fatboy Slim, and embarked on a special European tour including Bremen, Gdansk, Naples and Istanbul.
On Friday 28th and Saturday 29th November they will be performing in Marseilles for the final festival of the series, before returning home to Liverpool with invaluable experience and exciting opportunities ahead of them.
The experiences of one of the winning bands from 2007 - Major Major - is an example of what the competition can do for those that take part, as they perform on tour in support of Franz Ferdinand, have been offered a slot at MTV Liverpool Music Week this month and look forward to a slot at next year's Glastonbury festival.
Head of Music programming for the Culture Company Gordon Ross said: "Streetwaves provides young musicians with an exceptional opportunity to gain valuable experience and make contacts within the music industry. There is no other competition like this in Liverpool, and we are excited to see new talent developing in the city each year."
Streetwaves forms part of Liverpool's European Capital of Culture Cities on the Edge programme, which is part-financed by the European Union under the Culture 2007 - 2013 programme and unites six port cities from across Europe - Liverpool, Bremen, Gdansk, Istanbul, Marseilles and Naples - for a range of cultural events and exchanges.
LIVERPOOL EAST:
THE LITTLE HYDES
ALT VALLEY:
THE NEW HAZE
LIVERPOOL SOUTH:
BEAKER FOLK OF THE BRONZE AGE
CITY & NORTH:
ASPEN GROVE
SOUTH CENTRAL
SYSTEMS DMC
ST HELENS
THE WIRRAL
SEFTON
KNOWSLEY
BREMEN
NAPLES
MARSEILLE
ISTANBUL
GDANSK
The Culture Company would also like to announce that all acts that have entered Streetwaves 2008 will be considered for up and coming events in 2008 and 2009 providing acts with an opportunity to play at quality events around the city.
In 2007/2008 Streetwaves have provided local acts with a wide range of professional opportunities including Eclectica, Creamfields, Mathew Street Festival, Liverpool Music Week, The Queens Visit and the brand new Liverpool Echo Arena in front of 8000 people.
Organisations collaborating with Streetwaves include MZONE, National Youth Music, The Youth Service, The Dry Bar and The Liverpool Young Promoters, Lifestyles Sports Centres and Rice Lane City Farm plus all Merseyside boroughs.
For more information call Alicia Smith, Creative Neighbourhoods Manager, on 0151 233 1151 or e-mail alicia.smith@liverpool.gov.uk or streetwaves@hotmail.co.uk
Alternatively visit www.myspace.com/streetwaves2008