DEMO IN A DAY

SUMMARY

  • ONE DAY IN STUDIO
  • 10 BANDS/PROJECTS
  • OPEN TO ALL STYLES OF JAZZ
  • FOR MUSICIANS BASED IN REGION
  • LARGE STUDIO WITH GRAND PIANO
  • APPLICATIONS BY 25 JULY

Do you need to get in the studio to record a demo to showcase your latest compositions or a new collaborative project?

Jazz Yorkshire, in partnership with Leeds Media Centre, is offering a free day in the studio for 10 different projects for jazz musicians based in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Recording will be at the Leeds Media Centre recording studio in Leeds.

The scheme is open to all jazz musicians regardless of age and style of jazz. It might be you're an established musician wanting to try a new project or collaboration or perhaps a younger group wanting to record your first demo. The common theme would be that a demo would be used to help trying to get gigs.

How to apply

Write a brief proposal in your own words explaining what you want to do with a day in the studio.

Apply online | Download an application form

Applying musicians will be contacted after 18th August about their application.

Deadline for applications is before Friday 25th July but the scheme will stay open until all days allocated.

How the bands will be selected

A panel from Jazz Yorkshire will meet to consider the applications. 5 days will be allocated to established musicians and 5 days to younger emerging musicians.

When will the recordings be?

July / December 2008.

* News Update 1/11/08
Musicians/Projects awarded a place in the scheme are:

  • If Destroyed Still True
  • The Kevin Holbrough Quartet
  • Matthew Anderson
  • Shame and Guilt (John Marley)
  • Rob Lavers Ensemble
  • The UK Mingus Collective (Colin Byrne)
  • Poachers Pocket (Anna Stott)
  • The Desmond Morris conspiracy (Chris Moore)
  • The Ruby Wood Quintet
  • Jamil Sheriff

Five places were awarded to established regional musicians and five places to emerging musicians.

* News Update 4/9/08
The recording studio and piano are safe for the time being and the Demo in a Day scheme can go ahead. LMC no longer has a resident engineer so we will have to hire one for the individual sessions. A decision will be made shortly about the places.

* News Update 9/7/08
The management organisation at Leeds Media Centre (LMC ltd) has gone into liquidation and from 1 July the building is being run on behalf of Leeds City Council by Unity Property Services. We are waiting to hear about the future of the recording studio. This will be clear once the legal situation regarding the assets of LMC ltd is decided. So long as equipment and piano remain at LMC the scheme will go ahead - so please apply.