The Vanda and Young Songwriting competition is now accepting submissions for published, unpublished, professional amateur, local and international – across all genres and is a chance to support music therapy charity; Nordoff-Robbins.
The winner of the 2009 Vanda & Young Song Competition will take home:
- Return business class airfare to US and UK + 5 days accommodation in both countries courtesy of Showtravel (valued at AUD $10,000 incl. GST)
- $20,000 cash courtesy of Albert Music
- Songwriter Mentorship with iconic US songwriter, Paul Williams.
- Producer mentorship at Kensaltown Studios London; either with Martin Terefe (KT Tunstall, James Morrison, Yusuf Islam) or Sacha Skarbeck (James Blunt, Jason Mraz)
- Production crew for video, including director of photography, cameraman, soundman courtesy of XYZ Networks
- Les Paul Gibson Guitar courtesy of Gibson Guitars
- Studio time and engineering at Studios 301 in either Sydney, Byron Bay, Stockholm or Cologne
- Live gig to perform the winning song at SONG SUMMIT 2010, Darling Harbour, 19-21 June, 2010.
Entry fee is AUD $50 per song with all proceeds going to support Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia. Entries close Wednesday 30 September 2009 with the winning song being announced November 30 2009.
