isn’t it amazing how the first day of school still feels like the first day of school even when you are not going to school?
my song lucklucky has been included on the list for the Socan ECHO songwriting prize this year, which is very nice. very good company on the list too, weakerthans, sandro perri, wintersleep, and socalled. and now the winner is determined by a public vote. you can log on to www.echoprize.ca and register, and then vote once a day every day. until september 29. vote for any of us, just get out there! it’s nice to have these prizes that are unattached to any kind of conventional success. works for me, anyway. plus i happen to know that the 5 grand in prize money would be well used by any of those artists. if i should be so lucky i promise not to squander it.
oh, and last night i dreamt that i wrote a song about israel, and managed to fit it into my children’s opera about trees. the only lyrics i can remember are “israel, israel”…..i also dreamt i had to make 100 paintings of the letter S.
Oh, I really hope you win Veda. I promise to do what I can. I just placed my first vote…
Dang! I missed it for a few days, even though Fran warned me offhand. I will spread the word among my music pals (even though everyone knows how I feel about awards).
It’s about time Veda earns some recognition for her great arts!
Vote Veda:Grab Your Coat and Your Popular Music…
With less than a week left in voting for the $5,000 SOCAN Echo Prize for Canadian songwriting, I’d better get around to fulfilling my promise to make my case for why, of the superfine roster of nominated tunes, Veda……