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| We had the honor of premiering Fruit & Flowers' contribution to last year's 24-hour Songwriting Challenge. |
To Benefit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Well, our friends from way back, Speak Into My Good Eye, are coming back for another go 'round with their always fun 24-Hour Songwriting Challenge. This is that thing where artists create a completely original work over the course of a specific 24-hour period.
Previous challenges have resulted in songs that ended up on albums or EPs like The Vansaders' "Ripped It Apart" or Hot Blood's "Cop in a Tank." We've gotten to premiere a couple of tracks here like the Rick Barry / Andy Bova collaboration, "All Is Well," and Fruit & Flowers' great live-set staple, "Way Out." There have been those unexpected contributions like Rick Barry's 27.5-minute "Prisoners" on the first-ever challenge and Roy Orbitron's first-date-story-set-to-music, "#tinderfail," back in 2015.
Each year, the comp has attracted great artists, and sales have benefited a worthy charity. This year's challenge will begin at the stroke of midnight on October 21st with proceeds from the sale of the final compilation going to support the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. Speak Into My Good Eye have tapped uber-talented individual and tireless supporter of local music, Nicole Calascibetta (fka, Nikki Black), for an as-yet-to-be-determined role; but her involvement can do nothing but enhance an already successful tradition.
SIMGE and Nicole have decided that they'd like to open the challenge up to artists in all media, and they're in the process of trying to come up with some type of combined art show / concert to coincide with this year's release. If you're interested in participating in any artistic capacity, you can get in touch at speakimge@gmail.com.
So, mark your calendars; and, remember, no cheating. Everything needs to be done in 24 hours starting on October 21st. Keep your eyes on speakimge.com for details as they develop.
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