NEWS:
• NEWS: WED 20TH DECEMBER 2023 •
SONG CRAFT WORKSHOP
• SPRING TERM 2024 •
SINGER, SONGWRITER & GUITARIST NICK ELLIS WILL BE HOSTING A TEN WEEK SPRING TERM SONG CRAFT WORKSHOP AT SMITHDOWN SOCIAL ARTS HUB & GALLERY, LIVERPOOL, STARTING FEBRUARY 2024.
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what is SONG CRAFT WORKSHOP?
• SPRING TERM 2024 •
WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE SINGER, SONGWRITER & GUITARIST NICK ELLIS WILL BE HOSTING A SPRING TERM SONG CRAFT WORKSHOP AT SMITHDOWN SOCIAL ARTS HUB & GALLERY, LIVERPOOL, BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL 2024.
NICK’S WORKSHOP WILL TAKE PLACE OVER 1O SESSIONS, AS A INCLUSIVE GROUP, WITH A FOCUS ON EXPLORING CREATIVE AND EXCITING WAYS TO APPROACHING THE TIMELESS ART OF SONG CRAFT.
NICK WILL DRAW ON A MULTITUDE OF TECHNIQUES AND THEORIES HE HAS DEVELOPED OVER A THIRTY YEAR CAREER THAT HAS BEEN PERFECTED FROM WORKING IN MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, SONG PUBLISHING, STUDIO PRODUCTION, FILM SCORE COMPOSITION, THEATRICAL WRITING, CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOPPING, POETRY, PROSE, AND LYRIC WRITNG.
ALL YOU WILL REQUIRE FOR THIS WORKSHOP IS A PAD, A PENCIL, AND A LOVE OF THE CRAFT.
ALL AGES AND LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE ARE WELCOME.
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WHEN
TUESDAY EVENINGS 6PM - 9PM
FEBRUARY: 6TH - 13TH - 20TH - 27TH
MARCHI: 5TH - 12TH - 19TH - 26TH
APRIL: 2ND - 9TH
WHERE
SMITHDOWN SOCIAL ARTS HUB & GALLERY
455 SMITHDOWN ROAD
LIVERPOOL
L15 3JL
PRICE
£250.00
+ £0.75 BOOKING FEE
10 Week Song Craft Workshop Course (10 sessions)
FOR
SONGWRITERS
MUSICAL ARRANGERS
MUSICIANS
PRODUCERS
NOVELISTS
SCREENWRITERS
PLAYWRIGHTS
POETS
SOUND DESIGNERS
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FURTHER ENQUIRIES
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ABOUT YOUR TUTOR
NICK ELLIS IS A SINGER, SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY THAT HAS SPANNED LIVE PERFORMANCE, STUDIO PRODUCTION, FILM, TELEVISION, THEATRE, AND MUSIC PUBLISHING.
ASIDE FROM HIS LIVE PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING WORK, NICK HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED TEACHING, BOTH ONE TO ONE AND IN A GROUP DYNAMIC, AND VALUES SHARING HIS MUSIC THEORY AND DEVELOPING HIS PHILOSOPHY OF THE CRAFT, WITH OTHERS.
WHEN NOT GRACING THE STAGE, OR AT THE STUDIO, NICK IS A FREELANCE MUSIC TUTOR, CAREER MENTOR, AND INDUSTRY CONSULTANT.
Photography by Shay Rowen
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ABOUT SMITHDOWN SOCIAL ARTS HUB & GALLERY
THE SMITHDOWN SOCIAL ARTS HUB COLLECTIVE IS AN ART GALLERY AND COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE THAT SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES THE DISCIPLINES OF TRADITIONAL ART TECHNIQUES, FILM, MUSIC, AND LITERATURE, WITH A ‘PROFIT FOR ARTISTS’ ETHOS.
Photography by Paul Tzanos
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NEWS:
• NEWS: MONDAY 25ND SEPTEMBER 2023 •
DIGNITY
THE NEW LIVE PERFORMANCE ALBUM FROM NICK ELLIS
AVAILABLE TO PREORDER HERE:
“…When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out…”
- Howard “Abbie” Hoffman (1936 - 1989)
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DIGNITY
RELEASED SATURDAY 21st OCTOBER 2023
WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE NEW LIVE PERFORMANCE ALBUM FROM SINGER, SONGWRITER & GUITARIST NICK ELLIS.
PRESSED ON BEAUTIFUL 180 GRAMME HEAVYWEIGHT TRANSLUCENT MAGENTA VINYL, LIMITED TO A WORLDWIDE RUN OF 500, ‘DIGNITY’ WILL BE NICK ELLIS’ DEBUT RELEASE ON HIS NEW IMPRINT: QUESTION RECORDS.
MORE DETAILS ABOUT ‘DIGNITY’, BELOW.
PREORDER YOUR COPY, HERE:
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‘DIGNITY’
QUESTLP001
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The long-awaited live performance album ‘Dignity’ is finally here.
Recorded and filmed live at the legendary Leaf Tea Rooms on Bold Street, Liverpool, on Thursday 21st October 2021, for a ‘one-night-only’ solo performance.
This classic concert was Nick’s first Post-Lockdown show, which played to a sold out crowd that was stepping out and embracing a brave new world, after a year and a half of global uncertainty, social seclusion, and an unprecedented lack of human interaction with family, friends and community.
Nick felt the emotional intensity and sense of communal reconnection was successfully captured on tape, not only sonically from his own performance, but atmospherically, from those present in the room. When the tapes were fired up, back at the studio, there was no doubt this document had to be released and shared with the world, and with those who were involved.
For Nick, this was not just another concert, this was history - a history of people, their places, their times, and the music that binds them.
Pressed on beautiful 180g Heavyweight Translucent Magenta Vinyl, this beautiful item is a one-off limited run, worldwide.
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Track List:
1) IMPRACTICAL IDEAS
2) I GET LOVE
3) CLOCKWATCHING
4) LOVERS IN JULY
5) CARILLON
6) DIGNITY
7) HEARTBREAK CITY
8) ST. DAVID’S DAY
9) BLUE SUMMER
10) LIPS LIKE SUGAR
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