Experience the magic of songwriting up close and personal with 4 incredible songwriters in the round. This is not your typical live music gig. This is the Nashville songwriter experience live in Perth, comprising prolific songwriters from the world's biggest songwriting club.
Encircle four songwriters as they take to the stage to share behind the scenes of the songwriting process, their craft and perform their songs. Hosted by award-winning songwriter and founder of I Heart Songwriting Club, Francesca de Valence.
The Songwriters:
Brightsider: Bringing a new brand of fun & funk to the masses, Brightsider is warbling wurli and funky drums, slinky bass lines and soulful vocals sliding into the pocket where Winston Surfshirt, Matt Corby and Jamiroquai meet. A new project out of Margaret River, Western Australia ft. frontman Dan White (of WA’s Best Regional Act 2019 Blue Child Collective & director of The WA Guitar Festival), Brightsider's upbeat smoothie of Indie RnB, Funk-Soul-Groove and South-West sunshine is a must-see, certain to leave a smile on your face!
Tanya Ransom: Tanya Ransom weaves her signature sound of folk blues and alt country in a tapestry of songs that are emotive and captivating. The Kimberley songstress' latest EP is a collection of songs that explore the intricate emotions of the human condition amongst ornate melody’s and powerful vocals. A regular to the Australian touring circuit, Tanya has performed at Nannup Music Festival, Blues at Bridgetown and Fairbridge Festival and supported artists Kate Miller-Heidke, Missy Higgins, Boy and Bear and John Butler. Awarded WAM Best Regional Act 2020 and Nannup Music Festival Directors Award, Tanya holds audiences attentive with her unassuming warmth and personality.
Midnight Francine: Raised on the songs of the 60's in Perth and Napier New Zealand, Midnight Francine displays a natural talent and a keen ear for lyric writing. Midnight Francine's sound has been shaped by great artists like Aretha Franklin, Neil Finn, Jeff Buckley and PJ Harvey. This diverse patchwork is evident in Midnight Francine's songwriting with elements of soul, folk and indie melodically woven together.
Francesca de Valence:
Francesca has spent her life finding the elemental magic of songwriting and then empowering others to find that within themselves. Through her visionary work as founder of the online songwriting club – I Heart Songwriting Club – Francesca is revolutionising the songwriting space, helping birth 25,000 songs and changing the lives of thousands of songwriters worldwide. She waxes lyrical about how all humans can connect with the joy of songwriting in her podcast “The Magic of Songwriting”. The prolific and award-winning Australian songwriter and educator with a heroic songwriting catalogue of over 500 songs, has been published by Songwriting Magazine UK, has taught songwriting and music at prestigious music universities, and has facilitated workshops worldwide in partnership with APRA AMCOS, Irish Music Rights Organisation, and Folk Alliance International. Some of her career highlights include supporting Jimmy Webb, writing 400 songs in 400 weeks (non-stop), playing at Folk Alliance New Orleans 2020, winning a Los Angeles Music Award, playing a concert in Paris in French language, and teaching hundreds of beginner songwriters how to write songs!!