Musicians! Get your music heard by the nation, with Oxjam and Hot Press CD competition
Oxfam Ireland Press Release
22 September 2008
As part of October's Oxjam D.I.Y. music festival, which is set to launch this Thursday (September 25th), Oxjam is now offering you the chance to appear on a fab new Hot Press CD alongside your favourite performers.
Oxfam Ireland is looking for six of Ireland 's most talented up-and-coming acts to feature on a special Oxjam CD that will come with every copy of a forthcoming issue of Hot Press, the indispensable publication about music (and more besides).
The six acts will be chosen by a judging panel, and will appear on a 12-track CD with six of Ireland 's leading artists, including such hot new bands such as The Coronas and David Geraghty as well as stalwarts of the music scene The Stunning.
To be in with a chance of appearing on the Oxjam CD, just send one song (mp3 or CD), a short biography and contact details by email to oxjam [at] hotpress.ie or by post to Oxjam Opportunity, Hot Press, 13 Trinity St , Dublin 2. The closing date for receipt of entries is Monday, October 6 th so be quick! See www.oxfamireland.org/oxjam for further details of the CD competition, as well as for listings of gigs to attend near you, or for information on setting up a gig of your own – it's still not too late to organise a fundraising Oxjam event!
On Thursday September 25th, there will be a special lunchtime gig at Oxfam Ireland's shop in Dublin Road, Belfast, featuring performers from the Belfast Urban Collective, followed in early October by music video website MUZU TV unveiling its dedicated Oxjam music channel at www.muzu.tv with a special evening of live acts from its Dublin studio.
For more information or interviews, please contact:
Phillip Graham, Oxfam Ireland 's Media and Communications Officer, on (048) 9089 5959 or (00 44) 7841 102535 (mobile) or email phillip.graham [at] oxfamireland.org
Additional Information:
- For the whole month of October, Oxjam is all about making music, raising money and helping to end poverty as bands, DJs, promoters, street buskers, choirs, music teachers and just plain old music fans to organise all kinds of music events and donate the proceeds to Oxfam Ireland. There's no limit to how big or small the events can be – arranging a gig in a venue, a school choir concert, a music-themed pub or a karaoke night in your home – it all adds up to one huge, Ireland-wide Oxjam festival. For all the advice you need to get a music event up and running, contact oxjam [at] oxfamireland.org , lo-call 1890 60 60 65 (ROI) or 0845 30 30 337 (NI) or check out www.oxfamireland.org/oxjam to download a toolkit.
- The closing date for receipt of entries for the Hot Press CD competition is Monday, October 6th. Terms and conditions apply. See www.hotpress.com for further details.
- Visit www.muzu.tv to view the launch of the Oxjam TV music channel with live performances from the Dublin studio of MUZU TV (19 South William Street , Dublin 2).
- 2008 sees Oxfam Ireland celebrate its 10 th anniversary, with Oxfam operating internationally for over 60 years.
- Oxfam Ireland is a member of Oxfam International, a confederation of 13 Oxfams working worldwide.
Oxfam Ireland is an independent member of Oxfam International- a group of thirteen non-governmental agencies dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world.
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