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VENUE 82 – Culture Night 2011Slaving for art…

We’re getting ready for Culture Night 2011. Installations and art work with a flying theme. Some of our musicians will come round to play a few of their own tunes. You are very welcome to call by Friday 23rd Sept 4pm -10pm.

We are continuing our music courses this year, starting with a song writing course with musician and song writer Jack Forgie. It will run over four weeks, every Monday night from 6.30 to 8.00pm.

All “levels” welcome. The course is aimed at anybody who needs a push in the right direction or somebody who simply needs some advice and critique.

The course starts Monday 21st Feb and runs every Monday night till 14th Mar in our premises in King St. Tea and coffee will be provided. £30 fee. To sign up please contact Sophie on 02890 327297 or sophie@kingstreetarts.com. More info in COURSES. There will also be time after each class for personal critique, chat, etc.

King Street Arts has gone through a massive. Our main hall is converted into artist studios and offices (approx 14ftx9ft). The price is £15 per week, 24hr access. The studios will be managed by KSA’s management team.

We currently have a sculpture, a painter, a writer, song writers, musicians and cultural entrepreneurs on board. There are two spaces left.

We are open for applications! If you are interested please get in touch with Sophie asap on 07795 115132.

Belfast Traditional Music Society is hosting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn “Shape-note” and Appalachian singing with American traditional singer and musician Brendan Taafe during a one day workshop followed by a concert. Mark your diary for Sat 20th Nov! The workshop and concert takes place in Crescent Arts Centre. The workshop runs from 10.30am to 4.30pm and the concert starts at 8pm.

Please visit the Society’s website for details and registration HERE

The first Belfast Fringe Festival is kicking off this weekend, 22nd-24th Oct 2010. We’re very proud to take part in the festival and be able to host some of the events in our Folktown area. The highlight of the festival is in fact taking place in Berry St Presbyterian Church in Bank Sq which has just opened its doors again after a massive refurbishment.

Joby Fox & The Inishowen Gospel Choir has kindly been permitted to perform in the church. It is going to be a concert of a lifetime – a special evening for everybody participating.

Saturday 23rd Oct, 8pm. Doors open 7.30pm. £7 admission of which any surplus will go to the church’s work in the local community.

Hope to see you there..

New Layout and Services Available

Dear Friends of King Street Arts

Over the summer we have worked hard at re-structuring King Street Arts, which means that we are now constituted as Community Interest Company, not-for-profit. We’ve also got two new members on board working with us full-time: Morgan Moore and Jack Forgie, both songwriters and musicians.

If you come down for a visit you will see some noticeable changes to our premises. The large hall has been turned into four artist studios and an office for Folk Town CIC, the community initiative in our area.

We still have the music section which we are expanding at the moment with more activities. Starting from this week is our new Guerilla Radio Recordings – live band recordings (see more below). And our song writing courses are coming up again after the new year.

Artist studios & office spaces

There are four artist studios / office spaces. They have great natural light! £30/wk incl Wifi and management, 24hr access all week. The small group of occupants and our own management team meet regularly to support each other in our many ventures.

If you are interested please contact Sophie or Joby for a viewing – 02890 327297

Rehearsal slots

Our rehearsal room is still available weekdays 6pm to midnight and all weekend. The 3hr slots are only £20. The room is sound-proofed and has a full backline and PA and drum kit (all you need is your own attachments). Free tea and coffee in the lounge..

To book, ring Morgan 02890 327297 or 07849 201283

Guerilla Radio Recordings

As I mentioned above we are now offering live recordings of bands with a professional engineer and experienced musicians and producers on site. We propagate your tracks and promote your band among the local radio stations in Belfast.

Basically, you get four live tracks that you own the rights to, and can use for your own promotion, on top of that we guarantee radio airplay and interviews on local radio.

Take advantage of our introductory offer of £120. 

For more information contact Jack: jack@kingstreetarts.com or 02890 327297

Kelly’s Cellars – Saturdays – 9pm-1am – £5

DJ, music and culture from 9pm – 1am.

We have moved some of our activities down to Bank Sq, Folk Town – a “new” area in Belfast celebrating all the beautiful and fascinating cultures in our city today.

This is going to be a weekly event and the first in a long series of events and festivals in Folk Town. The funds raised go towards the cultural development in Folk Town and keeping King Street Arts alive.
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Everybody welcome!

Thanks,
Sophie

If you are interested in mind-reading, psychology and hypnosis then we want to hear from you.

Fun, outgoing and open-minded people could be perfect for this exciting new series. Especially if you like a laugh and enjoy new experiences!

We are a TV Production company making an innovative and dynamic TV show for the BBC, and we are looking for potential participants to come along for a casting on Saturday 24th July in Belfast.

Please contact us through the details below – if you don’t register in advance unfortunately we can’t take you in on the day. Email us on dmp@wild-rover.com or ring 028 9050 0758 for more details.

Participants must be aged 18 or over.

6 pound in gets you down to see four great bands performing for Feile FM radio station. The gig will be recorded and broadcast on air the following day, so please, make a lot of noise!

[pullquote]King Street Arts are also helping to promote this event; our local rehearsal studio down on Castle Street, Belfast.[/pullquote]

Playing live we will have entertainment from The Star Spangled Badgers, The Dead Presidents, The Glory Holes, and The Dead Parrots. It is also important to note that the Badgers will be selling their first studio recorded EP on the night.

As this is going to be on the air, please tell as many people as you can. Get people enlisted to funk out. We want to pack this place out and show everyone a great time.

And for all those footy fans out their who are maybe thinking “That’s the night of the Champions League final!”, don’t panic, the final is on in the afternoon for the first time ever. Thank God. If it had been on in the evening we would have cancelled!

So yes, tell everyone. Let’s make some noise

Guitar Improvisation Workshop – 22nd May, 1.30-5.00pm

If you’re a guitar player who wants to be able to jam better with other musicians, or are perhaps interested in playing  a different style of music but don’t know what to do on the fret board, or if you find yourself unable to come up with new ideas for soloing/ creating melodies, this workshop would be beneficial for you.

In the workshop, learn about various topics such as -

• How to create your own melodies, and make up interesting solos with feeling and expression to them.
• How to fit in to any impromptu musical scenario, applying appropriate stylistic awareness and melodic content. (e.g. Rock, jazz, pop, blues, metal, funk, traditional)
• Knowing the whole fret board, and being able to play a wide variety of chords, scales and arpeggios at any location on the neck, in any key.
• Following chord changes in a piece, to shape your melodies around an ensemble.
• Ear training, to hear and anticipate chord changes.
• Decorative performance techniques and their implementation to real musical situations. (e.g. vibrato, bending, trills, muting, dynamics)
• How to adequately voice melodies in your head.
• Making up your own sounds to incorporate into your improvising, to create your own style.

Study the cerebral elements which comprise improvisational thought structure, and learn of all the music theoretical devices employed by an improvising musician, such as what particular scales and arpeggios to use and how to implement them into your phrasing effectively.

The workshop is taught by Emmet Lagan, who has just finished a BA degree course in Music Performance.  It will be a three and a half hour session, which includes a half hour break. Handout pages of particular important aspects taught in the workshop will be provided throughout, to aid future practice of concepts discussed.

Starting date 22nd May 2010

• £20 per person, all are welcome, although ideal for  intermediate – advanced players

Contact – 07729932333 or e.lagan@hotmail.co.uk for bookings and enquiries.