Did you have big plans for 2020? Were you planning on playing gigs or recording an album or touring the world? Or perhaps what you wanted was to have a jam in the garage out the back or just have a picnic in the park? It all seemed so achievable merely two months ago, but then Coronavirus happened and all our plans slipped right through our fingertips.
No one was expecting to spend 2020 in isolation and for many it is not necessarily where they wanted to be which is why local label Tremorverse Records, in collaboration with Melbourne’s Box Hill Institute is presenting a new compilation album featuring original songs from isolated music students the world over.
Set to once again obliterate genre boundaries and navigate the multimodal soundscapes that music students have to offer, this compilation is a space for expression for new and emerging artists written in this time of isolation. Students are invited to upload original works, created during the COVID-19 social distancing lockdown for a chance to be featured on the album, with submissions now open.
Prospective tracks can be collaborative, multi-genre, instrumental, traditional or experimental. Despite the unprecedented circumstances, there are no limitations here.
“Creating and experiencing music is a very human and interactive experience and that has altered. We thought this compilation might be a way to collate and document the creative response to this pandemic from music students. It gives a purpose or a goal where some may have been lost. It is open to all music students across the world and encourages new ways of working and creating together,” explains Merida Sussex from Tremoverse Records.
Set to be released in June 2020, Songs From Home will be available to stream via AWAL on all good streaming platforms and to purchase through Bandcamp, with all proceeds going directly to the students featured on the compilation, as a way to give emerging artists a leg-up in this time of great difficulty.
If you have a track about this strange isolation, or a song that you wrote to help get you through or maybe just something you created as a distraction or an outlet, they want to hear it.
Submissions are open until Friday 22 May midnight AEST. You can apply here.
