Calling All Artists: Gila River Music CD to be Produced
The Gila Conservation Coalition is pleased to announce that we are seeking artists to contribute to a collection of songs about the Gila River. We are producing this compact disk both to raise funds to help fight threats to the Gila and its watershed, such as the current AWSA diversion proposal, and to capture the spirit of this community which loves the Gila River and Gila Wilderness so fiercely.
The GCC is seeking songs of any genre which celebrate the Gila River and the fight to keep wild rivers free from development and diversion. Each song should reflect the beauty and importance of the Gila River and/or why we should save wild rivers through the lyrics or the theme. All proceeds will benefit the GCC’s work to save the Gila River.
Selection of songs and production of the CD will be managed by a recently formed production committee including David Furnas (Seedboat Studios), Kyle Johnson (Gila-Mimbres Community Radio), Allyson Siwik (Gila Resource Information Project), Donna Stevens (Upper Gila Watershed Alliance) and Joanie Connors (WNMU). Seedboat Studios has generously agreed to provide the mastering work for the collection.
We are asking artists to first send us an email at songsofthegila@gmail.com describing their song concept and interest in contributing to the CD by Monday September 30, 2013.
To be included on the Gila River CD, artists will need to provide unmastered stereo recordings on CDs via a common digital audio workstation, such as ProTools, Cubase, or Garage Band. All songs must be original compositions and you must have all rights to use the song and the musicians on the recording. These recordings will be due by Friday, November 1, 2013 at 4pm at address below:
Save the Gila CD
c/o Gila Resources Information Project
305A North Cooper St
Silver City, NM 88061
Questions can be sent to Joanie Connors at jvcphd@gmail.com or call the GRIP office at 575 538-8078.