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#WeAreNewSong :: Andrea Lopez

Friday, July 20th, 2018

Miami, Florida’s Andrea Lopez, performing as a finalist last November in the 16th annual NewSong Music Competition finals at New York City’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Every year, NewSong receives countless song submissions from talented artists across North American and beyond. Only a handful are chosen each year as finalists. And while not all of these finalists take home the grand prize, all of them leave a lasting impression on the NewSong team. Supporting and fostering new and as-yet-undiscovered musicians is what NewSong is all about, which is why we aim to celebrate past finalists and winners in our new video series, #WeAreNewSong. 

Watch our interview with Andrea Lopez, a 2017 NewSong Songwriting Competition finalist, to learn more about what drives her songwriting and her experience with NewSong. 

Watch #WEARENEWSONG video

Andrea Lopez is our first artist featured in the series, and she is no doubt an artist to watch. This 24-year-old, bilingual songwriter from Miami self-released her last album “Echoes” in April 2017. The EP consisted of five original songs, which ranked highly on the iTunes Charts (#1 Top EPS & Singles, #5 Top Latin Albums, #8 Top Singer/Songwriter Albums) and earned her placements on numerous Spotify playlists. Additionally, her song “Por Ti” was awarded as a finalist in the Latin category of the John Lennon Songwriting Competition.

WATCH FULL PERFORMANCE OF ‘ECHOES’ LIVE FROM NEWSONG COMPETITION FINALS 

We hope you follow Andrea’s career, as we will, and check out her work on Spotify and iTunes! 

To stay up-to-date with Andrea’s news and schedule, visit her website. 

 

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New video single ‘For Blackbirds’ from Alan Semerdjian’s upcoming NewSong Recordings release ‘Quiet Songs for Loud Times’

Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NYC POET AND SONGWRITER ALAN SEMERDJIAN RELEASES A NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR THE SONG “FOR BLACKBIRDS” 

JUNE 18th, 2013. 

New York City poet, songwriter and educator Alan Semerdjian is pleased to share with the world the new music video for “for blackbirds.” The song is the first track on his latest collection, aptly called Quiet Songs for Loud Times, which comes out on the NewSong Recordings label later this month and is accompanied by a CD Release Concert at the Rockwood Music Hall in the Lower East Side on June 28th. The album is rich with sparse instrumentation and Semerdjian’s trademark poetic reflection, and “for blackbirds” is no exception.

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The video was conceived and directed by Jeremy Newberger of Ironbound Films, an independent film company that is well known for its award-winning documentary work, and borrows from a few different filmmaking aesthetics including art house and collage to highlight the song’s theme of how the past informs the present. “I’ve long been enamored of Semerdjian’s unique blend of music, poetry, and performance art,” says Newberger about the collaboration. “His latest evokes a visual response apropos of his soulful introspection.” 

It’s Semerdjian’s first music video since “Can’t Wait,” whose heartwarming charm and poignant humility made a huge splash on internet audiences in 2009. Quiet Songs for Loud Times is mixed by Mike Bloom (The Elected, Rilo Kiley, Julian Casablancas), who has worked with Semerdjian on his previous two releases (2005‘s When There Was Something Wrong With You and 2009’s The Big Beauty), and features appearances by Aram Bajakian (Lou Reed, Diana Krall) on electric guitar, Chris Kuffner (Ingrid Michaelson) on bass, Dave Diamond (Assembly of Dust) on drums and percussion and Matt Iselin on piano and organ. The team succeeds at constructing a mature and artful intimacy that is consistent with Semerdjian’s distinct sound while striking notes familiar in modern folk music, indie and art rock, and Americana traditions. The result is a stunningly beautiful album in both sound and sentiment, finding Alan Semerdjian at the top of his craft. 

To see the video, click here.

To pre-order the album, visit www.newsongrecordings.com.

For more information on Alan Semerdjian, visit www.alansemerdjian.com.

Media Contact:
Ford Willis
NewSong Recordings
828 232-4314, x303

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