32 local and international participants: authors, producers and performers.
3 days, 5 events, 20 new songs.
Participants from Latvia, Estonia, Great Britain, Hungary, Netherland, Hungary, Poland and Belarus.
Song listening sessions experts: Brita Barone – radio Star FM (LV) Martti Vuorinen – Universal Music Finland, Patric Sarin – Warner Music Finland, Artis Dvarionas – radio SWH (LV), Toomas Olljum – Sony Music Baltic/ Made In Baltics (EE).
Producers:
Kaspars Ansons, Andis Ansons, Arnis Račinskis, Rūdolfs Budze, Didzis Bardo, Allan Kasuk, rolands če, Kristaps Ērglis, Oskars Uhaņs, Marka.
Songwriters and singers: Kārlis Auzāns, Māra Upamen-Holšteine, Atis Zviedris, Meldra Gūža, Mikus Frišfelds, Uku Moldau, Barry Maclean, Johnny K Palmer, Anna Madara Pērkone, Kattie, Veira, Madara Dzintara Pluša, Anna Krista Ostrovska, Kristina Morins, Lisann Mikson, Rūta Agnese Gaile, Reinis Straume, KATŌ, Aivo Oskis, Rūdolfs Macats, Jānis Driksna, Ervīns Ramiņš.
“The One That Got Away” is something that started as a tiny story told by ANNNA’s Estonian friend Uku, and, in just under one day, got developed into a whole song by three musicians during songwriting camp “RIGaLIVE#4”. It’s a melancholic tune that takes you on a visual a journey. ANNNA’s vocals, and her intoxicating lyrics add up to that “take me to the summer” feel that this track reflects.
This release will kick start more than six consecutive tracks that ANNNA bring out in the upcoming months that she’ll eventually put together in an album. You’ll be able to hear “The One That Got Away” for the first time on the second of July in Latvia, where ANNNA will be the warm up artist for the incredible LP!
As previously announced, the 3rd session of the songwriting campus RIGaLIVE will be starting in two weeks. Just like last time, we are offering all interested parties to join in on a selection of lectures, lessons and master classes, regardless of one’s participation in the songwriting campus itself. These lectures are intended to be topical not only for musicians, but for other people related to the music industry.
Order of events for the 3rd session of RIGaLIVE:
October 9th:
o 15:00 – Opening of the 3rd session of RIGaLIVE
o 15:05 – a lecture regarding recordings and the distribution of rights between authors, as well as their registration in collective management organizations from the Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/ Latvian Authors Association
o 15:40 – a songwriting master class from Lisbee Stainton – a renowned songwriter and songwriting teacher from the British and Irish Modern Music Institute (BIMM)
October 10th:
o 15:00 – an educational master class from Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt – the Executive Director at International Music Managers Forum (IMMF)
Everything will be taking place in the Great Hall at Latvia Culture College, located at Bruņinieku iela 57. The participation fee for both days – €20 per person, single day – €15 per person.
For the third time by the initiative of “Latvian Music Development Association/Latvian Music Export Office” an event is being organized for the members of the music industry with the aim to encourage cooperation, exchange experiences and increase their level of professionalism – a festival of creative masterclasses and song workshops called “RIGaLIVE”.
Composers, performers, music producers, as well as music managers are welcome to apply for the song workshop, which will take place from the 9th until the 11th of October of this year in Riga, Latvia.
We are announcing the beginning of application for the song workshop, where in 3 days time up to 10 work groups will be working on creating new songs. Each group will consist of 3 members – a composer, performer and a producer. Each day the groups will work for 8 hours in order to create a demo version of their songs, which will then be evaluated by a collective of experts, which will consist of representatives of both local and international professionals of the music industry. Besides the song workshop, there will also be masterclasses intended specifically for music managers.
Event order of the festival:
9th of October – introduction of the participants of masterclasses;
10th of October – songwriting workshop and listening;
11th of October – songwriting workshop and listening.
The goal of the participants is to create song that could be a radio hit in the Baltics in 2019. The songs created in RIGaLIVE workshops have received popular acclaim – for instance, “Zemes stunda” by ansis and Kristīne Pāže was ranked number 1 as the most played track in Latvia in all digital platforms, as well as Justs’ song “Falling Down” was included in the Spotify curated playlist “Fresh Finds”.
“I’m really impressed with the talent these musicians have. I think that some of these songs have radio potential,”
-Mikko Tukianen, Sony Music Finland
“I had participated in songwriting camps in other countries, but it was the first time for me in Latvia. I think that it went even better than abroad,”
-Aminata Savadogo, musician, representative of Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015
“It was an invaluable experience to witness how each “cook” works in the “kitchen”, what “spices” they were using and what tricks they had up their sleeves. If we’re talking about the songwriting process itself – it was an event that truly broadened my horizons.”
-ansis, hip-hop artist, producer, beat maker, participant of the 2nd session of RIGaLIVE
To apply, please fill in the application form until the 21th of September 2018. After evaluating the submissions, the participants of the workshop will be announced by the end of September.
The song “(My Heart Beats) Staccato”, which was co-written by Kaspars Ansons, Kristīne Prauliņa and Valters Sprūdžs, is one of the songs which were created during the fall session of the songwriting workshop “RIGaLIVE”. The song is performed by Lithuanian singer Jurga and it was produced by Kaspars Ansons.
Jurga herself has this to say about the song: “It’s always a great opportunity to record a song, which was written by someone other than me, especially in this case, because it is so catchy. I hadn’t done that for quite a while, but I was waiting for such a challenge, and it came to me in the form of Staccato. I really like the chorus – even if someone doesn’t know what do the terms stacatto or legato mean, it still is really easy to understand, because it reminds of the feeling when you’re in love.”
This song, performed in Lithuanian, will be made publicly available in Lithuania in May. The lyrics were composed by Jurga.
The first session of the “RIGaLIVE” songwriting workshop, which took place in September 2017, was highly praised by both local and international participants and experts. During the process, 16 demo versions of the songs were created in 2 days and they were recognized by local and international music experts to be potential radio hits of a high quality. There were 30 participants for the first “RIGaLIVE” session – artists such as Dons, Justs, Aminata, Kaspars Ansons, Kristīne Prauliņa, Arnis Račinskis, Jānis Aišpurs, Markus Riva, as well as participants from Estonia, Lithuania and Scotland.
The second session of “RIGaLIVE” ended on 11th of April, with 27 participants from Latvia, Lithuania and England. During this session, 16 new songs were created, a few of which will soon be released publicly.
The team of the songwriting workshop RIGaLIVE would like to thank all of the participants, as well as our sponsors for having faith in us and for the invaluable support you have given us in the process of organizing this event!
With the support of the Latvian Performers’ and Producers’ Association (LaIPA), as well as the Ministry of Culture, for the second time an even was organized with the aim to encourage the cooperation, raise the level of professionalism and to exchange experiences between the members of the music industry – a songwriting workshop called RIGaLIVE.
Water for the participants was supplied by “Amrita”, “Rocket Bean Roastery” provided their cosy space for the listening sessions, as well as quenched the participants’ thirst for coffee, and “Riga Black Balsam” and “Red Bull”, as well as “Lāčplēsis alus” provided all that was necessary for a great after party.
The musicians worked in 8 studios that were set up with the help of “Mājlietu sala”, “Puķu Elvis” and “ER Grīdas”. All the technical equipment was provided by the store “Tava skaņa”. Musicians also used various pieces of equipment, which were provided by Latvian companies, such as “Sonarworks”, “Gamechanger Audio”, “JZ Microphones” and “Erica Synths”. A huge thank you goes out to Goran Gora, Anna Zankovska and Didzis Bardo for providing us with their studios, as well as thanks to “Ibis Hotel” for hosting our international guests.
As one of the supporters for this event, Red Bull offered a fully accommodated trip to Open’er Festival in Poland for the team with the best song in the workshop. The participants themselves will determine the winners.
The audio company “Sonarworks” recognized FEMME as the best producer in this session of the RIGaLIVE, and she was presented with a pair of individually calibrated pair of Sennheiser HD650 headphones.
The talented participants of RIGaLIVE were rewarded for their productive work with the products of the perfumery and cosmetics manufacturer “Dzintars”.
For the second time by the initiative of “Latvian Music Development Association/Latvian Music Export Office” and with the support of LaIPA(Latvian Performers’ and Producers’ Association) an event is being organized for the members of the music industry with the aim to encourage cooperation, exchange experiences and increase their level of professionalism – a songwriting workshop called RIGaLIVE.
The first RIGaLIVE session, which took place in September of last year, which was praised highly by both local and international participants and music experts. In two days time, 16 songs were recorded, which were recognized as high quality potential radio hits. The 2nd session of RIGaLIVE is taking place this week, starting from Monday, and ending on Wednesday. Each day, a work group, which will consist of a performer, songwriter and a producer, will work for 8 hours straight in order to create new songs, which will be presented to experts of the music industry, and other teams, in the evening.
There were over a 100 submissions, and 24 participants were selected for this workshop – musicians such as Jānis Aišpurs, Aija Andrejeva, Ansis, Arnis Račinskis and Markus Riva.
As one of the cooperation partners of RIGaLIVE, Red Bull will offer a prize for the best team: a fully paid and accommodated trip to Open’er Festival this summer in Poland, as well as the audio software company Sonarworks will offer a pair of fully calibrated Sennheiser HD650’s as a prize for the best producer in the workshop.
For the second time by the initiative of “Latvian Music Development Association/Latvian Music Export Office” an event is being organized for the members of the music industry with the aim to encourage cooperation, exchange experiences and increase their level of professionalism – a festival of creative masterclasses and song workshops called “RIGaLIVE”.
Composers, performers and music producers are welcome to apply for the song workshop, which will take place from the 9th until the 11th of April of this year in Riga, Latvia.
We are announcing the beginning of application for the song workshop, where in 3 days time up to 10 work groups will be working on creating new songs. Each group will consist of 3 members – a composer, performer and a producer. Each day the groups will work for 8 hours in order to create a demo version of their songs, which will then be evaluated by a collective of experts, which will consist of representatives of both local and international professionals of the music industry.
Event order of the festival:
9th of April – introduction of the participants of masterclasses;
10th of April – songwriting workshop and listening;
11th of April – songwriting workshop and listening.
The goal of the participants is to create song that could be a hit of the Baltics in 2018 and 2019.
To apply, please fill in the application form and send it to info@musiclatvia.lv with the description Application to RIGaLIVE until the 19th of March 2018. After evaluating the submissions, the participants of the workshop will be announced by the end of March.
Music Export Latvia is organising first song-writing camp in Latvia from 6 – 7 September 2017.
Songwriters and producers from Latvia and neighboring countries are invited to join the camp. We’re looking for experienced producers, writers, writer-artists.
Songwriting camps will go on for two days and they’ll be led by local and internationally known participants – producers, authors and performers. The attendees will be split in several groups, each consisting of three people – an author, a performer and a producer. At the end of each day there will be a special listening session with a group of representatives from record labels, radio DJs, several other producers and professionals of the music industry. There will be a possibility to register the new-made songs for “Supernova 2018” and Lithuanian “Eurovision 2018” contests.
“RIGaLIVE” is supported by “LaIPA”, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, “Live Riga”, “Zemgus Poligrāfijas Serviss”, “Rocket Bean Roastery”,”Majlietu Sala”, “Tava Skaņa” and others.
