A collaboration between YEARS OF LOCAL LIFE CELEBRATING SOUND TIMES of the re you an up-and-coming musician looking for your first break? Or perhaps you’ve a talented son or daughter who needs a leg up in the music business? If so, make sure you (or they) enter Sound of the Times, a brand new competition Time & Leisure is running in collaboration with Kingston- based charity Creative Youth and leading music industry education provider the Academy of Contemporary Music. The competition is all about finding up-and-coming musicians aged 17-26, whether they be soloists or groups and regardless of the genre of music they perform. We want to celebrate their creativity and energy. We want to encourage more people and places to recognise the value of live music. Let’s make this corner of south west London and Surrey the most music-friendly part of the country. Sound of the Times will have ten winners, all of whom will have their tracks professionally recorded, at the same time as being mentored by an artist or producer. The ten tracks will be commercially released on a celebration album, followed by a winners’ live concert at the Rose Theatre in Kingston in February 2018. Mentors include Ace (lead guitarist with Skunk Anansie), Kieron Pepper (drummer with The Prodigy for ten years) and Sandy Beales (bass guitarist working with One Direction). A Visit soundofthetimes.co.uk to view full terms and conditions and how to enter. Entrants should be aged between 17 and 26 and be either a soloist or perform in a band of up to ten people. You should live, study or work in south west London or Surrey and will need to provide an original self-written track. Good luck! HOW TO ENTER ACE IT Sound of the Times judge and mentor, Ace of Skunk Anansie, talks musical inspiration Why did you decide to support the project? Because it’s all about inspiring young musicians. All new music scenes come from young musicians so I’m very excited about it and looking forward to seeing the acts. What sort of musicians are you hoping to find? People with natural talent – creative with a lot of energy and drive – and who really want to be there. What advice would you give to young people entering? Work on your songs and play them with passion. It’s also about the way that you deliver your art. What can be done to support live music venues? We need to support live music and young bands. If your friends are playing in a local bar, go and see them. What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to? Motorhead’s Ace of Spades concert in 1980. What’s the best show you’ve ever played? Headlining Glastonbury in ‘99. We also played for Nelson Mandela’s 80th birthday and did a gig for the Dalai Lama. Finally, which musicians inspire you? Older influences from when I was a child include Lemmy from Motorhead and Tony Lommi from Black Sabbath. Then, more modern contemporaries such as Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden, and new bands such as Bellevue Days. So it ranges from the old-school right up to what’s happening now. Watch the full interview online at soundofthetimes.co.uk CALLING ALL BANDS & MUSICIANS! CLOSING DATE: 30 SEPTEMBER BRAND NEW COMPETITION

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A collaboration between

YEARSOF LOCAL LIFE

CELEBRATING

SOUNDTIMESof the

re you an up-and-coming musician looking for your first break? Or perhaps you’ve a talented son or daughter who needs a leg up in the music business? If so, make sure you (or they) enter Sound of the Times,

a brand new competition Time & Leisure is running in collaboration with Kingston-based charity Creative Youth and leading music industry education provider the Academy of Contemporary Music.

The competition is all about finding up-and-coming musicians aged 17-26, whether they be soloists or groups and regardless of the genre of music they perform. We want to celebrate their creativity and energy. We want to encourage more people and places to recognise the value of live music. Let’s make this corner of south west London and Surrey the most music-friendly part of the country.

Sound of the Times will have ten winners, all of whom will have their tracks professionally recorded, at the same time as being mentored by an artist or producer. The ten tracks will be commercially released on a celebration album, followed by a winners’ live concert at the Rose Theatre in Kingston in February 2018.

Mentors include Ace (lead guitarist with Skunk Anansie), Kieron Pepper (drummer with The Prodigy for ten years) and Sandy Beales (bass guitarist working with One Direction).

Visit soundofthetimes.co.uk to view full terms and

conditions and how to enter.

Entrants should be aged between 17 and 26 and be either a soloist or

perform in a band of up to ten people. You should live, study or work in south

west London or Surrey and will need to provide an original self-written track. Good luck!

HOW TO ENTER

ACE ITSound of the Times judge and mentor, Ace of Skunk Anansie, talks musical inspiration

Why did you decide to support the project? Because it’s all about inspiring young musicians. All new music scenes come from young musicians so I’m very excited about it and looking forward to seeing the acts.

What sort of musicians are you hoping to find? People with natural talent – creative with a lot of energy and drive – and who really want to be there.

What advice would you give to young people entering? Work on your songs and play them with passion. It’s also about the way that you deliver your art.

What can be done to support live music venues? We need to support live music and young bands. If your friends are playing in a local bar, go and see them.

What’s the best gig you’ve ever been to? Motorhead’s Ace of Spades concert in 1980.

What’s the best show you’ve ever played? Headlining Glastonbury in ‘99. We also played for Nelson Mandela’s 80th birthday and did a gig for the Dalai Lama.

Finally, which musicians inspire you? Older influences from when I was a child include Lemmy from Motorhead and Tony Lommi from Black Sabbath. Then, more modern contemporaries such as Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden, and new bands such as Bellevue Days. So it ranges from the old-school right up to what’s happening now.

Watch the full interview online at soundofthetimes.co.uk

CALLING ALL BANDS & MUSICIANS!

CLOSING DATE: 30 SEPTEMBER

BRAND NEWCOMPETITION