Thursday 3 June 2010

Former MP Sir Gerry Neale A Semi-Finalist Lyric Writer at 68 years old

At 68, Former MP Sir Gerry Neale discovers new talent as a Lyric Writer.
Sir Gerry has just reached the semi-final of the 2010 UK Songwriting Contest, the first competition he has entered, with over 5000 song writers taking part.
Submitting four lyrics just before February’s deadline for entry, he has just heard that he was a semi-finalist with one and has been commended on the other three, each of different genres.
He reached the semi-final of this year’s contest with a hymn written to the famous tune Greensleeves. This is soon to have its debut at a church service at St Anne’s Church Kew on the Green, London.
He is also working with David Barker the Musical Director to produce a demonstration track of a second lyric commended by the judges. It is a love song written to a lilting piece of well-known classical music. He hopes to have this available in ten days.
Sir Gerry has already had a demo cd of 11 tracks produced. Commenting on his reaction to the contest results, he said, “It’s indescribable! It is something very special to feel the emotions I experience when hearing music I really like being played and sung to my lyrics.
Starting to write lyrics to existing music only 15 months ago, he has written over 60 songs already and is still writing!. They range from love songs to spiritual songs, from new age to Contemporary Christian Music, love songs to Zouk to Latin.
Why did he start writing lyrics so late in life? “Frankly,” he said, “I did not know I had it in me! Now I hear a piece of music I like and immediately words start running through my mind! While I can write stand-alone lyrics, it is writing them to existing music that appeals to me most and is my real joy.”

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