Songs Alive is a social enterprise which will provide a platform for aspiring young musical performers in the area in the form of a bi-annual ‘pop-up’ community open mic event. Musicians, vocalists and songwriters of school age working in all genres of music across the local community will be invited to perform live in front of an audience in a friendly, inclusive and (crucially) non-competetive atmosphere. Access to participants and audience members will be free.
About the creator of Songs Alive:
Tim Keegan is a performing songwriter with more than thirty years of experience as a professional musician.
He has released seven albums and a number of singles and EPs of his own songs on independent labels around the world, most notably with his band Departure Lounge, as a solo artist and in collaboration with French DJ artist, Kid Loco.
Tim has toured extensively in the US and Europe and appeared in two feature-length live performance films alongside Robyn Hitchcock: Jonathan Demme’s Storefront Hitchcock and I Often Dream Of Trains: Live in New York. He has had song placements in films and TV shows in the UK and US, including The Butterfly Effect, Sidewalks of New York and Teachers and has co-written with international artists such as Robyn Hitchcock, Boo Hewerdine (UK), Josh Rouse (US), Tahiti 80, Kid Loco (France) and Olga Kouklaki (Greece).
Tim hosts a long-running monthly live music residency at The Beach House bar in his home town, Worthing, works as a private guitar and vocal tutor and teaches on the S’kool Rock feeder course for 11-16 year-olds at GBMC Northbrook. He has recently established the ‘Songs Alive’ pop-up open-mic for under 18’s.
