Songwriting camp “RigaLive” is becoming more and more international

The tenth “RigaLive” songwriting camp has come to an end, in which 34 participants from eight countries took part this time.

The tenth “RigaLive” session was attended by musicians, authors and music producers from Latvia, as well as Sweden, Georgia, Great Britain, Japan, the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia and Hungary. On the eve of the second day, 22 demo records of new songs were made, which, as the experts admitted, mostly sounded very close to radio quality material – in creative and technical performance high

One of the partners of “RigaLive”, songwriter and player Olivers Patocka from Budapest, says: “The choice of partners was great! It is always difficult to build successful teams and the team must -organization to take care of many aspects, but I think they did a great job, as can be seen from the songs we created at the camp. Although there were many participants, the atmosphere was like a big family – well I was lucky to be a part of two songs that will be released next year. I am very grateful for the experience!

Marek Hojda (Polish Music Export, Poland), Rēlika Lelle (Sony Music Entertainment, Estonia), Tom Barons Lūkis (European Hit Radio), Papa Chi (video director) and Gatis Zaķis (music producer, sound engineer).

Since the first “RigaLive” camp, which took place in September 2017, 238 participants from 18 countries have participated in this platform. In total, more than 200 songs were created, of which 59 were published.

Agnese Cimuška-Rekke, executive director of “Music Latvia” and organizer of “RigaLive”: “RigaLive” is not just a songwriting camp – it is a platform where talent, creativity and love of music to meet We are proud of what we have achieved since the first camp, and we are especially happy with how “RigaLive” continues to inspire, create collaborations and create new music that responding more than just in Latvia. This tenth session was another proof that music unites and helps to reach new heights.”