Producer/artist Lauren Deakin Davies is to join the 2019 Pro7ect Songwriting Retreat at the Hotel Pelirocco in Brighton.
Performing since the age of ten, she had begin producing other artists by the time she was 18 and was the youngest female producer to have a track played on BBC Radio 2. In 2017 she won NMG’s Producer of the Year Award and has now produced or written more than 200 commercially released tracks, including ten albums (six as sole producer), of which two are award winning. Among the artists she has worked with are Laura Marling, Kelly Oliver, the F Spot Femmes Fatales, Kate Dimbleby, Bella Gaffney, The Christmas Present and Downtown. At just 22 she is also an artist in her own right (going under the name of Didi) and the youngest full member of the Music Producers Guild, which she joined in 2016.
‘I think synergy of everyone is going to be amazing,’ she says. ‘So many different skill sets are being brought to the table and I also love the idea of the challenge of getting it all done in a time scale because it means you really have to make your decisions count. Overall I am so excited for this.’
‘Announcing Lauren Deakin-Davis as a Headline Producer for Pro7ect 2019 is a really big deal for myself and the other Pro7ect partners,’ says Lisa Fitzgibbon, Pro7ect Creative Director. ‘Lauren is the future of British music and a welcome addition to the team. We look forward to working with her in February and watching her career flourish.’
Pro7ect 2019 will take place at the Hotel Pelirocco in Brighton from 25 February to 1 March, offering songwriters and artists the opportunity to work with A-list producers in writing, recording and producing music in four pop-up studios equipped with the latest recording technology. Other headline producers already signed up for 2019 include Stew Jackson, writer and producer for Massive Attack and a founding member of Phantom Limb, and Gethin Pearson, who recently produced tracks on the To Kill a King album The Spiritual Dark Age including the singles ‘The Good Old Days’ and ‘Spiritual Dark Age’.
Pro7ect participants work with producers to write and record a track a day for three days. The teams are changed each day and the songs are either written for one of the artists in the room or to spec using tip sheets. Every evening there is a feedback session where teams play the result of their day’s work to the entire group.
Pro7ect 2019 is now taking bookings, with participation costing between £1,089 and £1,299, which includes full board and accommodation, producers and studio equipment for four nights. Places are limited.
More: www.pro7ect.com
