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Fans Get a Vocie : Musician Femke Weidema’s Unique Songwriting Project “One Song a Week”

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MUSICIAN FEMKE WEIDEMA INITIATES INNOVATIVE SONGWRITING PROJECT “ONE SONG A WEEK”, GIVING VOICE TO HER FANS

FEMKE has set out to write and perform One Song a Week for an entire year based on real life stories submitted by fans

Los Angeles, CA – October 27, 2009 – One Song a Week is an ambitious, one-of-a-kind project by acclaimed Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter FEMKE. Inspired by ideas she’s receiving from her fans, FEMKE recently set out to write one song per week for a full year. Until August 30th, 2010, the artist will perform every song written and put up a video of each performance on her YouTube channel for her following to listen to, comment on and pass on to friends. As early as in its seventh week, One Song a Week has already formed a considerable International fan base. FEMKE’s most popular video “Father”, a touching tune dealing with the early loss of a child’s father, has received over 2,400 views to date.

The young musician, who is originally from Holland, says she came up with the idea for her songwriting project because she loves to interact with her audience. “I wanted to find a way to connect with people on a more personal level,” FEMKE says. “A lot of music on the radio has a huge production team with multiple songwriters behind it, and often the authenticity and honesty of music is lost by that. I wanted to tell real stories that move real people.” Her fans are eagerly answering FEMKE’s call to action sending in more ideas every day that are finding expression in beautiful songs like “You” for Ines in Austria, “Golddigger” for Emilie in Holland, and “Father” for John in New Jersey.

All of FEMKE’s songs are shaped by her solid songwriting skills – she studied at Boston’s Berklee School of Music – and her striking voice that reminds of the likes of Joni Mitchell or a female John Mayer. Harmoniously combined with her powerful and poetic lyrics, the gifted musician is able to create a stunning musical work of art week after week that will surely thrill many listeners.

About FEMKE Femke Weidema is a Los Angeles-based performing songwriter and musician. Born and raised in The Netherlands, Weidema started her songwriting career in Europe at the age of 18. After receiving her B.A. from the prominent Prins Claus Conservatorium in Groningen, Holland, she moved to Boston to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. There, she won the Berklee Songwriting contest and the Berklee Woman Musician contest. Femke has contributed to a wide variety of musical projects across continents working with well-known composers and major label artists while earning scholarships and winning awards for her talent. She moved to Los Angeles to work with composers Don Grusin and Richard Gibbs and released songs with Sven van Hees (Universal Records), Andy Caldwell (Tommy Boy) and Mark Hoppus from Blink 182 for the movie “Fired Up”. Her latest accomplishments include writing a song for Amnesty International and licensing her self-produced EP “Red” to MTV.

For more information on Femke Weidema and to hear samples of her music, visit her official website http://www.femkeweidema.com/.

For details on “One Song a Week”, visit http://www.youtube.com/femkesongs.

To follow Femke Weidema on Twitter, go to http://twitter.com/femkeweidema.

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