Acoustic Idols

Acoustic Idols is an annual event celebrating contemporary acoustic music and songwriting in Edinburgh. There's a period of voting / selecting by the acoustic club and open mike audiences of Edinburgh, culminating in a jamboree concert and awards ceremony.

Acoustic Idols aims to be a relaxed, friendly version of a competition. Yep, ultimately there's only one winner in each category but those people are there because local musicians and audiences like what they do. And loads of other performers get mentions and listings, and the awards concert is just an excuse for a great music night out, bringing together the overlapping circles of different open mikes and showcases.

Windmill Sound was heavily represented at the awards, yes we're now an award winning studio.

The 2008 awards ceremony took place at the GRV on Guthrie Street and was presented by Peter Michael Rowan.

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Results

Best CD
1st	Lindsay Sugden & The Storm	Lindsay Sugden & The Storm	Recorded at Windmill Sound
2nd	Amy Duncan	Story of a Girl
3rd	Norman Lamont	Romantic Fiction

Best Song
1st	Lindsay Sugden	On the Wire	Recorded at Windmill Sound
2nd	Calum Haddow	First Aid
3rd	Lindsay Sugden	Bernard Drake	Recorded at Windmill Sound

Best Solo Artist
1st	Emily Scott
2nd	Lisa Paton		Recorded at Windmill Sound
3rd	Ben Young		Recorded at Windmill Sound

Best Act
1st	Lindsay Sugden & The Storm	Windmill Sound Regulars
2nd	Broken Lights ( Now called Machar Granite )	Have since recorded their album at Windmill Sound
3rd	Sparrahawk

Best Club
1st	Out of the Bedroom		I'm on the Committee
2nd	The Listening Room		I'm one of the presenters here
3rd	Acoustic Edinburgh

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Why not come to Windmill Sound to record your music and submit it to next year's Edinburgh Acoustic Idols. I can't guarantee that you'll win, but I can promise to give the same commitment to your music as I did to the music which won at this year's event.