Mia Mackintosh

SOCIETY is a 3 track EP which is the debut release from Nairn resident Mia Mackintosh. Her ability to mix soulfulness and melody with a harder edge to her guitar playing has led to her music being compared to a range of artists such as Tracy Chapman and The Cranberries.

After her achievement of winning the Moray Firth Radio One to Watch award in 2016, she recorded 3 of her own songs with acclaimed producer Marc Clement and is delighted to be able to present them as her SOCIETY EP on the 28th of April 2017.

SOCIETY is available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and more from tomorrow and Ralph's giving I Will Be Good it a spin on next Sunday's Radio KC Indie Show.



SOCIETY is an excellent fist dip into the music of Mia Mackintosh and lead track We R Mysterious shows a songwriting maturity beyond her tender years. That being said I Will Be Good is; for me, the more radio-friendly of the three tracks on SOCIETY whilst the poignant She's Resting With The Best Of Them immediately connected with me as a listener.

Mia Mackintosh is writing contemporary songs with an old soul and I for one can't wait to hear what she has to offer as a follow up to SOCIETY. If you're up in Inverness on May 14th you can catch her live in The Ironworks supporting another hugely talented young Scottish singer/songwriter Tamzene.

Mia Mackintosh taught herself guitar after taking an interest when she was 10 years old. After losing two of her grandparents when she was 12 she started writing her own songs as a way of dealing with her emotions.

“I found it very tough to deal with but I found music and writing songs gave me a focus to express my grief“

Supported by family and friends she started performing live in 2014 and by 2015 she made it to the last 16 in the Belladrum Festival Bellas Got Talent competition.

Mia Mackintosh has participated in the Scottish Music Centre’s Music Plus project in 2016 and aided by their mentoring scheme, started working with Marc Clement who has collaborated with many great scottish musicians, performed extensively as an acoustic guitarist and pianist plus was a founding member of Blazin’ Fiddles and a member of Session A9.

“Music Plus has been great. I’ve learned a lot, and learned there is a lot more to learn. Collaborating with Marc Clement as producer has been a real eye-opener. He has added real depth to my songs“

1Minute Memory

Having done the Ralph's Life CD to help promote mental health awareness and raise funds for the charity Rethink, Ralph's always got his nose to the ground for similar worthy projects. 


Thanks to a random Tweet from Alison Moyet the 1Minute Memory project for Alzheimer's Society by Dave Kirkwood caught his eye! Ralph's previously blogged his creative 3hundredand65 charity project so it was no surprise to see how ambitious 1MinuteMemory is.

Sadly, his Father died on Friday 13th June 2014. He had been suffering from Vascular Dementia and complications associated with it. It had been a painful time for his whole family as it’s a cruel illness.

So on June 13th 2015 he'll be in a Manchester venue and draw a portrait every minute for 24 hours thus creating a 24 hour charity event for dementia charities entitled 1MinuteMemory.

The title comes from his family's experience with his Father... 


"Before he lost all sense of himself and those around him completely he would forget a face in a minute." 

"you could literally walk in and out of the room and he’d have forgotten you."

HOW TO MAKE 1 MINUTE MEMORIES

     

    1Minute Memory Drawings

Find somebody to sit for you.

Draw a 1 minute portrait of them.

Give them the portrait.

They go online to our page on Just Giving – 1 Minute Memory and they donate (we suggest a minimum of £1).

You post a picture of the portrait on Twitter (instagram and facebook) mentioning us @1MinuteMemory and or #1MinMem

    1Minute Word Memory

Find somebody you want to write about
In less than a minute write some words about them.

Give them the words.

They go online to our page on Just Giving – 1 Minute Memory and they donate (we suggest a minimum of £1).

Share your words on Twitter (instagram and facebook) mentioning us @1MinuteMemory and or #1MinMem

1Minute Photo Memory

Find somebody to pose for you
In less than a minute take their photoportrait
Give them the portrait.

They go online to our page on Just Giving – 1 Minute Memory and they donate (suggested minimum of £1).

Share your picture on Twitter (instagram and facebook)  mentioning us @1MinuteMemory and or #1MinMem

It would be lovely if you were to donate a minimum of £1 to Alzheimer’s Society now.

Online:  http://www.justgiving.com/1MinuteMemory or do it on-the-spot by texting:

MEMO60

£1

to 70070

So you can make people 1 Minute Memories anywhere and at any time and they can donate anywhere and at any time. You can get together to make memories absolutely anywhere. It only takes a minute – literally.

Don’t say you can’t draw! Of course you can, anyway who expects an incredibly detailed likeness of the person! You’ve only got a minute. Just capture something about the person. A few quick lines can say as much as a photo-real drawing ( more sometimes). Have fun, these are meant to be happy memories.