I am a songwriter, so naturally when I saw the advertisement for a contest to write a song about Winnipeg, it caught my attention. I'm guessing with the recent success of Guy Maddin's "My Winnipeg" movie, we now feel the next step is to record a song that will bring the same level of respect to Winnipeg's music industry as we have recently gained in our film industry. Makes sense. What doesn't make sense is how they promote it.
The advertisement explains the competition, and when outlining the criteria for writing the song, once again the marketing geniuses looking to attract Winnipeg's most creative song writers cannot get through the advertisement without taking a shot at the city. I quote, "Remember the focus here is on Winnipeg: the good, the bad and the really freakin' cold."
Great... so when the artist begins reading the advertisement, and their creative juices begin flowing, the dam is quickly built, blocking all positive waters and allowing only the negative flow of ideas. Why wouldn't the ad provide suggestions on some of the positive things to write about, instead of focusing on the cold of winter?
Yes people there are four seasons! Get over it! Its cold in the winter. Wow... topic of conversation for a lifetime. I'd really like to take all the winter whiners and place them all in a pot of boiling water for 6 months, lid on, and ask them every day "hot enough for ya?"
Will I write a song about Winnipeg? Yes I will. At least this way I can turn it up real loud and not have to listen to the same rants about the cold over and over again by the same pathetic group of Winnipeggers that make the winter months seem longer and colder than they are.
Buy a toque and shut up!
Hey... not a bad song title.
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