Clevedon music shed in competition finals

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A garden shed which has hosted sessions by musicians such as Steve Harley has been nominated for Shed of the Year.
The singer, best known for the song Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me), is among dozens of artists who have performed in the intimate venue in a back garden in Clevedon.
Performances in Jon Earl's shed can only be seen online as the venue is too small for an audience.
Mr Earl said the idea for the shed was hatched with friends at a pub.
"We've now had 150 acts play in here with 350,000 views and people from all over the world watching," he said.
"There's no audience. It's just a perfect place to stop off if you're touring."
Mr Earl's shed will be pitted against other more extravagant garden retreats including a diner-style shed and a Tardis.
More than 11,000 people have voted and 1,570 sheds were entered into the contest on the Shed Blog website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-13760974

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Shed of the Year prize won by Clevedon music venue shed
A garden shed in Somerset has won the Shed of the Year prize after being used as a music venue for online gigs.
Jon Earl, from Clevedon won the accolade after impressing judges with the "unusual use" of his building.
He turned his shed into a music venue two years ago and set up a Songs From The Shed website inviting musicians to record songs and videos there.
Mr Earl said: "We've had over a 150 acts play in here, 350,000 views from people all over the world."
Those acts have included a 26-strong gospel choir and bands from the United States, Holland, Italy and Australia.
For the performances, he uses a hand-held recorder to make music videos in the 12ft by 10ft shed which are then uploaded on to his website and YouTube for people to watch as the shed is too small to hold an audience.
Sarah Beeny, one of the judges in the competition, said: "This is what a shed should be - full of interesting things that you're not quite sure what you'll ever do with."
Mr Earl has said he will use the £1,000 prize money from a wood preservative company to spruce up his shed, after admitting it had a "bit of a woodworm problem".



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-14012062?print=true

and it won :dance:

[Teh One Who Knocks]

A Shed of the Year competition? :-s


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[AntZ]

A Shed of the Year competition? :-s


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It must not have been that great, if this is the shed it beat!


http://i51.tinypic.com/s1pzj8.jpg

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A Shed of the Year competition? :-s


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:lol: there are worse competitons