Ivors nod for self-published writer

11:00 | Tuesday April 21, 2009

35-year-old Nick Hemming, the chief songwriter with indie band The Leisure Society, is nominated for best song musically and lyrically for his The Last Of the Melting Snow, released as a single in December.

The category puts him up against Elbow’s Guy Garvey – nominated with his fellow band members for One Day Like This – who has been a champion of The Leisure Society, naming The Last Of The Melting Snow as his favourite song of 2008.

Last Shadow Puppets’ Miles Kane and Alex Turner are also nominated in the category for My Mistakes Were Made For You.

Hemming says, “I worked in a record shop for many years and I can remember reading about the Ivors, thinking how it would be the coolest award to win as it's decided on artistic rather than commercial merit. I went straight onto the Ivors website after I'd received the nomination letter and found endorsements from Paul McCartney and John Barry, two of my biggest musical heroes. It all feels a little surreal at the moment; I'm incredibly flattered that so many people have taken such a personal song to their hearts.”

The 54th Ivor Novello Awards takes place on Thursday May 21 at the Grosvenor House hotel in London.

The full nominations are:

BEST SONG MUSICALLY & LYRICALLY

Song: My Mistakes Were Made For You

Writer/s: Miles Kane / Alex Turner

Performed By: The Last Shadow Puppets

UK Publisher/s: Deltasonic Music Ltd / EMI Music Publishing

Song: One Day Like This

Writer/s: Guy Garvey / Richard Jupp / Craig Potter / Mark Potter / Peter Turner

Performed By: Elbow

UK Publisher/s: Salvation Music / Warner/Chappell Music

Song: The Last Of The Melting Snow

Writer/s: Nicholas Hemming

Performed By: The Leisure Society

UK Publisher/s: Copyright Control

BEST CONTEMPORARY SONG

Song: Dance Wiv Me

Writer/s: Nicholas Detnon / Calvin Harris / Dylan Mills / Tyrone Paul

Performed By: Dizzee Rascal

UK Publisher/s: Notting Hill Music / EMI Music Publishing / Hero Music / Universal Music Publishing

Song: Grounds For Divorce

Writer/s: Guy Garvey / Richard Jupp / Craig Potter / Mark Potter / Peter Turner

Performed By: Elbow

UK Publisher/s: Salvation Music / Warner/Chappell Music

Song: That’s Not My Name

Writer/s: Julian De Martino / Katie White

Performed By: The Ting Tings

UK Publisher/s: Playwrite Music (administered by Warner/Chappell Music) / Sony/ATV Music Publishing

BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCORE

Film: Quantum of Solace

Composer: David Arnold

UK Publisher/s: Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Film: The Escapist

Composer: Benjamin Wallfisch

UK Publisher/s: Air-Edel Associates Ltd

Film: There Will Be Blood

Composer: Jonny Greenwood

UK Publisher/s: Faber Music / Warner/Chappell Artemis Music

BEST TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK

Broadcast: Fiona’s Story

Composer: Ben Bartlett

UK Publisher/s: Du Vinage Publishing

Broadcast: Trial and Retribution 2008

Composer: Anne Dudley

UK Publisher/s: EMI Music Publishing

Broadcast: Wallace and Gromit (A Matter of Loaf and Death)

Composer: Julian Nott

UK Publisher/s: Imagem Music

PRS FOR MUSIC MOST PERFORMED WORK

Song: Mercy

Writer/s: Steve Booker / Duffy

Performed By: Duffy

UK Publisher/s: Universal Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing

Song: Sweet About Me

Writer/s: Gabriella Cilmi / Nicholas Coler / Miranda Cooper / Brian Higgins / Timothy Larcombe / Tim Powell

Performed By: Gabriella Cilmi

UK Publisher/s: EMI Music Publishing / Warner/Chappell Music / Copyright Control

Song: Viva La Vida

Writer/s: Guy Berryman / Jonny Buckland / Will Champion / Chris Martin

Performed By: Coldplay

UK Publisher/s: Universal Music Publishing

BEST SELLING BRITISH SONG

Song: Mercy

Writer/s: Steve Booker / Duffy

Performed By: Duffy

UK Publisher/s: Universal Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing

Song: Paper Planes

Writer/s: Maya Arulpragasam / Topper Headon / Mick Jones / Thomas Wesley Pentz / Paul Simonon / Joe Strummer

Performed By: M.I.A

UK Publisher/s: Imagem Music / Universal Music Publishing / Domino Publishing

Song: Viva La Vida

Writer/s: Guy Berryman / Jonny Buckland / Will Champion / Chris Martin

Performed By: Coldplay

UK Publisher/s: Universal Music Publishing

ALBUM AWARD

Album: Rockferry

Writer/s: Bernard Butler / Duffy

Performed By: Duffy

UK Publisher/s: Stage Three Music / EMI Music Publishing

Album: Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends

Writer/s: Guy Berryman / Jonny Buckland / Will Champion / Chris Martin

Performed By: Coldplay

UK Publisher/s: Universal Music Publishing

Album: We Started Nothing

Writer/s: Julian De Martino / Katie White

Performed By: The Ting Tings

UK Publisher/s: Playwrite Music (administered by Warner/Chappell Music) / Sony/ATV Music Publishing