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Hurry, you only have six weeks left to enter your songs in the International Songwriting Competition, one of the largest songwriting competitions in the world. Entrants compete for over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including an Overall Grand Prize package of $10,000 (US) in cash and $20,000 in merchandise.
Songwriters, bands, and solo artists of all levels are encouraged to enter. If you are looking to gain exposure in the music industry, ISC offers you the opportunity to have your music heard by leading recording artists and esteemed industry professionals. This gives you the chance to have unprecedented access to some of the most influential decision makers in the music industry.
You may enter as many songs as you want in different categories, or as many songs as you want in the same category. ISC categories include: Pop/Top 40; Rock; Country; AAA/Roots/Americana; Folk/Singer-Songwriter; Instrumental; Dance/Electronica; R&B/Hip- Hop; Gospel/Christian; Blues; Jazz; World Music; Children's Music; Performance; Lyrics Only; and Teen (18 yrs. old or younger)
2005 Judges include:
Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Tom Waits; Loretta Lynn; Sonny Rollins; Macy Gray; Joss Stone; MercyMe; Amy Ray (Indigo Girls); Darryl McDaniels (RUN D.M.C.); LeAnn Rimes; Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse); Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan); Steve Vai; John Scofield; BeBe Winans; Peter Hook (New Order); Benji Madden (Good Charlotte); Charlie Musselwhite; The Donnas; Keith Wozencroft (President, Capitol Music UK); Cameron Strang (President, New West Records); Dan Storper (President of Putumayo World Music); Michael McDonald (President, ATO Records); Alexandra Patsavas (Owner, The Chop Shop Music Supervision - credits include The OC, Grey's Anatomy, Without A Trace, Carnivale, Rescue Me); Glen Barros (CEO/President, Concord Records); Darrale Jones (VP A&R Urban, Atlantic Records); Chris Parr (VP Music Programming & Talent Relations, CMT); Barbara Sedun (VP Creative, EMI Music Publishing Canada); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President of Alligator Records); Tara Griggs-Magee (Executive VP of Gospel/Urban Music, Sony Records); Leib Ostrow (CEO of Music For Little People), Thomas Brooman (Co- Founder/Artistic Director, WOMAD); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Emily Wittmann (Vice-President, Nick Records - Nickelodeon/BMG); Danny Epstein (Music Director, Sesame Street/Sesame Workshop); and Patrick Moxey (President, Ultra Records/You Records/Sequence Records/Escondid Music/Empire Mgmt.)
September 2005 Updates:
ASCAP Comes Aboard As Sponsor For ISC 2005
ASCAP is a membership association of over 200,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership. For more info on ASCAP, please visit www.ascap.com
ISC 2004 Performance Category Winning Song On Faith Hill's New Album Fireflies
"Paris" by songwriters Troy Verges, Blair Daily and Gordie Sampson is now on Faith Hill's latest album. Check out the ISC winners' version of the song here.
"...I was haunted by the melody and some of the images -- like tearing up the Mona Lisa and laying the pieces at your feet. I couldn’t get the song out of my head and I knew I had to put it on the album." - Faith Hill
ISC 2003 Rock Category Winner Tara Slone on CBS TV's Rock Star: INXS
If you haven't seen it already, you still have time to catch the reality show "Rock Star: INXS," hosted by Brooke Burke and Dave Navarro (CBS). It started out with 15 performers competing for the prize of lead singer for the world-famous rock band INXS. Each week one performer gets eliminated, based on a combination of public voting and INXS input. Tara Slone (ex-Joydrop vocalist) made it to week #4, when the band said good-bye to her. Congrats to Tara for being selected out of thousands of performers to be on the show!
2005 Sponsors: Disc Makers, Epiphone, ASCAP, Berklee College Of Music, L.R. Baggs, Alphabet Arm Design, FYE, Fishman Tranducers, Planetary Group, ADK Microphones, Moog Music, Hear Technologies, Music Registry, Mediaguide, ArtistMonitor, Sam Ash Music Stores, Sibelius, Onlinegigs.com, Musicians Atlas and Sonicbids.
For more information on past ISC winners or to enter the 2005 competition, please visit www.songwritingcompetition.com
Judges Spotlight
Sonny Rollins
Theodore Walter (Sonny) Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is considered to be an incomparable master of improvisation, and some consider him to be the most influential tenor saxophonist that jazz has ever seen. Sonny Rollins has had a long, productive career in jazz, beginning his career at the age of 11, and he played with Thelonious Monk before he was 20. Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived several of his jazz contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey, all of whom he has recorded with. Read More
Amy Ray
Singer-songwriter Amy Ray is best known as the rocking half of the Indigo Girls. While her harmonious partnership with Emily Saliers continues to explore the area where rock and folk meet, Ray's solo recordings give her the freedom to get loud and punky, and to speak out on her political and social views. First came 2001's Stag, which was followed by Prom in May 2005. Both albums were recorded with like-minded musicians from the South's punk/indie rock scenes, and both explore issues of gender, social structure and an individual's voyage toward self realization. Ray's own Daemon Records (founded in 1990) is a conduit for her own solo work as well as that of the artists she supports. Read More
Sponsors Spotlight
Sam Ash Music Stores, the 81-year old family business, invites you to see their prized website, SamAsh.com. Thousands of musicians got their first instrument at Sam Ash and keep coming back to their stores through the years. They've learned to trust Sam Ash's selection, prices and respect for players at every level. When you visit any of their 45 stores you also find sound, recording and DJ equipment, music books and software. It's all available to you at home by checking SamAsh.com or calling toll free to 1-800-4SAMASH (1-800-472-6274) for their catalog.
Songwriters, bands, and solo artists of all levels are encouraged to enter. If you are looking to gain exposure in the music industry, ISC offers you the opportunity to have your music heard by leading recording artists and esteemed industry professionals. This gives you the chance to have unprecedented access to some of the most influential decision makers in the music industry.
You may enter as many songs as you want in different categories, or as many songs as you want in the same category. ISC categories include: Pop/Top 40; Rock; Country; AAA/Roots/Americana; Folk/Singer-Songwriter; Instrumental; Dance/Electronica; R&B/Hip- Hop; Gospel/Christian; Blues; Jazz; World Music; Children's Music; Performance; Lyrics Only; and Teen (18 yrs. old or younger)
2005 Judges include:
Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Tom Waits; Loretta Lynn; Sonny Rollins; Macy Gray; Joss Stone; MercyMe; Amy Ray (Indigo Girls); Darryl McDaniels (RUN D.M.C.); LeAnn Rimes; Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse); Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan); Steve Vai; John Scofield; BeBe Winans; Peter Hook (New Order); Benji Madden (Good Charlotte); Charlie Musselwhite; The Donnas; Keith Wozencroft (President, Capitol Music UK); Cameron Strang (President, New West Records); Dan Storper (President of Putumayo World Music); Michael McDonald (President, ATO Records); Alexandra Patsavas (Owner, The Chop Shop Music Supervision - credits include The OC, Grey's Anatomy, Without A Trace, Carnivale, Rescue Me); Glen Barros (CEO/President, Concord Records); Darrale Jones (VP A&R Urban, Atlantic Records); Chris Parr (VP Music Programming & Talent Relations, CMT); Barbara Sedun (VP Creative, EMI Music Publishing Canada); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President of Alligator Records); Tara Griggs-Magee (Executive VP of Gospel/Urban Music, Sony Records); Leib Ostrow (CEO of Music For Little People), Thomas Brooman (Co- Founder/Artistic Director, WOMAD); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Emily Wittmann (Vice-President, Nick Records - Nickelodeon/BMG); Danny Epstein (Music Director, Sesame Street/Sesame Workshop); and Patrick Moxey (President, Ultra Records/You Records/Sequence Records/Escondid Music/Empire Mgmt.)
September 2005 Updates:
ASCAP Comes Aboard As Sponsor For ISC 2005
ASCAP is a membership association of over 200,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists, and music publishers of every kind of music. Through agreements with affiliated international societies, ASCAP also represents hundreds of thousands of music creators worldwide. ASCAP is the only U.S. performing rights organization created and controlled by composers, songwriters and music publishers, with a Board of Directors elected by and from the membership. For more info on ASCAP, please visit www.ascap.com
ISC 2004 Performance Category Winning Song On Faith Hill's New Album Fireflies
"Paris" by songwriters Troy Verges, Blair Daily and Gordie Sampson is now on Faith Hill's latest album. Check out the ISC winners' version of the song here.
"...I was haunted by the melody and some of the images -- like tearing up the Mona Lisa and laying the pieces at your feet. I couldn’t get the song out of my head and I knew I had to put it on the album." - Faith Hill
ISC 2003 Rock Category Winner Tara Slone on CBS TV's Rock Star: INXS
If you haven't seen it already, you still have time to catch the reality show "Rock Star: INXS," hosted by Brooke Burke and Dave Navarro (CBS). It started out with 15 performers competing for the prize of lead singer for the world-famous rock band INXS. Each week one performer gets eliminated, based on a combination of public voting and INXS input. Tara Slone (ex-Joydrop vocalist) made it to week #4, when the band said good-bye to her. Congrats to Tara for being selected out of thousands of performers to be on the show!
2005 Sponsors: Disc Makers, Epiphone, ASCAP, Berklee College Of Music, L.R. Baggs, Alphabet Arm Design, FYE, Fishman Tranducers, Planetary Group, ADK Microphones, Moog Music, Hear Technologies, Music Registry, Mediaguide, ArtistMonitor, Sam Ash Music Stores, Sibelius, Onlinegigs.com, Musicians Atlas and Sonicbids.
For more information on past ISC winners or to enter the 2005 competition, please visit www.songwritingcompetition.com
Judges Spotlight
Sonny Rollins
Theodore Walter (Sonny) Rollins (born September 7, 1930 in New York City) is considered to be an incomparable master of improvisation, and some consider him to be the most influential tenor saxophonist that jazz has ever seen. Sonny Rollins has had a long, productive career in jazz, beginning his career at the age of 11, and he played with Thelonious Monk before he was 20. Rollins is still touring and recording today, having outlived several of his jazz contemporaries such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Art Blakey, all of whom he has recorded with. Read More
Amy Ray
Singer-songwriter Amy Ray is best known as the rocking half of the Indigo Girls. While her harmonious partnership with Emily Saliers continues to explore the area where rock and folk meet, Ray's solo recordings give her the freedom to get loud and punky, and to speak out on her political and social views. First came 2001's Stag, which was followed by Prom in May 2005. Both albums were recorded with like-minded musicians from the South's punk/indie rock scenes, and both explore issues of gender, social structure and an individual's voyage toward self realization. Ray's own Daemon Records (founded in 1990) is a conduit for her own solo work as well as that of the artists she supports. Read More
Sponsors Spotlight
Sam Ash Music Stores, the 81-year old family business, invites you to see their prized website, SamAsh.com. Thousands of musicians got their first instrument at Sam Ash and keep coming back to their stores through the years. They've learned to trust Sam Ash's selection, prices and respect for players at every level. When you visit any of their 45 stores you also find sound, recording and DJ equipment, music books and software. It's all available to you at home by checking SamAsh.com or calling toll free to 1-800-4SAMASH (1-800-472-6274) for their catalog.
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