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Could you use a new tour van? A down payment on a new
house? How about 20 new guitars or 10 new amps? A new
baby grand piano? A trip around the world for you and
your bass player? What else could you do with
$25,000 cash if you won ISC? Just think about
it... let your imagination run wild...
This year ISC is giving away over $150,000 in cash and
prizes, including a cash Grand Prize of $25,000 (US) -
the largest cash Grand Prize of any songwriting
competition. ISC also offers the unprecedented
opportunity to gain international exposure and have your
songs heard by the music industry's top executives and
recording artists - not to mention the well-deserved
bragging rights of winning ISC! So don't wait... the
deadline will be here before you know it!
"We've always been impressed with the talented
songwriters who participate in the ISC. This is a great
A&R source to find new artists." - Monte Lipman
(President, Universal Records, and ISC judge)
ISC welcomes entries from songwriters on all levels,
from amateur to professional. Entrants may submit as
many songs as desired in each category or enter the same
song in more than one category.
It's very easy to enter - you can enter through the mail
or online. You may submit as many songs as desired in
each category or enter the same song in more than one
category.
Go to
www.songwritingcompetition.com/entry.htm to enter.
ISC has been renowned for its prestigious judging panels
throughout the history of the competition. Continuing in
that tradition, the 2007 judging panel includes:
Tom Waits;
Loretta Lynn; Julian Casablancas (The
Strokes);
Nelly Furtado; Kenny Wayne Shepherd;
Ornette Coleman; Youssou N'Dour; Sean Paul;
Jerry Lee Lewis; "Weird
Al" Yankovic;
Frank Black (Pixies);
Robert Smith (The Cure);
Cassandra Wilson;
David Cross;
Craig Morgan; John Mayall;
Joe Satriani; Toby Mac;
Billy Dean; Michael W. Smith;
Chris Hillman (The
Byrds); John Scofield; Hinder;
Amy Ray (Indigo
Girls);
Cheech Marin (Cheech & Chong);
Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC);
Macy Gray; Peter Hook (New Order); Paulina Rubio;
and Tiesto
Charlie Walk (President, Epic Records); Monte Lipman
(President, Universal Records); Mona Scott-Young
(President, Violator Records); Cameron Strang
(President, New West Records); Steve Lillywhite
(Producer - credits include
U2,
The Rolling Stones,
Dave Matthews Band,
Phish,
Peter Gabriel, and more); Bruce Iglauer
(Founder/President, Alligator Records); Cory Robbins
(Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Betty Pino
(DJ, WAMR
Miami, pioneer of Latin radio); Angel Carrasco
(President, 605 Discos and Sr. VP A&R, Sony BMG Latin
America); Thomas Brooman (Co-Founder/Artistic Director,
WOMAD); Dan Storper (President, Putumayo World Music);
Nancy Wolpert (VP Home Entertainment and Nick Records,
Nickelodeon/BMG); Leib Ostrow (CEO, Music For Little
People); and Paul Majors (CEO/Founder Majors Music)
ISC Sponsors:
Electro-Voice,
ASCAP,
Berklee College Of Music,
Cakewalk,
Shure,
D'Addario,
Hear Technologies,
Disc Makers,
Sonicbids,
Musician's Atlas,
Sibelius,
Karian Studios,
OnlineGigs,
The Music Business Registry,
Mediaguide,
ArtistMonitor,
Platinum Blue Music Intelligence,
Alphabet Arm Design,
George Stein, Esq.,
SongU,
Shari's Berries, and
Taxi
ISC categories include:
Pop/Top 40, AAA (Adult Album Alternative), Rock,
Country, Americana, R&B/Hip-Hop, Blues,
Folk/Singer-Songwriter, Jazz, Gospel/Christian, Latin
Music, Instrumental, Dance/Electronica, World Music,
Children's Music, Lyrics Only, Comedy/Novelty, Teen, and
Performance
Please visit www.songwritingcompetition.com for an entry
form or more details.
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Judges Spotlight:
Nelly Furtado
Nelly Furtado came to fame in 2000 with
the release of her debut album Whoa, Nelly!,
which featured her breakthrough Grammy
Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird." With the
2006 release of Loose and its hit
singles "Promiscuous," "Maneater," "Say It
Right," and "All Good Things (Come to an End),"
Nelly is back in the spotlight. Loose
has become the most successful album of
Furtado's career so far. It reached #1 in
several countries, including the
United States and
Canada.
Furtado is known for experimenting with
different instruments, sounds, genres,
languages, and vocal styles. This diversity has
been influenced by her wide-ranging musical
taste and her interest in different cultures.
She heavily credits her ethnic background and
childhood for spawning her creativity as a
female and as an inspiring musician.
"I always know there's a new genre left to
discover. For me, it's like a metaphor for life.
I feel like if you can get down with any style
of music, you can get down with any style of
person. So it's fun for me-I get to expose my
fans to different vibes and they, in turn, open
their minds too. I'm always undergoing
mind-opening." -Wikipedia.org |
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RedGorilla Music Fest
Want to play 6th Street in Austin during the
week of March 12-16, 2008? Enter now for your
opportunity to showcase at RedGorilla Music Fest
and take advantage of all Austin has to offer in
what is one of the most important music weeks of
the year. It is the music industry's premier
destination for the year, and thousands of fans
and music industry professionals descend upon
Austin to network and check out new talent.
Last year, RedGorilla was an overwhelming
success and made a name for itself as the cool,
rebel showcase that caters to its artists! This
year, RedGorilla will showcase approximately 300
solo performers and bands in clubs on 6th
Street, right in the heart of all the action.
The event is free to attend and is open to the
general public.
Showcasing acts have included: Earl Greyhound,
Landon Pigg, Family Force 5 (Maverick),
The Alternate Routes, Dropping Daylight
(Octone), Luna Halo (American), Bang Bang Bang
(Warner Bros.), The Colour (EMI/Rethink),
AutoVaughn, The Randies, Born in The Flood,
AbsentStar (Columbia), and many more.
For more details or to submit to RedGorilla,
visit redgorillamusic. com |
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Industry Partners
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Guitar Player
For 40 years, Guitar Player has been the most
respected, the most credible, the most
comprehensive, and the most revered guitar
magazine on the planet. Each issue focuses on
what serious players need to know about gear,
techniques, and creativity through product
reviews, artist features, mini lessons,
songwriting and recording tips, and more. The
subscribers of Guitar Player are passionate
guitarists of all levels and all
styles-including rock, blues/R&B, alternative,
country, metal, jazz, pop, folk, bluegrass,
funk, and reggae. GP also produces the Fretwire
e-newsletter, GPTV, and Guitar Player's
Guitar Hero competition.
Online at
guitarplayer.com.
Guitar Player is a member of the Music Player
Media Network. |
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The Blues Foundation
The Blues Foundation will present the 2008
International Blues Challenge semifinals
Thursday, January 31 and Friday, February 1 and
the finals will be Saturday, February 2. "If you
love the Blues and you miss this event, you are
missing out on the most exciting event in Blues.
To walk the streets and hear Blues coming from
all doorways, windows; out of the mouths of
babies; out of the mouths of treasures; hearing
what others have to say about the different
classes of Blues; meeting people from all walks
of life who love the music you do...it's just an
unbelievable experience. You must try it at
least once. I'll end with this thought. We all
knew it was supposed to snow on Thursday night,
but we didn't really care. We were in
Memphis, on Beale Street, in the midst of
the greatest Blues competition in the world.
When the competition was over for the night and
we were all sitting in Rum Boogie for the jam,
it was snowing like crazy outside. We were all
inside, warm, drinking and listening to some
great Blues.." - Lee Mitchell, Magic City Blues
Society,
Birmingham, AL.
Visit blues.org
for more information. |
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musicSUBMIT
musicSUBMIT.com
submits your music to genre-specific radio
stations, online music magazines, podcasts,
music blogs, music content sites, and more. Get
online reviews and radio airplay - submit your
music to hundreds of the best sites on the
internet. It's as easy as creating your account,
then loading your music material, including
songs, pics, links, bio, press release, and
video - they do the rest! Music SUBMIT has been
recommended as the top internet music promotion
service available today by well-known and
reputable companies like
CDBaby.com,
American Songwriter Magazine and many others.
For more information please
visit
musicSUBMIT.com. |
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Next Big
Nashville
Next Big
Nashville (September 5-9) will showcase
the best of Nashville's thriving music community
with performances by over 130 acts including The
Features, Landon Pigg, Eef Barzalay, Pink
Spiders, Gabe Dixon, De Novo Dahl, Butterfly
Boucher,
Freedy Johnston and more. Proving the
sentiment expressed by this year's theme, "We're
All in This Thing Together" (taken from "Red
Lights" by Trigger Code), NBN is truly a
community effort featuring contributions from
local companies (Nettwerk
Nashville, Infinity Cat, Griffin
Technologies etc.) all pitching in to make this
event as diverse and dynamic as the scene it
spotlights. To purchase tix or for more info,
visit
nextbignashville.net. |
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Indie-Music.com
- Where Serious Musicians Surf
One of the most respected and imitated indie
music sites on the web,
Indie-Music.com
has been serving the Independent Music Community
since 1996 with streaming audio, monthly CD
Reviews, huge industry search directory,
success-building resources, classifieds, and
much-needed recognition. The site offers a
wealth of information to artists trying to
survive and thrive in today's competitive music
industry. Most of the site is free, with
additional opportunities starting at only $10
per year. For more info
visit
indie-music.com. |
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The 2007 Musicoz Awards
Celebrating seven successful years, the annual
Musicoz Awards have been launched for 2007.
Musicoz is now calling out for entries for the
2007 awards that are set to be the best year
yet. The Musicoz Awards are the largest and most
credible awards event for unsigned and
independent artists in
Australia and have resulted in many major
success stories from previous winners including
Porcelain, Bliss n Esso, Sender, Anthony Snape,
Blue King Brown and The Sick Puppies. Artists
wishing to enter one or more of 17 categories
such as International, Pop, Rock, Alternative,
Urban, Metal/Hardcore, Acoustic
Singer-Songwriter, can do so
online at musicoz.org. Entries close
internationally on 31 August 2007. |
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