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It’s a dream that every artist or band has. You develop
your sound, get some gigs, find your audience and you’re
on your way. But the biggest bridge to artistic success is in
your songs. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Ultimately, as
an artist, your songs will be your legacy.
The Indie community has a wealth of terrific songwriters. The
talent is definitely there, but sometimes great songs never
see the light of day outside of the club circuit. One possible
outlet for your songs to shine in is offered by entering the
2010 USA Songwriting Competition.
This competition is a great tool for getting industry exposure,
as well as a good tool that will help hone your skills in
selecting your best work for consideration. So, for all you
indie songwriters out there, it is time to spark your destiny!
Here’s the official press release from songwriting.net
2010 USA Songwriting Competition Entries
must be received by May 28th 2010
2010 USA Songwriting Competition is now accepting entries.
US $50,000 in Cash & Merchandise!
Contest information, rules and entry form can be found using
the links below:
Their home page for info & entry form:
http://www.songwriting.net/
http://www.songwriting.net/entryform.html
http://www.songwriting.net/rules1/
Or enter online here with your MP3 and/or lyrics:
http://online.songwriting.net
Or through Sonicbids at:
http://www.sonicbids.com/usasong
OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNER:
Dancing Through Life - Sarah Lonsert, Jonathan
George, & Jami Templeton; Mission Viejo, CA
OVERALL 2nd PRIZE:
End of War - Eric Colville; Ipswich, MA
OVERALL 3rd PRIZE:
Papagaio - Anne Simoni; BRAZIL
FIRST PRIZES IN EACH CATEGORY:
1st Prize - LATIN
Fruto Prohibido - Ariel Queupumil; Guadalajara, SPAIN
1st Prize - LYRICS
End of War - Eric Colville; Ipswich, MA
1st Prize - R&B
Red Light - Celeste Scalone & Enpho (Iyobosa
Ighedosa) ; Sherman Oaks, CA
1st Prize - DANCE/ELECTRONICA
Dancing Through Life - Sarah Lonsert, Jami Templeton
& Jonathan George; Mission Viejo, CA
1st Prize - FOLK
Bullets To Bite - Melissa Greener; Austin, TX
1st Prize - COUNTRY
You and I - Kyler England; Los Angeles, CA
1st Prize - ROCK/ALTERNATIVE
I'm Not - Carla Cappa; Blue Bell, PA
1st Prize - POP
Good Boy - Nicole Morier & Fabien Waltman; Los
Angeles, CA
1st Prize - HIP-HOP/RAP
Strange Kinda Love - Ashley J. Llorens, Monique
Harcum, Steven Boel & SoulStice; Columbia, MD
1st Prize - WORLD
Papagaio - Anne Simoni; BRAZIL
1st Prize - INSTRUMENTAL
The Pursuit - Eduardo de la Iglesia Nieto; Madrid, SPAIN
1st Prize - JAZZ
Your Eyes - Vanessa Moodley; Durban, SOUTH AFRICA
1st Prize - GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
Every Time - Tom Poulter & Angela Flynn; NSW,
AUSTRALIA
1st Prize - NOVELTY/COMEDY
The Starbucks of County Down - Greg Trafidlo, Neal
Phillips & John Seay; Salem, VA
1st Prize - CHILDREN
Tallest Tree - Jeremy Hendrickson; Visalia, CA
Honorable Mention Awards
1. Vamo Ya - Peter Torsiello & Liliana de Leon; Mesa, AZ
2. Beautiful Life - Claire Ulanoff, Will Hopkins; Nashville,
TN
3. Anyway U Want - Nichole C. Minor aka Alias;
Washington D.C.
4. This is My Life - Andrea Benham; Bloomfield, NJ
5. The Peddler - Maria Dunn; Edmonton, CANADA
6. Hurricane - (Mandee Radford) Alathea; Unicoi, TN
7. The Runner - Jesse Terry/Fred Wilhelm; Nashville, TN
8. Bait Shack - (Whitelaw, Lewis & Lewis ) Jimi Whitelaw;
Gallatin, TN
9. Hard To Smile - ORBO & The Longshots; Os,
NORWAY
10. Waiting - Jonathan Ferreri & Chris Upton; Nashvile,
TN
11. Guitar - Carsten Lindberg, Joachim Svare, J. Belle &
Jayden; Los Angeles, CA
12. Eye for an Eye - Rebecca Wolfers & Dirtywings;
Queensland, AUSTRALIA
13. Vai-e-Vem - Luiz Simas; New York, NY
14. Reason For Me To Smile - Helle Hansen & Ole
Kibsgaard; Copenhagen, DENMARK
15. Where There Are Dreams - Jen Waters & Bob
Farrell; Toluca Lake, CA
16. What I Do With Your Time - (Anadara Arnold and
Stephanie Lewis) Anadara; Nashville, TN
17. I've Done It - Brent Lillie & Paul Harris; Queensland,
AUSTRALIA
18. Jubilation - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Kensington,
MD
19. Woman In The Dark - Dewi Puspita; Bali, INDONESIA
20. Hypnotized - Beezy; Commerce City, CO
LIST OF FINALISTS:
Category/Song Title Songwriter(s) name(s)
LATIN
Tu Nombre - Diego Giraldo
Fruto Prohibido - Ariel Queupumil
24 Horas - Ariel Queupumil
You Got Me Hot - - Ariel Queupumil
Esto Es Pa Ti - Ariel Queupumil
Morenita Chula - Jorge H Troncoso Jr
Vamo Ya - Peter Torsiello
Sin ser poeta - Ezequiel
No Te Confundas - Tony Succar
Quince Primaveras - Ezequiel Suarez & Enrique
Mancebo
LYRICS
Beautiful Life - Claire Ulanoff, Will Hopkins
Throw It On The Heap - Helle Hansen
You're A Snack - Helle Hansen
No Shot Gun Love - Tulani Loi
Imagine Me - Sylvia Greif
A Call For Peace - Amal Shaya Hatoum
You In Every Story - Bobby Peace
Winter Begins...- Pat Mattingly
It's Not Enough - Pat Mattingly
End of War - Eric Colville
R&B
Every Night - Crystal Anderson
Red Light - Celeste Scalone
My Regret - Banky Wellington
Lifeline - Nate Landers
Another Lonely Night - Danny Stringer Jr & Cheyenne
Womack
Rain - Matt Palmer
Anyway You want - Alias
Dear Lover - (Klyrik) Kris Evans
Speaking From My Heart - Sherman Green
Is It Too Soon - Danieln Kushnir
DANCE/ELECTRONICA
You're Free - Jon Georg
This is My Life - Andrea Benham
This is The Way - Ariel Queupumil
Dragon Skies - Jim William Mooney
Days Of Power - Sylvia Greif
Diva (Infinite Beat Remix) - (Brian Harris, Michael
Wickstrom & Jean Mc Clain) Psychedelic Records
Seduction - Twaang
Mark, Set, Go - Sarah Lonsert and Deborah Gibson
Dancing Through Life - Sarah Lonsert, Jonathan
George & Jami Templeton
Fusillade - (Nic Gorissen) Bignic
FOLK
Hurricane - (Mandee Radford) Alathea
Leaving Dogtown - Dale Boyle
A Place to Go - David LaMotte & Deanna LaMotte
What Were You Thinking - Ember Swift
Boundless Place - Demetris Soteriou
Love and Dust - Pamela Means
How To Fix A Broken Heart - Heather Combs
End of War - Eric Colville
Bullets To Bite - Melissa Greener
The Peddler - Maria Dunn
Red Shoes - Edie Carey
COUNTRY
Backwards - Marc Kuchner
Sweet Ride - John Langan & Chuck Smith
The Runner - Jesse Terry/Fred Wilhelm
What You've Been Missing - Jesse Terry/Dan Murph
Bait Shack - (Whitelaw, Lewis & Lewis ) Jimi Whitelaw
You and I - Kyler England
Is It Too Soon - Fiona Kernaghan & Trina Harmon
Your Son - Chris Heers
Love Symptoms - William Stroud
What You Took From Me - Inglath Cooper & Gabe
Stalnaker
Some Things You Don't Throw Away - Claire Ulanoff,
Will Hopkins, Ellen Britton
ROCK ALTERNATIVE
Ghost in My Heart - Larry May
Too Alive - Jeff McGall
I'm Not - Carla Cappa
Waiting - Jonathan Ferreri & Chris Upton
The Episode - David Marean & The Last Pop Band
Hard To Smile - ORBO & The Longshots
With One Word (House of Cards) - Alana Grace &
Michael Hunter Ochs
Walking On Broadway - Mark Kano
Fire In Your Hands - Jesse Dold
Coelacanth - Brandon Patton
POP
Will You Be Mine - Francesca de Valence
Good Boy - Nicole Morier & Fabien Waltman
Tell Me Why - Brian Alexander
Peace of Mind - Hannah McNeil & Rob Higgins
Guitar - Carsten Lindberg, Joachim Svare, J. Belle &
Jayden
Take it Off - Carsten Lindberg, Drew R Scott, Joachim
Svare & J. Belle
Catch Me if You Can - Jennifer Allison, Stars Go Dim &
Joey Avalos
Love Gone Mad - Love Gone Mad - Jennifer Allison,
Stars Go Dim & Joey Avalos
Seven Wonders - Ryan Martinez
Eye for an Eye - (Rebecca Wolfers) Dirtywings
HIP-HOP/RAP
The One & Only - Joe Fife & Johnny Lewis
Concept - Bust The Wall
Strange Kinda Love - (Ashley J. Llorens, Monique
Harcum, Steven Boel) SoulStice
Athletes & Frat Boys - (Demetrius Doss) El Prezidino
That's just life - (David Lee Adrian Stewart) LHA
Wonderful Life - (Ron Gossard, Pete Culican, Fred
Showacre) FreQuency
Hypnotized - Beezy
Break Down - Daniel Kushnir
Born To Ball - (Cooper McGill and Wil Guice) Cooper
McGill
A D H D (Rock Out) - DeanAnthony Ramos & M. Hurts
WORLD
Amor - Jaime Wilensky
Raices - Jaime Wilensky
A Month of Sundays - Robespierre
Pode ir (You can go) - Cacala Carvalho & Emerson
Mardhine
Sem querer - Cacala Carvalho & Arthur Maia
Liyana (It's raining) - Vanessa Moodley
Tell Me - Christine Vaindirlis
Vai-e-Vem - Luiz Simas
1,000 stars - Leni Stern
Papagaio - Anne Simoni
INSTRUMENTAL
Woman In The Dark - Dewi Puspita
La That's You - Sava Ljubicic
The Water - Paul Donnelly
Sorrento - Dave Clarke & Shearwater Bluegrass Band
Fade to Black - Jason Cullimore
The Pursuit - Eduardo de la Iglesia Nieto
Still - Shao Suan Low
Daydream - Shao Ying Low
Living Emotion - Giacomo Graziani
Ma Ma - Choi Kwok Ming
JAZZ
For Good (Is Such A Long Time) - Helle Hansen
Reason For Me To Smile - Helle Hansen & Ole Kibsgaard
You're A Snack (Not A Meal) - Helle Hansen
Do You - Jason Wellington Black
Red Dress - David Brehm - good
All The Love I Feel - Gwen Greenway
Be With Me - Dannielle DeAndrea & Otis Hayes
A Minor Thing - Charles Davis & Roberta Donnay
Your Eyes - Vanessa Moodley
People Stuff - Harmonious Wail
Promise Me the Moon - Jeannie Tanner
GOSPEL/INSPIRATIONAL
Where There Are Dreams - Jen Waters & Bob Farrell
Philippians Lullaby - Sigi Koefod
Say - Gino Torres
Your Return - Chad Cox
What I Do With Your Time - (Anadara Arnold and
Stephanie Lewis) Anadara
Emmanuel (God Is With Us) - (Michelle Black, Ryan
Black & Matt Hooper) Ascending Rain
Most Of All - (Kevin Kunz & Mary Kunz) Step-Of-Faith
This Life - Katie Miner
One Foot In - Brenda Frank
Every Time - Tom Poulter
NOVELTY/COMEDY
The Starbucks of County Down - Greg Trafidlo
Tea Time - Ronnie Cohen
Holey Ship - Sherri Gough
If You Give the Devil a Ride - Sherri Gough
Living Off Of My Friends - J.W. McClure
Leonardo You Give Me Agita - John Visconti
Let's Get Back Together - Bob Ricci
Beth Isbell - The Dildo Song
Huevos Rancheros - Mark Stepakoff
I've Done It - Brent Lillie & Paul Harris
CHILDREN
Close Your Eyes - Brian Klecker
The Noah Song - Sherri Gough
Bad, Bad, Bad...Good, Good, Good - Sherri Gough
Tallest Tree - Jeremy Hendrickson
Back to School - Marla Lewis
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - Matthew Murphy,
WHEN I GROW UP - (Martie Echito, Hai Muradian, Ken
McSpadden) THE HAPPY CROWD
Super Strong Bones - (Keren Alexander) Go Seek
Kheng Kheng Crocodile - Donna Lisa and Ted Brancato
Jubilation - Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Hip-Hop Humpty Dumpty - Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer &
Christylez Bacon
ENTRANTS WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF SONGS
PLACED IN THE FINALS
Helle Hansen (Denmark) 5 Songs
Ariel Queupumil (Spain) 5 songs
USA Songwriting Competition 2009 Winners
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Indietude would like to congratulate all the 2009
winners. It's nice to see the 6 winners and 2
Honorable Mention Awards for California too.
Again Congratulations!
* Winners List courtesy of songwriting.net
So You Want To Be A Songwriter ?
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If you’re interested in the USA Songwriters Competition
you might want to Check out the International Songwriting
Competition. We went to their website and it appears that
their 2010 Songwriters Competition will open in February. It’s
worth checking out.
For more information go to their site via the link below:
http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/
ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED IN FEBRUARY 2010 FOR
THE 2010 ISC SONGWRITING COMPETITION.
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