 USA
SONGWRITING COMPETITION
http://www.songwriting.net
14th
Annual USA Songwriting Competition is now accepting entries! Winning
songs will receive radio airplay in United States and Canada along
with great prizes such as a Top Prize of over $50,000.
Sponsors
of the 14th Annual Competition are: Acoustic Guitar Magazine, New
Music Weekly, Sony, Audio-Technica, Ibanez Guitars, D'Addario Strings,
Cakewalk, Sam Ash Music Stores, Singer & Musician magazine,
Mi7.com, Overloud, Sonoma Wireworks, Intellitouch Tuners, SongFrame
Software, Indie Bible, Acoustic Café Radio Program, Livewire
Contacts, AirplayAccess.com,
Loggins Promotion, Superdups.com and XM Radio.
FREE EARLY ENTRY BONUS: First 1,000 entrants will each receive a
FREE annual magazine subscription to Singer & Musician magazine
worth US $19.95 and another Free online Subscription to Acoustic
Guitar magazine! (that's two FREE super bonuses for you worth $28.90
just for entering early!!) So Hurry, while stocks last. Please obtain
the entry form at:
http://www.songwriting.net/entryform.html
Or enter online here with your MP3: http://online.songwriting.net
You
may also enter using Sonicbids here: http://www.sonicbids.com/usasong
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PAST
WINNERS & FINALISTS' UPDATES
*Jordan Zevon (Overall Grand Prize of the 2008 USA Songwriting Competition)
along with co-writers Jordan Summers & Morty Coyle will have
his winning song "Home" on the USA Songwriting Competition's
compilation CD this year. Jordan is a singer-songwriter from Los
Angeles won 1st Prize in the 2006 USA Songwriting Competition but
was not placed in the Overall Grand Prize, Overall 2nd Prize and
Overall 3rd Prize at that time. This year Jordan improved to the
Top position. He is signed to New West Records. His 2006 winning
song "The Joke's On Me" is the first track on his debut
album "Insides Out" with New West Records. He has also
appeared on TV's "Late Night with David Letterman". Jordan
will also perform at USA Songwriting Competition's showcase during
SXSW (see details below).
*Ari
Gold (2007 USA Songwriting Competition Grand Prize Winner) had his
Music Video "Human" aired on Logo TV. Ari also has had
his winning song "Where The Music Takes You" hit at #10
(on Billboard's HOT DANCE/CLUB PLAY Charts). The song hit #1 on
Sirius OutQ and #1 video on Logo TV channel and won Overall Grand
Prize as well as 1st Prize, Pop at the 2007 USA Songwriting Competition.
The song received airplay after his win at the USA Songwriting Competition.
The song is written by Ari Gold and Joe Hogue JOJOHO' & Sean
Petersen. The song is sung by Ari Gold, featuring Ari Gold Featuring
Sasha Allen. Ari Gold has written songs with superstar songwriter
Desmond Child. Ari's new CD also features a duet with multi-platinum
selling Capitol Records artist Dave Koz. Ari was also a back-up
singer for superstar diva Diana Ross. You can listen to his winning
song here: http://www.myspace.com/usasongcomp
*Sylvia
Tosun (2001 USA Songwriting Competition finalist) has her song "Underlying
Feeling" on the Billboard Dance Charts at peak at #12.
*Randy
Kohrs & the Lites, 4th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music
Awards) 1st Prize winner (Country/Bluegrass) had their song "Rockwell's
Gold" aired on Acoustic Cafe radio program on the Week of 10/13/08
- 10/19/08.
*Charlie
Dore, 4th Annual IAMA (International Acoustic Music Awards) Overall
Grand Prize winner had her song "Looking For My Own Lone Ranger"
aired this week on Acoustic Cafe Radio show (9/29/08 10/5/08). Charlie
is known for her Top 10 Billboard hit "Pilot of the Airwaves"
in 1979/1980. She has since reinvented herself as a Folk Singer-Songwriter.
Hear winners of IAMA in the entire month of October. Click here
on details on how you can listen to Acoustic Cafe radio program:
http://www.acafe.com
*Kate
Voegele's winning song (2005 USA Songwriting Competition, 1st Prize,
Pop) "Only Fooling Myself" was featured in CBS' dramas
Clubhouse and Ghost Whisperer. Her winning song is on her album
"Don't Look Away" which hit #27 on the Billboard Album
charts this year. Her song "Hallelujah" hit #68 on the
Billboard Hot 100 charts this year. Kate Voegele performed several
songs from her debut album Don't Look Away on the The Early Show,
Saturday, February 2, 2008 on CBS television network nationally.
Kate's band member Sam provided backup vocals and beat box support
while Mark played the bass guitar. Click here to watch her video
of her wining song of USA Songwriting Competition (1st Prize Pop,
2005): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_VFvRZmtxI
~Were you a past winner or finalist of the USA Songwriting Competition
and have some interesting news on yourself? If so, please e-mail
us at: info@songwriting.net
** WINNERS OF 2008 USA SONGWRITING COMPETITION
To see the complete list of winners of the past competition, please
here: http://www.songwriting.net/winners.html
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