 Tom
Waits, Nelly Furtado, Ray Davies (The Kinks), Julian Casablancas (The
Strokes), Robert Smith (The Cure), Loretta Lynn, Weird Al, Cassandra
Wilson, And Many More Celebrities Team Up With Dozens Of Top Music
Industry Executives To Choose This Year's Winners
(PRWEB) August 24, 2007 -- The International
Songwriting Competition (ISC) is now accepting entries for 2007.
One of the largest songwriting competitions in the world, ISC gives
away over $150,000 in cash and prizes, including an Overall Grand
Prize package of $25,000 (US) in cash and over $20,000 in merchandise.
ISC offers artists the most exposure, the best judges, and the biggest
cash prize, unmatched by any other songwriting competition. ISC
winners benefit from extensive press and publicity, gaining exposure
and recognition from an international music market of industry professionals
and fans.
PasteMagazine.com says, "How do you
show the world that you have just made history? You could sit back
down on the couch and hope for a record executive's phone call,
or you could be proactive and win $25,000. The latter approach is
not a dream; it merely requires talent and a submission to the 2007
International Songwriting Competition."
ISC is proud to announce a new category for
2007: Comedy/Novelty. Judging the new category will be comedy icons
"Weird Al" Yankovic, David Cross (FOX TV's Arrested Development),
and Cheech Marin (Cheech and Chong). All original comedy, parody,
and novelty songs are welcome in the new category. In all, ISC offers
19 different categories to enter: 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, Comedy/Novelty, Lyrics Only, Teen,
and Performance.
ISC is unique because of its judges. Since
its inception, ISC has become internationally renowned for having
the most prestigious judging panel of any songwriting competition
in the world, offering entrants the unprecedented opportunity to
have their songs heard by the industry's top recording artists and
influential music executives.
Continuing in that tradition, the ISC 2007
judging panel includes recording artists Tom Waits; Loretta Lynn;
Ray Davies (The Kinks); 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; 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
Also judging will be music industry executives
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 is open to musicians, artists, and songwriters
at every level from amateur to professional. Artists may submit
as many songs as desired in each category or enter the same song
in more than one category.
Entries are accepted online or by mail. For
more information or to enter ISC 2007, please visit www.songwritingcompetition.com.
The deadline is quickly approaching, so enter now!
ISC 2007 sponsors include 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, The Indie Bible, Shari's Berries, and
Taxi
International Songwriting Competition
1307 Eastland Ave
Nashville, TN 37206
(615) 251-4441
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