♫ Spring 2013 competition ♫

Congratulations to all of our winners!

To view the winners for the competition that ended 04-30-2011, click here
Tracy Newman

1ST PLACE - FOLK

song title: I Just See You
songwriter: Tracy Newman

TRACY NEWMAN (AND THE REINFORCEMENTS) Tracy started playing guitar at 14, primarily influenced by the Kingston Trio, about which she says, “I could actually play their songs, especially Tom Dooley which had, and still has only two chords...
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Gene Mills

1ST PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL

song title: Dying Fire
songwriter: Gene Mills

Gene Mills is a songwriter, guitarist, and singer based in Richmond, Virginia. He plays acoustic Americana—folk tinged with bluegrass and country. After making a living as a solo and ensemble musician in and around Charlottesville, Virgin...
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JoJo Worthington

1ST PLACE - ROCK

song title: Beautiful Thing
songwriter: JoJo Worthington

JoJo Worthington is an independent artist from Waterloo, ON known for her quirky, unique songs on the ukulele. At the age of 14, JoJo began to write songs on the guitar. She decided that her songs should be heard and so she formed a local b...
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Mikaela Kahn

1ST PLACE - POP

song title: Fall With You
songwriter: Mikaela Kahn

Mikaela is a soulful 23-year old singer-songwriter and pianist originally from Seattle, Washington. She draws audiences in to her performances with her commanding voice, engaging personality and imaginative song interpretations combining po...
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Tim Settle

1ST PLACE - AMERICANA/COUNTRY

song title: I'm Still Here
songwriter: Tim Settle

"Music is as much a part of me as my blood, and my bones". Tim Settle is a Christian Singer/songwriter from Sandy Ridge, NC. He began writing songs 10 years ago, and started preforming them live shortly after. He has released two albu...
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2ND PLACE - POP

song title: Made of Stars
songwriter: Dave Tough, DeAnna Moore, Aaron Krause

Dave Tough (www.taxi.com/davetough) is a Nashville-based songwriter and producer/engineer. He has written and produced songs in major motion pictures, most recently Seth Rogen's mall cop comedy "Observe and Report", and training films and c...
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2ND PLACE - ROCK

song title: I Hate Birds
songwriter: Dave Tough, DeAnna Moore, Sarah Majors

Dave Tough (www.taxi.com/davetough) is a Nashville-based songwriter and producer/engineer. He has written and produced songs in major motion pictures, most recently Seth Rogen's mall cop comedy "Observe and Report", and training films and c...
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2ND PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL

song title: Le Carrousel
songwriter: Reentko

Reentko, born in 1979 is a guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. His music is a distinctive blend of unorthodox, self-developed percussive playing techniques covering a wide range of styles. He also features as a percussionist in s...
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2ND PLACE - AMERICANA/COUNTRY

song title: You Got The Heat
songwriter: Blankley/Wainright

Terry is a Canadian Roots Musician,Producer and Writer.He has received multiple award nominations as a Singer/Keyboardist ,played on countless recordings and is the current DRMS Male Vocalist of the year. Keys,Blues,Jazz, Vocal, Rock, Adul...
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2ND PLACE - FOLK

song title: Leaving Familiar
songwriter: Michael Theodore

Michael Theodore is a singer/songwriter/musician who has been working in and around the Toronto area for several years. He has established a reputation for himself as a hard working, crowd pleasing, energetic performer, much in the ilk of B...
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TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
americana/country category

#3 - song title: Johnny
songwriter: Julie Kathryn, Felix McTeigue
#4 - song title: It's Snowin'
songwriter: Lenny Solomon
#5 - song title: Hey There Romeo
songwriter: Elizabeth Feins

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
instrumental category

#3 - song title: Like Autumn Rain
songwriter: Reentko
#4 - song title: Steam
songwriter: Jamie Ousley
#5 - song title: 296.2
songwriter: Alfred Henderson III

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
folk category

#3 - song title: Leave No Trace
songwriter: Hillary Reynolds, Trevor Jarvis, Jeff Hale, Benjamin Kopf
#4 - song title: Hearts
songwriter: JoJo Worthington
#5 - song title: You Don't Know My Heart
songwriter: Aaron Gabriel

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
rock category

#3 - song title: Let It Go (The Jam Song)
songwriter: Dave Tough, DeAnna Moore, Cameron Morgan
#4 - song title: It Turns
songwriter: Dave Tough, Adam Crossley, Bill Dilugi
#5 - song title: Already After
songwriter: drumfish

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
pop category

#3 - song title: Cosmology
songwriter: Capers Simmons
#4 - song title: Daydreaming
songwriter: CHAN CHUN YIN
#5 - song title: I've Moved On
songwriter: Darren Ockert

HONORABLE MENTION - 6th-10th place

GENRE / PLACEMENT SONG TITLE SONGWRITER
#6 - rock The Devil and His Due Regard
Dan Charness
#6 - folk Happy
Janelle MacKay
#6 - instrumental A LOVE SONG TO MY SAILOR
Ann Mayo Muir
#6 - pop The Rain From London
Darren Ockert
#6 - americana/country Whiskey In Winter
Hillary Reynolds
#7 - pop I'm Still Wishing
Sophie Morgan Howarth
#7 - rock I Am
drumfish
#7 - folk Light A Candle Angelina
Patrice Webb
#7 - instrumental What I Want Not
Jane Miller
#7 - americana/country Thriving
Gene Mills
#8 - rock I'll Be Back
Dan Charness
#8 - instrumental RATHBONES TWO STEP
JOHN O'CONNELL
#8 - pop What Does It Take?
Rebecca McGarry
#8 - folk White Stallion
Michael Theodore
#8 - americana/country Table Nine
Tracy Newman
#9 - instrumental Egberto and Sonia
Jane Miller
#9 - americana/country Intoxicated
Donovan Tucker
#9 - folk Amadeus
JoJo Worthington
#9 - pop The Energy's good
Jillian Strauss
#9 - rock In God We Trust (live version)
Jessica Kion, Courtney Swain
#10 - instrumental Dogs In Paradise
Charlie Hill
#10 - rock Red Giant
Billy Frank, Russ Frank, Geoff LaForge, Yousaf Mir, Frank Mauro
#10 - americana/country Pick Up the Pieces
Sydney Cubit
#10 - folk Wind of Fairy
Andreas Jordan
#10 - pop Forget You
Michael Anzilotti