♫ Spring / Summer 2010 competition ♫
Congratulations to all of our winners!
1ST PLACE - FOLK/ACOUSTIC
song title: Summertime Delightsongwriter: Dan Charness
Dan Charness began his performance career as a classical cellist at the age of five. However, his musical interests evolved and broadened rapidly, and at age 12 he bought his first guitar. He soon began writing his own songs, inspired by th...
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1ST PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL
song title: Kushansongwriter: 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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1ST PLACE - COUNTRY
song title: Anna Maesongwriter: 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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1ST PLACE - POP
song title: Gets Me High ft. Kris Langemannsongwriter: Jay Edmondson, Lee Edmondson, Kris Langemann
Nowadays almost everyone's a rapper or producer, blending into a sea of pasteurized, recycled urban music. A brand new sound known as INDELIBLE is emerging out of that murky swamp, bent on pulling it's listeners into a new dimension where b...
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1ST PLACE - ROCK
song title: Motionsongwriter: drumfish
drumfish was formed in 1992 by Alex Petty, Larry France, Neil Richardson and Aaron Bertoglio. From its inception, the band has always melded a wide variety of musical sounds, cultures and genres. This approach has led the band to develop a ...
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2ND PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL
song title: Diaphanous Breezesongwriter: Lisa Downing
Solo pianist Lisa Downing believes all of life is A Delicate Balance, also the title of her third album (currently one of the top instrumental airplay recordings in the world). “It’s a fragile existence that we lead,” states Downing....
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2ND PLACE - FOLK/ACOUSTIC
song title: Waiting for Rainsongwriter: 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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2ND PLACE - POP
song title: An Emergencysongwriter: John Tomaino
Residing only minutes from each other, MerciRiva were drawn to make music that matters in late 2009. Wearing only grey, MerciRiva are a blank canvass who let their award winning brand of acoustic-fuelled radio-ready pop/rock speak for itsel...
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2ND PLACE - ROCK
song title: Ride That Train (Ode To Rosie Ruiz)songwriter: Dave Tough/Dan Jones
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 - COUNTRY
song title: Beatles Without Johnsongwriter: Dave Tough/JD Dohnal
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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TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
rock category
#3 - song title: Relentless
songwriter: Ryan Rothmeyer
#4 - song title: F*@k the Stars!
songwriter: Hollis Webb
#5 - song title: Invisible Man
songwriter: Eric Christensen
TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
folk/acoustic category
#3 - song title: Landlocked Hurricane
songwriter: Lucas Martin
#4 - song title: I Wanna Live Like That
songwriter: Cathy-Anne McClintock, Larry Wayne Clark
#5 - song title: Benny Brown
songwriter: Terry Penney
TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
pop category
#3 - song title: Live in Love
songwriter: Sky Nelson
#4 - song title: Waiting Up
songwriter: Matt Gunston
#5 - song title: I am gone
songwriter: Mike Attinger (music) and Annie Stettin (lyrics)
TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
country category
#3 - song title: Smart Girl
songwriter: Lauren Adams
#4 - song title: She's the one
songwriter: Jason Kane White
#5 - song title: She Stands
songwriter: Rocc Nobles
TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
instrumental category
#3 - song title: Seriously
songwriter: Rick Corrigan
#4 - song title: Bird in a Web
songwriter: Rick Corrigan
#5 - song title: Demian
songwriter: Reentko
HONORABLE MENTION - 6th-10th place
| GENRE / PLACEMENT | SONG TITLE | SONGWRITER |
|---|---|---|
| #6 - folk/acoustic | Halo | Megan Small |
| #6 - country | Fixer Upper | Sandy Craig |
| #6 - pop | Silly Love Songs | Sarah Brown, Terence Burke |
| #6 - rock | A Million Miles Away | Mario Percudani |
| #6 - instrumental | Mission Critical | David Penn |
| #7 - country | Mama Sang 'The Wren' | Meg Tennant |
| #7 - rock | Half Lights, Half Sound | Matt Rhoden, Ron Haney, Bart Schoudel |
| #7 - folk/acoustic | Carol Anne | Penny Menze/Michael E. Shipley/Alan O'Bryant |
| #7 - pop | The Edge of Love | Rolf Schnyder and Michael 'Max' McGee |
| #7 - instrumental | El Molino (The Windmill) | Ivan Najera |
| #8 - folk/acoustic | The Mantel Song | Roger Tomhave |
| #8 - country | Red Sun Sinking | Sandy Craig |
| #8 - pop | I Want It Yesterday | Reid & Stanners |
| #8 - instrumental | Crown Him with Many Crowns | Todd Beaney |
| #8 - rock | The Fall Of Man | Jason Kalman |
| #9 - country | There Are Angels | Cheryl Metrick |
| #9 - rock | Snow Globe | Amarish Dave |
| #9 - folk/acoustic | Unpredictable | John McVey |
| #9 - pop | Right Time | Brian Ellefson |
| #9 - instrumental | Farewell | Reentko |
| #10 - country | Silence is Full of Sound | Amarish Dave |
| #10 - folk/acoustic | Urban Dream | Andreas Jordan |
| #10 - rock | Gentle Warning | Boyan Iontchev |
| #10 - pop | Keep Them Safe | Denise Baxter-Yoder and Cindy Kleinstuber Blevins |
| #10 - instrumental | The Way It Was | Bill Wren/Frank Ralls |