Congratulations to all of our winners!

1ST PLACE - AMERICANA/COUNTRY

song title: Do Whatcha Gotta Do

songwriter: Mike Lewis

Mike was born in Columbus, Ohio and was exposed to the music industry as a youngster. His father, Dean Lewis who was on the air at WBNS, managed a group called the "Cannon Brothers". One member of that group, Gene Cotton, went on to a suc...
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1ST PLACE - ROCK

song title: Games

songwriter: Marco Correia, Jean-sebastian Correia and Adrian Culhane

The birth child of three best friends, The Windy City is the latest phoenix to arise from the ashes of prior band projects featuring Adrian Culhane and brothers Marco and Jean-sebastian Correia. For the brothers, music became a fervent p...
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1ST PLACE - FOLK

song title: Waffle Boy

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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1ST PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL

song title: Intrada

songwriter: Malte Vief

Malte, born in 1979 is a composer and guitarist. He is a musician caught between the two poles of concert and rock music. Malte studied classical guitar and also played in band projects. The Members of his Band/Ensemble are Jochen Roß (Ma...
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1ST PLACE - POP

song title: City Lights

songwriter: Joelle Maddyson

Her artistry has been deemed a heated mixture of sultry vulnerability and raw emotion and she is most often compared to successful artists like Sarah Mclachlan, Christina Perri, Emmylou Harris, etc. Ethereal operatic vocals, in combination ...
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2ND PLACE - AMERICANA/COUNTRY

song title: Terlingua, USA

songwriter: Lucas W. Martin

Lucas Martin is just a backyard strummer with a day job. He has always been an avid fan of Delta Blues, Folk, Americana, and Southern Rock music but is ultimately drawn to any song that tells a story. Lucas himself began to accumulate sto...
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2ND PLACE - ROCK

song title: Ghost Town

songwriter: Shoresh

Up until now Shoresh has been known mainly from behind the music stage. Eight years ago he created one of the best and most known live-venue pubs in Israel called the Pitriya(the Mushroom) of which he still owns and gives stage to the be...
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2ND PLACE - FOLK

song title: Reunion Song

songwriter: Levi McGrath

From working with former child soldiers in Uganda, to social work on the streets of Melbourne, Australia, Levi McGrath demonstrates a passionate commitment to changing the world for the better that goes beyond his 24 years. He is passionate...
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2ND PLACE - INSTRUMENTAL

song title: The City Dance

songwriter: SangJoe Park

SangJoe Park is a 25-year-old guitarist in South Korea. At his teenages, he only listened the pop tunes, not the rock/jazz/blues stuffs. As he started learning guitar, he slowly feels and loves the attractives of guitar sound and also...
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2ND PLACE - POP

song title: Caved In

songwriter: Nicky James, Daniel Luka, John Nathaniel

With their debut album "What A Scene", Long Story Short wants to leave their mark on the map. They are currently at the #1 spot on Alternative Addiction's Unsigned Artists Top10 for the fourth month running. The album offers an addicting bl...
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