Dance Artist Win USA Songwriting Competition, 2011 Competition Begins
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Australia won first prize in the Dance/Electronica Category of the
15th Annual USA Songwriting Competition.
Also, USA Songwriting Competition winner Christopher Tin won two
Grammy Awards at the recent 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. This marks a
grand historic win, making Christopher the only USA Songwriting
Competition winner to win two Grammy Awards in the same year.
Christopher Tin won an honorable mention award at the 15th Annual USA
Songwriting Competition with the same song "Baba Yetu" that won two
Grammy awards.
Noted Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles and prolific Los
Angeles songwriter Ken Hirsch won the top two positions of the 15th
Annual USA Songwriting Competition. This also marks the first time
that music industry veterans dominate the top two positions of the USA
Songwriting Competition fifteen year history. Toronto Canada based
Alannah Myles and co-writer Nancy Simmonds won Overall Grand Prize as
well as the first prize of the Rock/Alternative category with their
song “Give Me Love”. Alannah Myles is known for her Classic Rock hit
“Black Velvet”. “Black Velvet” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100
charts in 1990. Ken Hirsch and co-writers Rosie Casey, Peter Roberts &
Hillary Podell of Los Angeles, CA won first prize in the Pop category
as well as Overall second Prize with their song “Is that So Bad”. Ken
Hirsch is a prolific songwriter with several hits on the charts and is
well known for his number one hit “I've Never Been To Me”. USA
Songwriting Competition winners came from all over the world:
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Philipines, Denmark.
Entries are currently being accepted for the 16th Annual USA
Songwriting Competition. Winning songs of the 16th Annual USA
Songwriting Competition will receive airplay on a nationally
syndicated radio program “Acoustic Café” as well as Sirius XM
Satellite Radio. This is the first Songwriting Competition that gives
airplay to the winning songs, giving deserving bands, songwriters the
recognition and exposure they deserve. Entrants stand to win a grand
prize of over US$50,000 in cash and music gear from sponsors such as
Sony, D’Addario Strings, Ableton, Audio-Technica, Presonus, IK
Multimedia, and more, making this the largest prize package for any
annual songwriting competition. Other sponsors include: New Music
Weekly, Loggins Promotion, AirplayAccess.com, Onboard Research,
Acoustica, Livewire Musician, Sonoma Wireworks, Rockstar Texting,
Image line Recording magazine and Premier Guitar magazine.
USA Songwriting Competition has a long history of having winners
getting recording and publishing contracts, have their songs placed on
the charts as well as having their songs placed on film and
television. Judges include A&R managers from record labels such as
Warner, Capitol Records, Universal, BMG/SONY Music. Songs may be
entered in 15 different categories including Pop, Rock/Alternative,
R&B and Country. Entries are accepted from now through May 31,
2011.For more information, visit:
http://www.songwriting.net