The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce the winners for its 2005 annual competition. ISC received almost 15,000 entries from 82 countries in its fourth year, and has been called "the songwriting competition to take note of" by the New York Times. ISC prizes include more than $150,000 (USD) in cash and merchandise shared by 50 winners in 16 categories.
"I Believe In B," written by Marc Dinkin, is awarded First Place in the Children's Music category. Dinkin is an experienced professional when it comes to writing children's music. He has written for Music Pen multimedia, Ragu.com, and The Learning Company, and he is also credited with some well-known musicals. His latest, SUV: The Musical won an award at New York City's International Fringe Festival, and was an off-Broadway hit at the Wings Theatre. Dinkin's band, Youngster, has been successful as well - they have headlined at CMJ and North By Northeast, and they have been the recipients of Swing magazine's Best Unsigned Band Award.
"Family Vacation," written by Sam Glaser, earned Second Place in the Children's Music category, and "Born For A Reason," written by Figureheads band members Greg Marshall and Jeremy Bryan, earned Third Place.
In addition to these winners, 11 other songs garnered placement in the top 1.4% of the competition.
A complete list of Children's Music winners includes:
First Place Winner
"I Believe In B" - Marc Dinkin - New York, NY, USA
Second Place Winner
"Family Vacation" - Sam Glaser - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Third Place Winner
"Born For A Reason" - Greg Marshall, Jeremy Bryan (Figureheads) -- Madison, WI, USA
Honorable Mentions
"Animals Belong In Class" -- Bryan Mace, Chris Bihuniak (Teacher And The Rockbots) - Kansas City, MO, USA
"Anteater's Pants" -- Pete Davie, Jeanette Smith - Sydney, NSW, Australia
"Bones, Bones, Bones" -- Steven Schoenberg, Jane Schoenberg - New Salem, MA, USA
"Dinky Di Aussie" -- Phil Splitter, Susie Davies-Splitter (The Splitters) - Melbourne, VIC, Australia
"Kiki Kangaroo" -- Steve Weeks - Colorado Springs, CO, USA
"Oh, My Goodness!" -- Nitanju Bolade Casel (Sweet Honey In The Rock) - Silver Spring, MD, USA
"Picking All The Peas" -- Jamie Barnett - Murietta, CA, USA
"Scarecrow" -- Andy Z - Redwood City, CA, USA
"The Swing Along Song" - Dana Cohenour - Blaine, WA, USA
"The Third Grade Song" -- Corbin Anderson (Pencilhead and the Playground Punks) - Schwenksville, PA, USA
"Wobbly Bear" -- Douglas Pell - Ardsley, NY, USA
For a complete list of all ISC winners, please go to:
http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners.htm
Judges for the 2005 competition include: Tom Waits; Loretta Lynn;
Sonny Rollins; John Scofield; Steve Vai; Macy Gray; Joss Stone;
MercyMe; Amy Ray (Indigo Girls); Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.); LeAnn
Rimes; Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse); Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan); BeBe
Winans; Peter Hook (New Order); Benji Madden (Good Charlotte);
Charlie Musselwhite; The Donnas; Monte Lipman (President, Universal
Records); Keith Wozencroft (President, Capitol Music UK); Glen Barros
(CEO/President, Concord Records); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President,
Alligator Records); Cameron Strang (President, New West Records); Dan
Storper (President, Putumayo World Music); Michael McDonald
(President, ATO Records); Alexandra Patsavas (Owner, The Chop Shop
Music Supervision - credits include The OC, Grey's Anatomy, Without A
Trace, Carnivale, Rescue Me ); Darrale Jones (VP A&R Urban, Atlantic
Records); Chris Parr (VP Music Programming & Talent Relations, CMT);
Barbara Sedun (VP Creative, EMI Music Publishing Canada); Tara Griggs-
Magee (Executive VP of Gospel/Urban Music, Sony Records); Leib Ostrow
(CEO, Music For Little People), Thomas Brooman (Co-Founder/Artistic
Director, WOMAD); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins
Entertainment); Emily Wittmann (Vice-President, Nick Records);
Patrick Moxey (President, Ultra Records/You Records/Sequence Records/
Escondida Music/Empire Mgmt.) and Danny Epstein (Music Supervisor,
Sesame Street/Sesame Workshop).
2005 Sponsors include: Epiphone, ASCAP, Berklee College Of Music, L.R. Baggs, Disc Makers, Alphabet Arm Design, FYE, Cakewalk, Fishman Transducers, ADK Microphones, Moog Music, Sam Ash Music Stores, Sibelius, Planetary Group, Hear Technologies, Music Registry, Mediaguide, ArtistMonitor, Onlinegigs.com, Musician's Atlas, Sonicbids and Performer.com.
International Songwriting Competition
211 Seventh Avenue North, Suite LL-20
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615.251.4441
Fax: 615.251.4442
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