The International Songwriting Competition is now open for business and there is an all-star panel to judge the entries.
This year`s judges will include Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty, Robert Smith of The Cure and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn.The International Songwriting Contest offers a prize-pool of $150,000 in cash and prizes shared between 62 winners in 20 categories.
The contest has always included a high calibre of Australian songwriters. "Over the years, ISC has received many great entries from Australian songwriters, producing many winners including Eskimo Joe, Sneaky Sound System, Gotye, Claire Bowditch, and many more. The caliber of Australian entries has always been extremely high, so we are looking forward to discovering many more talented songwriters this year," founder Candace Avery tells Undercover News.
The judging panel this year is:
Recording Artists
Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20); Chaka Khan; Tom Waits; KT Tunstall; Robert Smith (The Cure); Ricky Martin; Loretta Lynn; Neil Finn (Crowded House); Buckcherry; T-Pain; James Cotton; Jerry Lee Lewis; Craig Morgan; Ray Davies (The Kinks); McCoy Tyner; Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC); Michael W. Smith; Chris Hillman (The Byrds); John Scofield; Mario; Black Francis (The Pixies); Youssou N`Dour; John Mayall; DJ Tiësto; Paul Van Dyk; Jon Secada; Natalie Grant; Jeremy Camp; Matt Thiessen (Relient K); Pittbull; Angelique Kidjo; Sandra Bernhard; "Weird Al" Yankovic; and David Brenner
Music Industry Executives
Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Nick Burgess (Head of A, Virgin Records UK); Angel Carrasco (Sr. VP of A, Latin America Sony BMG and President, Discos 605); Cameron Strang (President, New West Records); John Echevarria (President, Universal Music Latino); Rick Krim (Executive VP Talent and Programming, VH1); Amy Doyle (Sr. VP of Music and Talent, MTV); Kim Buie (VP of A, Lost Highway); Jon Pikus (Director of A, MySpace Records); Mitchell Cohen (VP of A, Verve Music Group); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); Dan Storper (President, Putumayo World Music); Rene Bell (Executive VP A, Sony BMG Nashville); Peter Strickland (Senior VP, Jack Records/Warner Bros.); Steve Lillywhite (Producer - credits include U2, The Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, and more); Douglas C. Cohn (Sr. VP, Music Marketing Talent, Nickelodeon); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Betty Pino (DJ, WAMR Miami); Paul Majors (CEO/Founder Majors Music); Leib Ostrow (CEO, Music for Little People); and Dr. Demento (Radio Host of The Dr. Demento Show)
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