Indie International Pool of Judges:
Severin Browne
A former Motown recording artist and staff songwriter, Severin Browne continues to enchant audiences with his clear voice, masterful guitar playing and finely crafted songs. His songs have been cut by Thelma Houston, Patti Dahlstrom, Colin Blunstone, Twiggy, The Dillards, and Pamela Stanley, who had a major hit with Severin's "I Don't Want To Talk About It." He also worked on music for the English ve ... More
Wayne Gerard
He's worked as a producer with FBT/Web, the record label/production company started by the Bass Brothers, the Oscar and Grammy winning duo behind Eminem and his mega-hit 'Lose Yourself'. WG has worked on projects and remixes for Madonna, Garbage, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, Pitchshifter, Peter Gabriel and Dr. Fink from Prince's band as well as producing, performing, programming or playing on projects featur ... More
Pat & Pete Luboff
Pat and Pete Luboff have recordings by Snoop Dogg ("Trust Me," the first single from the platinum-selling album "Top Dogg") Patti LaBelle (gold album and the title song for "Body Language: the Musical"), Bobby Womack (No. 2 on Billboard's Black Music chart), "Hometown, USA" from the John Travolta movie "Experts," Michael Peterson, recently charting Miko Marks, and mor ... More
Martin Blasick
Martin Blasick co-wrote of Ladies Of Tampa with Matthew MacConaughey for an camera performance in Magic Mike. Lindsey Lohan performed Martin's "Don't Move On" on camera in Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen. Blasick's songs have appeared in feature films including Kinsey, Kung Pow: Enter The Fist, Hi Lo Country, Santa's Slay, The Associate and more. As a producer he earned a gold record ... More
Bill Pere
With a 30 year career in the music business, Bill Pere is named "One of the Top 50 Innovators, Groundbreakers and Guiding Lights of the Music Industry" by Music Connection Magazine. The New York Times calls him "the link between music and science". Bill is the author of the internationally acclaimed Songcrafters' Coloring Book:The Essential Guide to Effective and Successful Songwriting. He is o ... More
Janet Fisher
Songwriter, Music Publisher, Producer, Music Supervisor, talent scout, record label owner and author -- all aspects of this talented professional who has served as a judge for such prestigious events as the Prism Awards, Cable ACE Awards, John Lennon Song Contest, and many others. Janet Fisher originates from Kansas City, Missouri. She grew up writing songs and performing in clubs across the Mid and Southwest where she ... More
Ward Davis
Full Circle Music Publishing (ASCAP) Staff Writer I moved to Nashville in Mid 2000, and landed my first publishing deal in late 2001 working on staff with legendary Producer/Publisher Tom Collins at Tom Collins Music. While only there 6 months, I got my first cut on Sammy Kershaw, with a tune called, "Sunday Morning on Bourbon Street." While Sammy's album was a critical hit, it failed to sell many u ... More
Tomás Hradcky
Tomás's diverse influences range from the early impact his parents love of the music of their Eastern European lineage - Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian - (Tomás is 2nd generation Eastern European) - and the continual music played through the house in his childhood from the likes of Cat Stevens, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash and Chet Atkins. Artists he gravitated to when he was in college such as Genesis, Yes, Todd Rund ... More
Alex Forbes
With numerous Billboard-charting singles, over 95 releases, and millions of album sales under her belt, Alex Forbes's songs range from Rock to Dance to straight-ahead Pop. Her specialty is writing instantly catchy melodies and lyrics that capture the essence of life in strikingly vivid ways. Recent successes include her single, "Summertime" (Royaal & Venuto feat. AJ Smith on Hussle/Universal), which ... More
Roman Morykit
British-born Roman Morykit is the producer, musician and co-writer for the international touring group, Gypsy Soul. He has had over 20 years experience in the music business both in Europe and the United States as a session player, writer, producer and also as an artist with A & M Records in the UK. After moving to the States from Scotland, Roman and wife/musical partner Cilette Swann formed Off The Beaten Tra ... More
Darko Saric
Darko Saric is a composer/producer with a BA in Music Composition from the National Conservatory of Lima, Peru, where he also studied Sound Design and Music for Film and TV. Darko began his career in Lima working with Peru's top bands and solo artists. While there he began to compose music for independent films, corporate videos and advertising. Now residing in New York City, Darko composes music that has been f ... More
Cilette Swann
Cilette Swann is a gifted singer/songwriter and one half of the International touring group, Gypsy Soul. Born in Canada to musical parents, Swann was encouraged early on to pursue her artistic interests. Named after St. Cecilia - the Patron Saint of Music - Cilette always knew that music would be her life. After surviving a serious auto accident after high school, Cilette was even more inspired to pursue her dreams ... More
Eric Goetz
Award-winning composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Eric Goetz prides himself on his diverse background and flexibility as a composer. Eric started composing at a very early age, writing video game music on his TI-99 computer in BASIC. Eric went on to receive a B.A. in Music from Western Washington University, where he studied classical piano with Jeffery Gilliam and jazz with Chuck Israels (Bill Evans Trio). Afte ... More
Freebo
From bass player/band member with Bonnie Raitt for a decade to countless studio sessions and tours with artists ranging from John Mayall, CSN, Maria Muldaur, Neil Young, and Ringo Starr, to T.V. appearances on "Saturday Night Live," "Midnight Special," and "Muppets Tonight," as well as tuba performances with Dr. John and the legendary Spinal Tap, Freebo has achieved status and respect in a cr ... More
Karl Louis
Karl Louis Currently teaches his popular Personal Management course at Musicians Institute's Music Business Program. He's the former A&R person for Limp Bizkit at Flip Records, Manager at Warren Entner Management (Deftones, Faith No More, Rage Against The Machine), Writer/Marketing for leading trade publication HITS magazine (HITSdailydouble.com), and Creator/Writer of the A&R column for industry trade ... More