♫ Spring 2011 competition ♫

Congratulations to all of our winners!

Tracy Newman

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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Malte Vief - HeavyClassic

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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Joelle Maddyson

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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The Windy City

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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Mike Lewis

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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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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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TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
instrumental category

#3 - song title: Cobblestone Lanes, Sidewalk Cafe's and Naked Hearts
songwriter: Stephen Connella
#4 - song title: Rising Prelude
songwriter: Malte Vief
#5 - song title: Vasene
songwriter: Jane Hunt & Eanan Patterson

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
folk category

#3 - song title: Ashen Town
songwriter: Dave Gunning / David Francey
#4 - song title: Calling All the Children Home
songwriter: Dan Johnson and Roger Tomhave
#5 - song title: Children of War
songwriter: Levi McGrath

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
americana/country category

#3 - song title: Jesus and the Bottle
songwriter: Shannon Hudson
#4 - song title: The Way I Am
songwriter: Jen Rose
#5 - song title: Portrait in the Sand
songwriter: Chapman Willard Reagan

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
rock category

#3 - song title: If You Say
songwriter: Kirill Statsenko, Alexander Shevchenko
#4 - song title: Something
songwriter: I.M.A. alias Amir Rahimzadeh, co. Michael Kerscher
#5 - song title: Pining
songwriter: Billy Frank, Russ Frank, Geoff LaForge, Yousaf Mir, Frank Mauro

TOP HONORS (3rd-5th place)
pop category

#3 - song title: It's Complicated
songwriter: Alexandra Kelly
#4 - song title: Ain't Coming Back This Time
songwriter: Barrett Johnson
#5 - song title: Please Forgive Me
songwriter: Katherine Penfold and Gerry Atwell

HONORABLE MENTION - 6th-10th place

GENRE / PLACEMENT SONG TITLE SONGWRITER
#6 - instrumental Invention
Malte Vief
#6 - folk You Are Here
Jim Metzner
#6 - pop Girls Who Believe
Shaw, Ballantyne, Johnson
#6 - rock The Invisible Man
Joshua Path
#6 - americana/country Never Played In Austin
Scott Cochran
#7 - instrumental Calm Moment Befor Snowing
Javid Khazaeli
#7 - folk Before The Morning Sun
Dave Gunning/ James Keelaghan
#7 - americana/country Running on Empty
Jen Rose
#7 - pop Promenade
Vista Hill
#7 - rock Blueberry
Will Sacks
#8 - instrumental Redcliffe Ramblin'
Tony McCall
#8 - americana/country janie's sparrow
leo crandall
#8 - pop Valentine
Alexandra Kelly
#8 - folk Layers
Lynn Hollyfield
#8 - rock Blue Horizon
Anthony Flask
#9 - folk But You Can Believe My Lies
Agieszka Olszewska - Kaczmarek
#9 - instrumental Mesmic Motion
Aron Lyrd
#9 - americana/country They Crumble
Angela Siracusa/Ken Kahler/Dean Malton
#9 - pop Last Recorded Summer
DeAnna Moore, Dave Tough, Neil Barber
#9 - rock Breathe
Chris Lippert, Jon Lewis
#10 - folk Carl & Eliza
Rachel Maloney
#10 - instrumental Hallways; new home
Alfred Henderson III
#10 - americana/country Love Is the Answer
ynez fernandez-reyes
#10 - pop We'll Find A Way
D2D
#10 - rock Letting Go
Victoria Powell