From a recent press release: July 2010 was the official launch of a new kind of international songwriting contest from Esongwriter.com. With the music industry going through an overhaul of changes, Esongwriter jumps in to bridge the gap between artists and gigs, film and television. “The right songs can generate millions of dollars” says Christa [...]
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Win a Songwriting Session with Rivers Cuomo
Weezer have launched a contest allowing fans the ability to remix their song, "Love Is The Answer," from the band’s latest full-length, Raditude. The individual instrumental and vocal tracks are separated here, and a public vote will determine the top 10 entrants–each of whom will be featured on Weezer’s homepage and MySpace page and receive [...]
Singer-songwriter contest kicks off, every Tuesday night in Guelph
The Guelph Mercury recently reported on a weekly singer-songwriter contest taking place in Guelph at Frank and Steins every Tuesday night. Kudos to Malachi Greenidge, a Guelph singer-songwriter, for putting the contest together. As related in the article: The singer/songwriter competition will allow local musicians to not only expose their music to the crowd, but [...]
Young Guelph musician wins Toronto carol songwriting competition
Kudos to Sarah Buisman, a high-school student who recently won a Christmas carol songwriting contest in her age group that will be performed by the Amadeus Choir in Toronto. Here is a sample of a recent Guelph Mercury article on Ms. Buisman (click the link to read it all): GUELPH — At 16 years old, [...]
McCartney wins Gershwin songwriter prize
Paul McCartney will be honoured with a fledgling but prestigious musical honour, after being named Monday as the latest recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The U.S. Library of Congress, which administers the honour, announced the 67-year-old British musician and former Beatle as its third winner of the songwriting prize on Monday. "It [...]
Echo Prize 2009 – More Canadian Songwriting Awards
There is still time to vote for one of the five Canadian songwriters nominated for SOCAN’s fourth annual ECHO Songwriting Prize. ECHO celebrates the songwriting talents of some of the best independent and innovative songwriters in Canada. The five nominated songs, as selected by an independent panel of music community tastemakers, are: o “Lay Down [...]
And The 2009 Polaris Music Prize Winner Is…
Click on the pic to open the player and here all the 2009 Polaris Music Nominees… Technorati : Songwriting, Songwriting Awards
Polaris Music Awards live on CBC Radio 3
CBC Radio 3 (webradio) today announced that it would broadcast live the 2009 Polaris Music Prize Gala at 9:00 pm ET tonight (September 21, 2009). If you have Sirius Canada Satellite radio, you can catch the program on CBC Radio 3 channel 86. The prize, which is modeled after the UK’s Mercury Music Prize, is [...]
OCFF – Songs from the Heart Competition
Only a few days left (June 1, 2009 deadline) if you want to enter the Songs from the Heart Songwriting Competition of the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF). This competition highlights the talents of Ontario songwriters and provides an opportunity for the winners to showcase their work to festival presenters at the annual OCFF [...]
SongDoor 2009 – Open for Competition
From its promotional materials: SongDoor is still the only songwriting competition where nobody loses. All entrants receive a free DIY SongU.com songwriting course and free melody-writing software, valuable tools worth $70. The entry fee is $10. Entrants are eligible to win the Grand Award, valued at approximately USD $7,745 in music merchandise and services, including [...]
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