International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its 2005 finalists. These finalists were selected out of almost 15,000 entries from 80 countries and represent the top 1.4% of all entries submitted.
The finalists’ songs are currently in the judges’ hands, and winners will be announced in March, 2006 when the ISC judges have made their decision. ISC‘s judges include the presidents of ten record labels and esteemed artists such as Loretta Lynn, Sonny Rollins, Tom Waits, Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), Steve Vai, Darryl McDaniels (RUN DMC) and many more. Over $150,000 in cash and merchandise will be awarded to 50 winners, including the top honors of ISC 2005 Overall Grand Prize winner.The ISC Grand Prize package is carefully put together to benefit the winning songwriter and maximize his or her songwriting career, including: $10,000 cash (US); a college radio promotion campaign; legal services from a music attorney; a CD Duplication Package; premium recording software and hardware; music and recording equipment; and much more.
The 2005 ISC finalists’ songs are also listed online for the 2005 People’s Voice – an online voting contest that allows the public to listen to and vote for their favorite ISC finalist. The winner of the People’s Voice is selected solely by public vote and is in addition to, and completely separate from, the regular winners who will be selected by the prestigious ISC judging panel. Visit http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/pvwelcome_2005.htm to listen to the 2005 ISC finalists’ songs and cast your vote.
World Music
“Comigo Mesmo” (With Myself) Lu Horta – Saõ Paulo, Brazil
“Free Nigeria” Baoku Moses – Cincinnati, OH, USA
“Ji Opogore” Yunasi – Nairobi, Kenya
“Kisumu 100” (Benga Mix)
Suzzana Owiyo – Nairobi, Kenya
“Klezmer A La Bechet” David Krakauer – Brooklyn, NY, USA
“Leemou” Saskia Laroo – Amsterdam, Netherlands
“Maria Salome”
Saida Kalori – Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
“Rebel Woman”
Chiwoniso Maraire – Harare, Zimbabwe
“Run Selasee” Atiase – Accra, Ghana
“So Nice Tammy” Ben-Eliezer (Minx), Sheldon Campbell (Turbulence) – Brooklyn, NY,
USA
“Tingo Al Tango” Richie Gajate-Garcia, Thania Sanz – Granada Hills, CA, USA
“Tomayziyi” Jacob Chaudeurge, Andrew Wood, Jerry Boweh, Robin Miller, Alasdair MacDonald, Anna Macdonald, Lesley Wood-Brooks, Gavin Murray, Rosemary Amoani (Zuba)
– Glasgow, Scotland
“Transbalkanica” Marcel Stefanet (Transbalkanica) – Chisinau, Moldova
“Yeh Nahnin”
Kiran Ahluwalia, Rafi Naza – New York, NY, USA
Complete List Of 2005 ISC Finalists
AAA/Roots/Americana
Black Crow Callin’ Karl Broadie – North Bondi, NSW, Australia
Don’t Go Away Robert J. Conaway – DeForest, WI, USA
Dying Bed Markus Rill – Wuerzburg, Germany
Hole In The Floor Sam Buckingham – West Pymble, NSW, Australia
I Think Of You Dinah Brein, Helen Darling – Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
L’indien Paulo Mondano – Nice, France
Letters Katie Terrio – Newton, MA, USA
Once Upon A Time Daniel Worley (City Goat) – Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Sense Got Out Wayne Mason – Paekakariki, New Zealand
Stronger Dobs Vye, James Reynolds – London, England
Take Good Care Clare Burson, Lex Price – Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Wind Keri Latimer – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Til Now Damien Binder, Robert Shepheard – Sydney, NSW, Australia
Universal Nina Hynes – Bray, Wicklow, Ireland
Blues
Baby, I Am Your Crime Richard Stuart Coburn – Albrightsville, PA, USA
Blackjack Papa George – London, England
Déjà Vu All Over Again Keith Dunn – Rotterdam, Netherlands
I’m Good To Go Rick Fines – Peterborough, ON, Canada
Leave It Gone Mojo Stu, Mitch Goldfarb – Thorndale, PA, USA
Missing You Lene Strøyer Sørensen – Værløse, Denmark
Move A Little Faster Andy Logan – Nashville, TN, USA
Old Fashioned Guy Jody C. Getz – Cleveland, OH, USA
Poor Man Blues Paul Oscher – Santa Monica, CA, USA
Someone To Hold Sam Taylor – Islandia, NY, USA
Southern Comfort EG Kight, Tom Horner – Dublin, GA, USA
Way Down Homeless Blues Steve Romig – Ivanhoe East, VIC, Australia
Children’s Music
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
Born For A Reason Greg Marshall, Jeremy Bryan (Figureheads) – Madison, WI, USA
Dinky Di Aussie Phil Splitter, Susie Davies-Splitter (The Splitters) –
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Family Vacation Sam Glaser – Los Angeles, CA, USA
I Believe In B Marc Dinkin – New York, NY, USA
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
Country
A Step Behind Paul Nelson, Sue Fink – Santa Monica, CA, USA
Ain’t Been No Trash In This Trailer Since You’ve Been Gone Stella Black –
Columbia, SC, USA
Can I Run In The Dark (And Still Walk In The Light) Kyle Jennings – Nashville,
TN, USA
Don’t Touch My Willie Holly Watson, Kevin Fowler, Bobby Pounds – Austin, TX, USA
Good Ol USA Darrell Scott – Nashville, TN, USA
Goodbye Cry Johnny Bulford – Orlando, FL, USA
Little Old You Don Castle – Sherwood, AR, USA
Love Made A Liar Out Of Me Steven McClintock, Victoria Shaw, Mitch Malloy – Long
Beach, CA, USA
Rain Rain Ruben Estevez – Nashville, TN, USA
Run And Tell Dr. Phil Chris Brade – Wichita Falls, TX, USA
Thank God For Beer Jesse Lee, Phil O’Donnell, Tim Owens – Nashville, TN, USA
The Long Night Natalie Howard, Terry McBride, Tommy Lee James – Nerang, QLD,
Australia
You Can Cry David Leask, Debra Alexander – Mississauga, ON, Canada
Dance/Electronica
Birthday Jessy Moss – Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
Black Hole Traz Damji, Ken Marshall (The Humble Brothers) – North Hills, CA, USA
Goodbye Juggernaut Kayt Jourdanson, Scott Kinnebrew (Matson Belle) – Ohlsbach,
Germany
Houston Skyline Kate Simko, Philip Glass – Chicago, IL, USA
I’m Lost Meital Patash (Knob) – Jafa, Israel
Nightclub City Kathy Romeo, Dino Pacifici – Montreal, QC, Canada
Nun Other MoShang – Taichung, Taiwan
Stakeout Kasson Crooker, Jussi Gamache (Freezepop and Symbion Project) –
Cambridge, MA, USA
Tell Me Why Recone Helmut (pH10), Pete Miser – Brooklyn, NY, USA
The Good Stuff Leslie Meils, Matt Meils (Sid Maudlin) – Chicago, IL, USA
Time Will Always Tell Neil Cascarino, Colin Preston (DJ Mikaso) – Kettering,
Northamptonshire, England
Your Country Jonathan Dagan (J. Viewz) – Carmel, Israel
Folk/Singer-Songwriter
Alcohol And Pills Fred Eaglesmith (Flying Squirrels) – Port Dover, ON, Canada
Anywhere On This Road Lhasa de Sela (Lhasa) – Montreal, QC, Canada
Bus To You Clare Muldaur – New York, NY, USA
Car Wreck Haley Bonar – St. Paul, MN, USA
Cry On Ida Kristin Johansson – Enskede, Sweden
Houdini Dave Strackany (Paleo) – Elgin, IL, USA
I’m Comin’ Home Stephen Belin Jr – Nashville, TN, USA
In The Gutter Mick Flannery – Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland
Long Time Gone Darrell Scott – Nashville, TN, USA
New Year Corey Landis – Los Angeles, CA, USA
People Look Around Catie Curtis, Mark Erelli – Ventura, CA, USA
What’s The Point Graham Isaacson – Portland, ME, USA
When You Find Me Tara Angell – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Work To Do Amy Loftus, Will Kimbrough – Nashville, TN, USA
Gospel/Christian
Choose David Bruce (Luminous) – Kona, HI, USA
Dyin’ To Know You Monty Lee Kimble, Peter Daniel Newman, Mike Musik – Brentwood,
TN, USA
Grace Jonathan Kingham – Seattle, WA, USA
In The Pocket Greg Sczebel – Salmon Arm, BC, Canada
Lord Have Mercy On Me Wes Tuttle – Mobile, AL, USA
Lord I Have Found You Johnny M. Adams – Winter Garden, FL, USA
Love Like Rain Daniel Doss – Clarksville, TN, USA
Love On My Skin Roma Waterman – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Made Up My Mind Roger Angove, Aaron Healy, Michael Page, Duncan Pankhurst (Zebulun)
– Auckland, New Zealand
Mansion Vonda McFarlane, Winston McFarlane, Robyn Taylor – Dorchester, MA, USA
Rain Down Grace Brian Montrey (Rain) – Madison, WI, USA
Shine The Light A. Collins (Sugarcane Collins) – Cairns, QLD, Australia
Supernatural Andy James Court – Perth, WA, Australia
Unity Gary D. Hines (Sounds Of Blackness) – Minneapolis, MN, USA
Who Lives In Me Kamilah Allen (Milah) – College Park, GA, USA
Instrumental
Black And Blue Bobby Manriquez – Redwood City, CA, USA
Blue Krzysia Gorniak – Warsaw, Poland
Chaos City Sam Lee – Amagasaki-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan
Cora-Flamenca Prince Diabate- Los Angeles, CA, USA
Epiphany Robert Rodriguez (The Rodriguez Brothers) – New York, NY, USA
Mis Tres Notas
Omar
Sosa – Oakland, CA, USA
Orlik Jindrich Pavlis (Czech Clarinet Quartet) – Praha, Czech Republic
Pochade Wajdi Cherif – Montrouge, France
Roller Coaster Angel Ruiz (Lee Wolfe & Blue Rangers) – Gijon Asturias, Spain
Shinkansen Preston Reed – Girvan, Scotland
Snakebanger’s Ball Prasanna – Boston, MA, USA
Tom, Brad, & Alice April Verch – Pembroke, ON, Canada
Jazz
Aubade Tom Taylor – Colorado Springs, CO, USA
Caribbean Mood Aron Romhanyi – Székesfehérvár Hungary
Der Kleine Wassermann Andreas Wahl – Essen, Germany
I Just Want To Know Cynthia Scott – New York, NY, USA
In The Middle Of The Night Lenny Marcus – Roanoke, VA, USA
King Of Midnight Joy Eden Harrison – Chicago, IL, USA
Melody For Le Quecumbar Lollo Meier – Born, Netherlands
Monk Abram Wilson – Harrow, Middlesex, England
Raga Bop Prasanna – Boston, MA, USA
Rhodes Rage Kerry Politzer – Forest Hills, NY, USA
S Harvie S – Hastings-On-Hudson, NY, USA
Snake Charmer Rez Abbasi – New York, NY, USA
So It Goes Matt Shulman – Riverdale, NY, USA
Lyrics Only
A Good Old Song Gaylon Embrey – Quitman, TX, USA
Coffee With Emily Alessandra Young – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Heart Hangin’ On A Hook George Torosian Jr. – Cape Coral, FL, USA
Love And Learn Heather Murk St. – Charles, IL, USA
Only One Me Eli-Rose Sanford – London, England
The Tender Mick Flannery – Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland
Velvet Elvis Ralston Bowles – Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Performance
Creation Meg Okura (Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble) – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Diamond In The Sand Simon Petty (Minibar) – Santa Monica, CA, USA
Fallout Susan Levine – Newburyport, MA, USA
Hot Owl John Dyer – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Ivy Jeremy Podgursky (The Pennies) – Louisville, KY, USA
Last Thing Diana Anaid – Nimbin, NSW, Australia
Mexico Ben Kyle (Romantica) – Minneapolis, MN, USA
Milwaukee Laurie Geltman – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Montana Liz Carlisle – Cambridge, MA, USA
None Of Those Things Cat Jahnke – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Patience Greta Gertler (Greta Gertler & The Extroverts) – Brooklyn, NY, USA
Rag Tag Jeff Siegel – Shokan, NY, USA
The Jewel Light Aisha Kahlil (Myka & The Whole World Band) – Silver Spring, MD,
USA
Pop/Top 40
Dialling Tone Will Kevans (Junk TV) – London, England
Do You Feel The Cold? Peter Rudd (Tourist) – Auckland, New Zealand
Go Find Her Kat Parsons, Mike Busbee – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Goodbye Stewart JW Reynolds (Brittlestar) – Stratford, ON, Canada
Had To Let You Go Manuela Hofer – Brattvaag, Norway
High On You Marcus Winther-John – Vanløse , Denmark
I Choose You Holly Mathis, Bernie Barlow, John Nooney – Frazier Park, CA, USA
I’ve Got Your Number Cheyne Coates – South Yarra, VIC, Australia
Maybe Tomorrow Geoff Maddock (Goldenhorse) – Auckland, New Zealand
Ready To Kiss A Girl Cadence Grace, JC Smith – Toronto, ON, Canada
Smile Leslie Howe, Nicolas Johansen – Atlanta, GA, USA
The Stalking Song Dennis Fallon (Katsu)- State College, PA, USA
There’s Us Christopher Ward, Rob Wells – Toronto, ON, Canada
R&B/Hip-Hop
Addicted Ruben Dario, Sporty Loco – Newhall, CA, USA
All Around The World Jacob Washington, Joshua Washington, Rachael Washington
(The Souljahz), Chris Rodriguez – Captain Cook, HI, USA
Boombip Young Sin, Chin Injeti – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bulldozer Kurt Johnson – Orinda, CA, USA
C’est Pas De Notre Faute Ray Ray, Adil Takhssait – Montreal, QC, Canada
Fall Back Emmanuel Afilaka, Andrew Bayon, Marlon Peters (Choong Family) –
London, England
Get A Job Tiana Hux, Craig Honeycutt, Steve Van Dam – New Orleans, LA, USA
Got You Caught Langdon Auger – Victoria, BC, Canada
Houla La Hamid Ounnabi (Youbenn) – Paris, France
Life Time Rasheem Pugh, Vada Nobles – PISCataway, NJ, USA
Love It Man Quinton Hardin – Dallas , TX, USA
Real, True Love Gary D. Hines (Sounds Of Blackness) – Minneapolis, MN, USA
Speedbag Will Wright (R.A.W.child), Nick Apa – Gananoque, ON, Canada
What We’ve Lost Grover A. Zinn, Dena M. Chutuk (The Deadly Twins) – Marina Del
Rey, CA, USA
Rock
Already Here Lou Barlow, Dave Zwieback – New York, NY, USA
Eyes On You Simon Wilcox, Sam Taylor – Toronto, ON, Canada
First Time To New Orleans Stuart Wolferman (Imaginary Johnny) – Brooklyn, NY,
USA
Frozen Through Billy Harvey – Austin, TX, USA
Get It Back David Braid, Michael Mooney (The Hollow Bodies), Jonathan Burnside –
Newtown, NSW, Australia
Junk Christoffer Lundquist, David Birde, Jens Jansson – Vollsjö, Sweden
My Three Wishes Patrice Pike, Wayne Sutton, Darrell Phillips, Sean Phillips –
Austin, TX, USA
Quit You Now Thom Donovan (Lapush) – St. Louis, MO
Sorry Again Tomi Swick – Toronto, ON, Canada
Subway Sonata Mason Frenzel – Murfreesboro, TN, USA
The Buzz Is Over Bridget London, Winston Stone (The Mates) – Santa Barbara, CA,
USA
The Heart Of The Matador David Tomaloff (The Dammitheads) – Racine, WI, USA
The Sleep Inside Elizabeth Elkins (The Swear) – Atlanta, GA, USA
Thieves Of Memory Caleb Stull (Parlour Steps) – Vancouver, BC, Canada
Traffic Jaren Johnston, Court Clement (Bang Bang Bang) – Nashville, TN, USA
Turn Up The Faders Nathan Asher (Nathan Asher & The Infantry) – Raleigh, NC, USA
Teen
Air And Scissors Jamison K. Baker – Altadena, CA, USA
Bashed Up, Beaten, Battered, Broken Heart Kirsty Lee Akers – Stanford Merthyr,
NSW, Australia
Crazy Over You Ashleigh Marie – Whiteford, MD, USA
Help You Jordan Stacey (The Days) – Chicago, IL, USA
I Can Hardly Breathe Rachel MacGregor (The MacGregors) – Kelowna, BC, Canada
My Bliss Adrianne Lenker – Minneapolis, MN, USA
Prima’s First Dance Yuma Sung – Palo Alto, CA, USA
Rock Star Lauren Duplechan – Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Devil Came Back For You Katie Brianna Garfoot (Katie Brianna) – Elermore
Vale, NSW, Australia
Under Age Antonio Pontarelli – Temecula, CA, USA
Well Of Pain Alisha MacGregor (The MacGregors) – Kelowna, BC, Canada
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 Tranducers, 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.
[Photos: Suzzana Owiyo, 2 – Chiwoniso].
Author: World Music Central News Room
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