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Grand Prize Winners of Session I and Session II will compete head-to-head in an online voting battle to become the Lennon Award Winner in their respective category. 12 Grand Prize Winners (one in each category) and 36 Finalists (three in each category). The 12 Lennon Award Winners will compete for the Song of the Year and $20,000.

Songwriting Contest proud supporter of VH-1 Save the Music. $150,000 for upcoming songwriters. How It Works The songwriting entries are reviewed and judged by the songwriting merits alone. Production quality is not taken into consideration. We are looking for great songwriters, not great producers. A simple home or live recording of a song has the same chance of winning the songwriting contest...

Sign up to gain access to exclusive aticles, members-only contests, archived interviews, and more. Already a member? Sign in here. Steve Forbert, like so many songwriters before and since who showed immense talent at a young age, was called a…. I never really had any interest in playing music, but then, when I was 15, I heard the 1962 album…. Berklee graduate who’s worked with artists including...

This New Years, make a resolution. Get produced. Make a music video with us in NYC. Enter your song or lyrics to The NYC Songwriting Contest now! On Jan 17th, 2017 we will be embarking on a unique media project to showcase the winners of The NYC Songwriting Contest. Some of you may of heard of a place called “The Hit Factory” in New York City which is where countless hits were created in the...

Canadian Songwriting Competition is a national songwriting contest open to songwriters who reside in, or are citizens of, Canada. Important Dates: October 1, 2017 – Open for entries! Early bird pricing in effect! October 31, 2017 – End of early bird pricing. January 31, 2018 – Competition closes For updates and exclusive promotions, subscribe to our emailing list below! Here at CSC, it’s our...

NSAI includes songwriters from all genres of music, professional and amateur, who are committed to protecting the rights and future of songwriting. Tayla Lynn will honor her grandmother, Loretta Lynn, as she receives the Kris Kristofferson Lifetime Achievement award at the Nashville Songwriter Awards on September 17, 2019. ... (more). Congratulations to the writers who had their song selected...

The music industry is changing and now is the time for new artists to emerge and be discovered. Music today is shifting away from studio-packed divas and back to individual songwriters whose diverse talents are being heard like never before. Even so, aspiring songwriters still face immense obstacles in trying to rise above the noise. The Hollywood Songwriting Contest is an opportunity for real...

Atlantic Records); Nick Haussling (Senior Director A&R, Concord Music); Kim Stephens (President, Forward Entertainment); Zoe Young (VP of A&R, Epic Records); Doug Johnson (VP of A&R, Black River Entertainment); and more to be announced. The Grand Prize Winner will be awarded $20,000 (US) in cash (plus additional prizes) and one-on-one mentoring by an elite group of record company executives....

Songwriting contests and lyric writing competitions for independent artists along with tips for indie promotion and opportunities to listen to and rate performances by other musicians. We Are Listening is the leading provider of international music contests for performing artists and singer songwriters. 2005-2010 We Are Listening Ltd. All rights reserved.

Songwriting Competition: Future Music have launched a brand new competition just for songwriters in the UK. The songwriting competition is set to find the best songwriters in the UK. The songwriting competition will be open to all, with regional and national winners plus additional categories for songwriters under the age of 15 and 18. There will also be additional songwriting awards for...

Sing your own rendition of "Liars, Cheaters and Deceivers" and upload it back to the site. The top 10 voted renditions will then be reviewed by the VocalMatch Judeges and the best one will be chosen. If the chosen rendition is better than the original song, you will be the VocalMatch Winner of $3,000! You can use free software like Audacity or iTalk to do this. If you would like to change the...

Grayson Drum – Belmont, NC Angela Easterling – Greer, SC Lisa Houseman – Brookline, Massachusetts Josh Hudson – Casar, NC Connie Jarzyna – Shelby, NC Daniel Jeffers – Dallas, NC Heather Kenney – Holly Springs, NC Laura Rabell – Nashville, Tenn R. Scott Russell – Forest City, NC Steve Simpson – Fort Mill, SC Bob Sinclair – Hickory, NC Joshua West – High Point, NC. We had so many great writers...

Providing songwriting workshops, song screenings and lyric reviews with grammy award winning songwriters and music industry leaders. Here you will find a community of artists dedicated to building their musical career. At WCS, members establish important relationships, both professionally and personally, that enhance and accelerate their development. Music ceases to be a solitary pursuit and...

Official website of the international music and songwriting event for the 54 Commonwealth Nations. Now in production. Botswana, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia. Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St...

The greatest song contest on earth is coming to the Asian-Pacific region! Here we keep you updated ahead of the first ever Eurovision Asia Song Contest! We want you to tell us about your favourite Asian music, your favourite singers, songwriters, and who you would love to see perform on the stage of Eurovision Asia. It will only succeed with the support of Asian pop lovers like you. Who should...

This weekly song critique event has been moved to Monday evenings and kicks off each Monday at 7:00 PM at the historic Threadgill’s Old No. 1 (north location) and is alternately facilitated by ASG President, Rick Busby, and/or Executive Director, Lee Duffy. Bring your songs to share, or just join in the conversation. It’s FREE, so come on out and see what all the talk is about!…. The winners of...

Welcome song writers, song lovers, song singers and other casual misfits of the creative rodeo that is modern music. SAW hopes to be your best resource for tools, tips, ideas and relationships. If you seek opporTUNEities to share your gift, come and join us as we make the solitary suffering that is songwriting an enriching community-based experience (or at least try real hard). Roam our pages...