Featured Artist

Jared Scharff

(Photo with Song of the Year award)

Jared was a previous "Yearly Winner" with his rock song "Stereo". When asked what inspired Jared to write
his award winning song, he recalls, "I saw a Boston band play in New York City one night. The one thing I
loved about the band was how relentless they were. It was full on, all the time. It inspired me to want to write
a song that had that same vibe and attitude."

With the Song of the Year cash award, Jared promptly used it to buy a new computer which he uses in his
home studio. In regards to his experience with the Song of the Year songwriting contest, Jared comments
"They have been incredibly kind to me and generous with awards. They go out of their way to make you feel
special and that your song matters."


 Past Winners & Events

William Roberts - $10,000	Elizabeth Kunert - $1,000	D. Youngblood - $500

 

The theme for the songwriting showcase conference was "Co-Writing & Collaboration". Attending the event were individuals from record labels, music publishers, music promoters, and radio executives."Notable Songwriting Honors" were presented on behalf of Song of the Year by individuals from Sony.   Song of the Year Music & Lyric Honors
Barbara Massey's Performance (Ontario, Canada)	Alex Nash presented by Fred Townsend (Chicago, Illinois)	Vicki Guidry-Rogers presented by Dan Fields (Tampa Bay, Florida)	Regina Martinez presented by Ed Sonnier (Farmington, New Mexico)

Song of the Year Summer Seminar Honors

Krista Dawn Foster and Misty Thompson (Baltimore, Maryland)	Lauren and Steve Oliver (Oakland, California)	Tara Sims, Patricia Richards, and Alyssa Sanders (New York, New York)

Song of the Year's past finalists success story

Sarah Miles



Sarah Miles from Atlanta Georgia has an impressive array of songwriting talent. Her writing
styles include everything from Country, Pop, Hip-Hop, and Electronic music. Sarah was a "Finalist" in
the Song of the Year songwriting competition in a past monthly round. After sending her material to the
Song of the Year resources, she received interest from a number of publishers. Sarah has since found management
and is in the process of writing for some of the biggest names in the music industry. She currently has a song
"on hold" for Tim Mcgraw and is working on some new material for artists with Geffen Records.

Song of the Year's past winner Keaton Simons

Past Featured Songwriter

Keaton Simons was a past "Yearly Winner" in the competition with the song "Nobody Knows". Keaton
was awarded $1,000 from Song of the Year as well as some other great prizes from our sponsors.  Keaton also
participated in the 2005 Sundance Film Festival as a part of BMI's annual showcase. John Greenberg, the manager o
Nickelback, immediately saw the talent in Keaton and took him on as a client earlier this year. During 2006 the buzz around
Keaton has been out of control with two late night talk show appearances, one on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
and another on Last Call with Carson Daly, where he was asked to play a tune with Ben Harper. He was also brought in to
work on the Gnarles Barkley project, singing back-up vocals for Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse during the Coachella Music
Festival in Southern California.

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