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November 2005 Winners Announcement

November's Winners are listed below.

November's winners and finalists include songwriters from The United States, Russia, Israel, Netherlands Antilles, France, The United Kingdom, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Trinidad & Tobago.  

November's winners/finalists include four returning winners and finalists from previous months. There will be a different set of judges involved each month. This is to ensure that the song selections are not limited to the same judge's opinions throughout the year. 

The November songwriting  judges have sent Song of the Year their picks and the results are listed below. Vocal ability and production quality was NOT taken into consideration. A full instrumental production is not needed. For example, Peter Carnell's winning song in the "Instrumental Category" is a basic piano recording.  Additionally, some of the Pop, Country, and Rock "Finalists" placed using a simple vocal and acoustic guitar recording. An "Adult Contemporary Finalist" place with just a piano and vocal recording. The songs are judged by songwriting alone.

The 1st place November songwriting winners in each category will now compete against the other 1st place songwriting monthly winners from 2005 in their respective category. One song from each category will then move on to compete against the other yearly winners from the other categories for the Grand Prizes. The top 5 winners/finalists from each category in November's round will have their material submitted to labels, publishers, and more! 

 

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Lyrics

Winner

Holly Steele - Beautiful Wonder (Lakeside, California)

Finalists

Joseph McKay - Why Me (Denver, Colorado)
H. Gouverneur - Somalia (Curacao, Netherlands Antilles)
Gail Standley - Answered Prayers (Firth, Nebraska)
Cynthia Wallach - Too Much Stuff (Western Springs, Illinois)

Click Here for a list of Runner Ups, Honorable Mentions, and Suggested Artists.

 

Instrumental/World/Jazz

Winner

Peter Carnell - Memory of a Dream (Crosskeys, United Kingdom) * Piano Only

Finalists

Maria Grönlund - The Ladder (Stockholm, Sweden)
Swanyce - For You (Sherman Oaks, California)
Jackie Nobles - Digital Storm (Greenwood, Mississippi)
John Visconti - Heaven and Earth (Merrick, New York)

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Adult Contemporary

Winner

Conrad Heinz - Burn (Columbia, Maryland)

Finalists

Stacey Larkins - Mundane (Plainsboro, New Jersey) 
Roberta Boyle - You Believed (Clinton Corners, New York)
Johan Lotand - Dance Again (Bastad, Sweden)
Adam Marino - Still Remember You (Baltimore, Maryland)

Click Here for a list of Runner Ups, Honorable Mentions, and Suggested Artists.

 

Rock

Winner

Andrew Kurtz - Stairways (Boise, Idaho)

Finalists

Patrick Cole - Innocent (Mansfield, Pennsylvania)
John Noel - Around the Christmas Tree (Sayre, Pennsylvania)
Ted Rosedale - I Hate You (Melville, New York)
* Acoustic Version
Nathan Norman - Never Be Ashamed (Carlsbad, California)

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Country

Winner

Matt Poss - Her mama don't love me (Effingham, Illinois)

Finalists

John Everson - Somebody's Gotta Pray (Westlake, Ohio)
Dennis O'Donnell - Upstairs (Taylor, Texas)
Dave Guillemot - Fast track to nowhere (Blenheim, New Zealand)
* Acoustic Version
Steven Sutcliffe - Cutie-Patootie (Liverpool, New York)

Click Here for a list of Runner Ups, Honorable Mentions, and Suggested Artists.

 

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Katie Miner - Blessed (Franklin, Tennessee)

Finalists

Eman Brennan - Christmas Day (Offaly, Ireland)
Ray Speight & Ciara Alexis - Have It All (Stillwater, Oklahoma)
Vladimir Tikhonenkov - A Christmas Party (Moscow, Russia)
Becky Schmidt - I Love My Life in You Lord (Gulf Breeze, Florida)

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POP

Winner

Jenna Drey - Impossibility (Hollywood, Florida) 

Finalists

Black Rose - Christmas All Alone (San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago)
Ynez Reyes - Reaching Through (Kahului, Hawaii)
Russell Monk - Sweet Contraband (Toronto, Canada)
   Jerad Finck - Took (Spokane, Washington)
* Acoustic Version

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FOLK

Winner

Leanne Bugat - Without Condition (Melbourne, Australia)

Finalists

Wade Farlowe - The Countdown (Louisville, Kentucky)
Larry Zarella - Heart Wins Again (Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts)
Terry Winchell - Desperately (Kansas City, Kansas)
Linda Finkle - Georgie Porgie (Niskayuna, New York)

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Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Meriere Izobo - Eternal (Chula Vista, California)

Finalists

Diane Jessurun - Can't let you go (Laguna Niguel, California)
Shelton Drumgold - Think Back (Poughkeepsie, New  York)
Marie Bivefors - My Soul (Degerfors, Sweden)
Kiara Di Trana - Want you to know (Epsom, United Kingdom)

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Electronic/Dance

Winner

My Studio - Waking Up (Paris, France)

Finalists

Jenna Drey - One Step Further (Hollywood, Florida)
Rebecca - Your love is like a knife (Tele Aviv, Israel)
Graham Booth - The Perfect Time (Gautier, Mississippi)
Roxanne Chornoboy - Before (Steinbach, Canada)

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