January 2004 Results

January's winners and finalists include songwriters from Canada, Iran, Belgium, Australia, the United Kingdom, and The United States.

 

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Electronic / Dance

Winner

Jenna Drey & Kevin Churko - Say Goodbye To Loneliness (Hollywood, Florida)

Finalists

Ali Asadi - Asadi-xg  (Tehran, Iran) Victoria Mendes - You Are The One (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Seismic Anamoly Project - Subliminal (Meridian, Mississippi)  Knollwit - How The Song Should Have Gone (Bonita, California)

Instrumental / Jazz / World

Winner

Gilbert Isbin (Gilbert Isbin Group) - Picking A Flower (Brugge, Belgium)

Finalists

Marvin Ford - Journey (Rockville, Maryland) Thomas Sharpe - Like Setting Myself On Fire (Oswego, Illinois) Sarah Brindell - Lovely (Somerville, Massachusetts) Jim Reeder - Valhalla (Beverly Hills, California)

Country

Winner

Danny Hooper - Dreamland (Peterborough, Australia)

Finalists

Ron Bradley - Beer Goggles (Burlington, Kentucky) Richard West - I'll Keep Loving You (California) David Firman - I'm On My Way (Visalia, California) Billy Copeland - Everyone Is Like A Candle (Mountain View, Arizona)

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Kelley Hagood - Forgotten Memories (Ashburn, Virginia)

Finalists

Owen Thomas & Lily-May Young - Stay With Me (London, England, United Kingdom) Rob Fernandez - Fold (Perth, Washington) Michelle Anthony - Today (Los Angeles, California) Lisa DeRenard - Enter Connectedness (Benton, Kentucky)

Folk

Winner

Kym Tuvim - On The Mend (Seattle, Washington)

Finalists

Spanx Urquhart - I Pray (Pembroke Pines, Florida) Katharine Starr Johnson - She (London, England, United Kingdom) Jim Stone - Sally Green (San Rafael, California) Melissa Cox - Elijah, Elijah (Newark, Delaware) Arwen Hunt - Majored In Heartache (Hampshire, England, United Kingdom)

Hip-Hop / R&B

Winner

Tyler Ramos - U Don't Know (Nashville, Tennessee)

Finalists

Da-v - Criticize - (East Wenatchee, Washington) Darren Polite, James Day, & Dow Brain - Parole (Atlanta, Georgia) James Day & Darren Polite - Wutz Been Goin' On & How'd You Pull It Off - (Boston, Massachusetts) Yvette Pylant - Emotional - (Fremont, California)

Pop

Winner

Jen Scaturro - Homesick Alien (New York City, New York)

Finalists

Jenna Drey - Just Like That (Hollywood, Florida) James Weber - Don't Sleep (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Mark Pires - I'm Gone (New Canaan, Connecticut)  Keith Hanson - I'll Wait For You (Vallejo, California)

Lyrics

Winner

Robert Kreashko - White Crystal Ash (Oakmont, Pennsylvania)

Finalists

Jasmin Biggs - Tick Tock (Maplewood, New Jersey) Christina Meyer - Bless Me Lord (Greenfield, Wisconsin)  Linda Buckland - A Melody (Windsor, New York) Angela McKee - Secrets (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)

Christian / Gospel

Winner

James Day & Darren Polite - Divine (Boston, Massachusetts)

Finalists

Shannon Cutts - Mercy (Houston, Texas) Sally Cooper - Dreaming Out Loud (Queensland, Australia) Eulalia King - Freedom, Freedom, Freedom (Houston, Texas) Gene Carrington - Who Do You Know In Heaven (Cisne, Illinois)

Rock

Winner

Matthew Bair (Bandcamp) - Celebrity (Seaford, New York)

Finalists

Steve Schad - Center Of Attention (Kansas City, Kansas) Ian Bouras (AñaVañA) - Colors Fading (New York City, New York) Jay Condiotti - Insecurity (Los Angeles, California) C Minus Society - For You (New Cumberland, Pennsylvania) Michael Maeso - Missing Peace (Foster City, California)