April 2004 Results

April's winners and finalists include songwriters from Canada, Australia, Philippines, South Africa, France, Israel, Germany, The United States, and Sweden.

 

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Lyrics Only

Winner

Catherine Sabala - Whose Song (Mount Juliet, Tennessee)

Finalists

Helene Fortier - Tell Me (Quebec, Canada) Melvin Edwards - Our Love Faded (Catonsville, Maryland)  Ryan Hydro - Cruise To Nowhere (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) Silvian Van Der Merwe - Sing Any Song - (Melbourne, Australia) Geri Lopez - I'm Taking Off This Ring (Brandon, Florida)

Hip-Hop / R&B

Winner

Rodney Chriss - The HIV Song   (Yonkers, New York)

Finalists

Jared Johnson - On A September Morn (Decatur, Georgia) Eric Etter - Be All That You Are (Los Angeles, California) James Jackson/Nicole Foxx - Looks Like One Of Those Nights (Benton, Kentucky) Charles Johnson - Easy Street Remix (Brooklyn, New York)

Country

Winner

Tony Klimek - Don't Mess Around With This Bad Heart (Nocona, Texas)

Finalists

Calvin Harris - Lost Without You (Pasadena, California) Stuart Rosh - Knee Deep In Clover (Stanford, California) Paul Perry - I've Lost (Las Vegas, Nevada) Carol Hoffman - My Dreams (Cleveland, Ohio)

Electronic / Dance

Winner

Chele  - Here With Me (Houston, Texas)

Finalists

Barry Shear - How Do You Feel? (Johannesburg, South Africa) Pablo Solutin - My Darling Don't (Llioli City, Philippines) Sean Martyr - Dive (Ypsilanti, Michigan) Trevor Burroughs - Bring The Night (Capetown, South Africa)

Folk

Winner

Nora Heffernan - 40 Years (Denver, Colorado)

Finalists

Chris Alvino - Wouldn't Have Sang (Ridge, New York) Steve Allen - When (West Hills, California) Shane Sheppard - Down (Lindale, Texas) Heather Tetmyer - When We Were Young (Gibsonia, Pennsylvania)

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Jessica Brody - Your Song (Santa Monica, California)

Finalists

Todd Hefindal - This Is A Love Song (Los Angeles, California) William Stanley - Pull The Plug (Williamsburg, Massachusetts) Mark Sturdevant - Haven (Concord, California) Jerry Willard - Thick And Thin (Rutland, Vermont)

Rock

Winner

Chris Sernal - Yesterday (Park Ridge, Illinois)

Finalists

Frank Kielb (Lima Bean Riot) - Get Enough (Broomall, Pennsylvania) Hillis Seay III - Thomas (North Augusta, South Carolina) Jericko Rose - I'm So Confused  (North Waterboro, Maine) Chris Tucker - Homeward Bound (Marco Island, Florida)

Christian / Gospel

Winner

Gene Carrington - Who Do You Know In Heaven (Cisne, Illinois)

Finalists

Mitch Townley - Slave To One, Servant To All (Knoxville, Tennessee) Herb Rose - Guardian Angel (Westwood, New Jersey) Christian Mirailles - PAX (Montpellier, France) Ronnie Booth- Crying On The Inside (Aurora, Illinois)

Instrumental / Jazz / World

Winner

Aviel Segal - Colours (Elat, Israel)

Finalists

Bernhard Schuler - You're My Spring (Cologne, Germany) Will Landstrum - My Beautiful Atheist (Blakeslee, Pennsylvania) Calvin Harris - Millennium Blues (Pasadena, California) Kathryn Williams & Fran Minarik - I'm Partial (New York City, New York)

Pop

Winner

Alfonso Tellez Jr. - Yo Te Amo (Spanish Version) (Kenyon, Minnesota)

Finalists

Bob Owen - Addicted To You (Pasadena, California) Inko Pera - This Time (Svedala, Sweden) John Sherry - Lordy Me  (Monterey, California) Ronit Engel - The Passion Show (Israel)