February Songwriting Contest Results

The February 2008 songwriting winners have been announced. The top songwriters are from Ireland, The United States, Germany, The United Kingdom, Israel, Italy, Denmark, and Botswana. The top songs were judged on songwriting alone. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. A full instrumental production was also not required. For example, the "Folk Category" winner placed with a simple acoustic guitar/vocal recording. A special congratulations to Michael Wittig who received a Finalist placement in the "Adult Contemporary" category while also winning the "Pop Category" within February's round.

 

* Songs in MP3 Format

Adult Contemporary

Winner

Joy Lippard - Too Much To Ask For

Finalists Gail Vareilles - Blast Michael Wittig - Crazy Meredith Blis - Let It Rain Espie Estrella - Living The Dream

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Joshua Mascarenas - Money Making Machine

Finalists Willie Lowe - One Man One Woman Mark Blum - I Know It Hurts Susanna Klayman - Tell Me EL Curry Ft Jason Knight - Country Boy

Pop

Winner

Michael Wittig - Come Around

Finalists Charles Dorsey Jr. - I Believe John Newell - Out Of My Mind David Chong - Turn Back The Clock Itzik Admon - Same Old Song

Rock

Winner

More Than Me - Unconditional Truth

Finalists Raymond Roldan - Still Got Somethin' To Say Maxwell Rudd - Psychedelic Lizard Christian Ehlers - We'll Find A Way Fritz Lehman - Save The Number

Lyric Only

Winner

Jeffrey Griffith - Tears and Rain

Finalists Dyman Yahaya - Craving For A Heart Kathleen Hagen - Secret World Heather Stewart - I Never Should Have Left You Jessica Weinberg - You Can Tell Me

Electronic/Dance

Winner

Gerald Kohlbeck & Gregory Lynch - You Gave Me Sunshine

Finalists Mikael Erola - Feel With Me This Light Gregory Dunnigan - Synthia Giselle Minns - Him Brandy Gifford - Unleash

Country

Winner James Bennett - Love Like You've Never Been Hurt Before

Finalists Meaghan McElderry - The Way We Used To Be Valerie Stephens - Say The Word Rosemarie Clark - One More Dime Jessica O'Brien - I Wish

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Leanid Kruk - The Steadfast Tin Soldier

Finalists Tal Babitzky - On The Move Andre Cousar - Opus DeLa Dre Kevin Lynch - Make Up Sex Robert Dietrich - The Music Box

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Jana Gedde - Sing Your Heart Song

Finalists Regina Koepf - Echo Of One Michael Kropman - So Likewise Edward Pollick - River Karen Salstrom - Hear Your People Sing

Folk

Winner

Steve Jantzen - The Other Side

Finalists Ron Lindsay - Familiar Faces Richelle Putnam - Grierson's Raid Sarah Savage - In Its Arms Crystal Vanover - Rolling In The Dark