March Songwriting Contest Results

The March songwriting winners have been announced. The top songwriters are from The United States, Denmark, Australia, Guam, and Germany. 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 "Instrumental Category" winner placed with a guitar recording without any additional accompaniment. The "Folk Category" winner placed with a simple acoustic guitar/vocal recording while the "Christian/Gospel" winner placed with a simple vocal/piano recording. A special congratulations to James Bennett. James won this month's "Adult Contemporary" category while winning last month's "Country Category".

 

* Songs in MP3 Format

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Deanna Loveland - Let Go

Finalists Karen Fisher - Not My Will Eric Gommesen - O Sing To The Lord Ed Saunders - Fire Of My God In My Eyes Tony Burdette - He's Always There

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

John Visconti - Wanderings

Finalists Krzysztof Moskal - Safari #1 Noreen Inglesi - Metamorphosis Jill Gittleman - Batty Song Elizabeth Arnoult - Do Right By Me

Rock

Winner

Jared Scharff - Stereo

Finalists Jesse Dold - An Explanation For My Behavior Paul Waters - Sunflower Song Robin Rues - Roller Girl John Cozolino - You Take Me Higher

Country

Winner

Mark Hackett - Bring Him Back To Me

Finalists Janet Palmer - Shadow On My Sun Chuck Andalora - Then You'll Know Salvatore Belloise - Darlene Sebastian Fasano III - You're My Girl

Lyric Only

Winner

Julia Yampolsky - You Are My Master

Finalists Lloyd Jones - Always Stay With Me Steve Morgenthaler - Complete Mark Wilson - Pin Me Down Wayne Westervelt - It's All About You Dominic Dema - Memories

Adult Contemporary

Winner

James Bennett - Souls Collide

Finalists Sally Edmondson - Lost Horizons Gary Matthews - Before The Night Is Over Anthony Buscemi - What You Do To Me Jacob Juul - Find Our Light

Electronic/Dance

Winner Peter Higgins - Speaking To Me

Finalists Kelly Lynn - Take The Chance Michael Clevenger - My Lovely Erin Schmidt - Lets Talk Tonya Barber - I Found You

Pop

Winner

John Memagh - No Mans Land

Finalists Greg Jorden - Take Me Away Paul Bickford - Alive And Warm Roque Garrido - Understanding Robert Baitinger - A Girl I Wish I'd Never Met

Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Damato Famm - Miss You More

Finalists John Campfield - Marry Me Elli Harrison - Go Joseph Jackson - Sounds Like Love Regina Odom - One Reason

Folk

Winner

Susan Souza - Feels Like Home

Finalists Doren Damico - I'm Just A Girl Who Wishes Colm Oreilly - Another Time Cadet Mwankana - The Way Back To You Roger Nelson - Laughing