song writing contest

November's Songwriting Contest Results

The November 2009 songwriting winners have been announced. The top songwriters were from The United States,
The Russian Federation, Italy, Canada, The United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Norway. The judging was
based on 'songwriting' alone. Vocal ability was not taken into consideration. A full instrumental production of the material
was also 'not' taken into consideration. Almost sixty percent of
the songs that placed as Winners or Finalists did so with simple
'vocal/piano' or 'vocal/acoustic guitar' recordings.

* Songs in MP3 Format

Pop

Winner

Lincoln Sharpe - Feeling Alright


Finalists

Merritt Graves - Save The World
Brent Buffan - B4 We Disappear
Max Gardini - Watch Over Me
Alexander Karras - The Letter

Country

Winner

Ron Kauffman - Heart With A Broken Girl


Finalists


Bjorn Vang - I Feel The Fire With You
Lori Howard - Twenty-One
David Chong - When Donkeys Fly
Inglath Cooper - Don'tcha Do That!

Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Andrey Mishchenko - Sometime


Finalists


Marco Pesci - Heroes
Sam Mukhtar - The Hurt and Anger
Greg Englert - At Sunset
Mary Mosley - Dire

Christian/Gospel

Winner

Debra Arlyn - Hush


Finalists

Sebastian Hirsch - Angels Of The Street
Kyle Townsley - His Grace
Virginia Scott - Find Love In Your Prayer
Tony Shruggs - The Savior My Lord


Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Dan Kushnir - This Is My Life


Finalists

Sir Juette - Fresh Out Of The Box
Sydaiya Gadson-Williams - Clock Slow
George Stephenson - Another Day
Tyra T - Fo Yo Monies

Folk

Winner

Laura Roppe - Butterfly Girl


Finalists


Renee N Jay - No Control
Brenda Hart - Every Night
Stella Frommer - I Think You Know Me
Patty Kilmead - Let's Fly Again


Lyrics Only

Winner

Paula T Safir - More


Finalists


Willie Flowers - I Think I Can
Jack Hudson - Beautiful Woman
Trevor Dahlen - Redemption
Charles Bridwell - Christmas Memories


Adult Contemporary

Winner

Michael Brandmeier & Bobby Caputo - If You're Leaving Say Goodbye


Finalists

Michael Junchaya - I Do
Matthew Eizenga - The Moon Room
Carly Williams - Sudden Changes
Ann Carver - Forgiveness Is Gone

 

Rock

Winner

Slant - All I'm Good For


Finalists

Sy Rhys Kaye - God Shaped Hole
Jeffrey Michael Morris - Ghost Town
Matt Rhoden - Half Light, Half Sound
Tamer Auf - Paralyzed


Electronic/Dance

Winner

Barbara Bechler - Come On Out And Dance


Finalists

Natalia Bortolotti - Beauty In Breaking Down
Tensta - Arrow
DJ Dig - Halo Halo
The Nevers - Lights Are Bright