December's Songwriting Contest Results
The December 2009 songwriting winners have been announced. The top songwriters were from The United States,
Australia, Mexico, Sweden, India, The United Kindgom, Norway, Germany, and Italy. 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.
Over forty percent of the songs that placed as Winners or Finalists did so with simple
'vocal/piano' or 'vocal/acoustic guitar' recordings.
A special congratulations to Carol Frasier who placed as a 'Finalist' in both the 'Country' and 'Folk' categories.
* Songs in MP3 Format |
Folk |
Winner |
Nicholas Keays - So Long |
Finalists Kenji Kitahara - Ary Sarah Jones - Peace For You Carol Frasier - Easy With Love Marian Williams - Trees A Mist |
Rock |
Winner |
Crystal Kovach - Halo |
Finalists Mark Gilmartin - Fade It Out Again Esza Kaye - House of Pain Timothy A. Thompson - Wide World Dan Moore - Safe With Me |
Country |
Winner |
Sheila Marshall - Even If Its Gonna Hurt |
|
Christian/Gospel |
Winner |
Albert Keever - Strength For Today |
|
Hip-Hop/R&B |
Winner |
Awall - I Love Rap |
|
Adult Contemporary |
Winner |
Chloe Temtchine - Four-Letter Fever |
|
Dance/Electronic |
Winner |
Vincenzo Ardilio - I Get On A Train |
|
Lyric Only |
Winner |
Aly Macdonald - You'll Find Me |
|
Pop |
Winner |
HR King, Amy Pearson, Anthony Egizii, & David Musumeci - Magnetic |
|
Instrumental/Jazz/World |
Winner |
John Schaffer - Dreaming Time |
Finalists Lior Magal feat. Eric Knight - Selfless Andrea Jeremiah - Take Your Time Kevin McWha Steele - Love in June Sandro G. Masoni - Una Festa Per Conto Nostro |