September 2005 Winners Announcement

September's Winners are listed below.

September's winners and finalists include songwriters from Australia, Luxembourg, Cypress, The Virgin Islands, Spain, The United States,  Canada, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.  If you were not selected in the top 5 of your category you can still enter the songwriting contest in another month.  This month's winners/finalists include four returning winners and finalists from previous months. A special congratulations to Joe Merrick who placed as a winner in both the Country and Folk category in September's round. There will be a different set of judges involved each month. This is to ensure that the song selections are not limited to the same judge's opinions throughout the year. 

The September songwriting  judges have sent Song of the Year their picks and the results are listed below. Vocal ability and production quality was NOT taken into consideration. A full instrumental production is not needed. For example, Micheal Brandmeier's pop winning song is a simple acoustic recording with vocals and guitar. The winners are picked by songwriting alone. 

The 1st place September songwriting winners in each category will now compete against the other 1st place songwriting monthly winners from 2005 in their respective category. One song from each category will then move on to compete against the other yearly winners from the other categories for the Grand Prizes. The top 5 winners/finalists from each category in September's round will have their material submitted to labels, publishers, and more! 

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Pop

Winner

Michael Brandmeier  - Returning Home (Madison, Wisconsin)

Finalists

Mareina/Shepard - The One (Hoboken, New Jersey)
Chris Graham - Why (Memphis, Tennessee)
Derek Anderson - Selective Memory (Phoenix, Arizona)
Kala Jean - Figured Out (Fairbanks, Alaska)

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Country

Winner

Joe Merrick - Good For Me (Hanson, Massachusetts)

Finalists

Teddy Pyle - What they're fighting for  (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee)
Janine Rivers - Don't cry without me (St. John, Virgin Islands)
Helene Everbusch - Your beautiful eyes (Duluth, Georgia)
Caroline Kovas - Suddenly (Nashville, Tennessee)

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Lyrics

Winner

Terry Fraley & Bob Pope  - If I let myself go (Portsmouth, Virginia)

Finalists

Fred Harris - Forgettin' bout you by myself (Neosho, Missouri)
Jenny Jones - Ending before the pain (Palo Alto, California)
George Strauss - He is my brother (Everett, Washington)
Chris Argento - Untouched (Northport, New York)

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Folk

Winner

Joe Merrick - Just in case (Hanson, Massachusetts)

Finalists

Karen Cobb - Never give up on love (Orange, California)
Leanne Bugat - Smile (Melbourne, Australia)
Stephen & Lori Fields - Will you marry me (Vancouver, Canada)
Frank Harford - Family and friends (Canoga Park, California)

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Hip-Hop/R&B

Winner

Jason Holley - Warzone (Bowie, Maryland)

Finalists

Theresa Swain- Talkin' about peace (Wahiawa, Hawaii)
Ragni Funner - Now that you're gone (Vestfold, Norway)
Jeanette Contant-Galitello - Here Forever (Sutton, United Kingdom)
Iceberg - The Art of Hip Hop (Hartford, Connecticut)

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Instrumental/Jazz/World

Winner

Frank Pietrantoni - Sunrise in the city (Omaha, Nebraska)

Finalists

David Chong - Early on Christmas day (Honolulu, Hawaii)
James Kendellen & Byron Randy Sommerfield - In case of desire (Henderson, Nevada)
Jeffrey Obser - The song is not long (San Francisco, California)
Yvonne Rowser - Ask (Uniondale, New York)

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Christian/Gospel

Winner

Gabrielle Walker - Heaven's Gate (Bulringame, California)

Finalists

Rosyln Giannoni - Watching over me (Allen, Texas)
Tricia Greenwood - In Heaven 9.11 (Saratoga, California)
Clark Buelow - Love (Galloway, Ohio)
John Hartman - Happy Song (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

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Rock

Winner

Velvet Cross - Broken (Sydney, Australia)

Finalists

Paul Manning - Wake up Maria  (Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina)
Shawn Gay - I know (Manteno, Illinois)
Jimi Anderson - Higher and Higher (York, England)
Steven De Hay - I won't let you down (Riverside, California)

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Electronic/Dance

Winner

Melissa Paser - Dying Leaves (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania)

Finalists

Erki  Põlme - Air is fat of secrets (Luxembourg)
Andreas Kaltis - Surrender (Limassol, Cypress) 
Stefan Eschmann - Hott (Luzern, Switzerland)
Din-OZ - Silver Dreams (Limassol, Cypress) 

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Adult Contemporary

Winner

Anne Bridge - In your arms (Kapunda, Australia)

Finalists

Gary Farrell - This Time (San Pedro, Spain)
Dic Ausman - Closed Eyes (Edina, Minnesota)
Rana Mansour - Leaving Home (Falls Church, Virginia)
Gerry Newman - I've been looking (Naperville, Illinois)

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