March 2004 Results

March's winners and finalists include songwriters from Russia, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, The Czech Republic, Australia, The United States, Turkey, and Japan.

 

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Adult Contemporary

Winner

Spanx Urquhart (Kniption Fit) - I Pray  (Pembroke Pines, Florida)

Finalists

Neshama Carlebach - Soul Mate (New York City, New York) Ann Marie Cornwall & Steve Murdock - Paper Bird (Ogden, Utah) Sergey Nasibullin - From Dream To Dream (Rostov, Russia) Jason Niosi - Mister Brown's (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Country

Winner

Matt Bernier & Joe Carrier- Miles Away From Her Heart (Dartmouth, Massachusetts)

Finalists

John Handscombe - Smokey Old Night Club (Brussels, Belgium) Edmond Ramsey - You Can Depend On Me (Sacramento, California) Tom Hoffman - Borrowed Time (St. Louis, Missouri) Gus Forsman - Face In The Mirror (Storuman, Sweden)

Christian / Gospel

Winner

Shyla Nibbe - Change the World (San Diego, California)

Finalists

Michele McGovern - Just To Love You (C. Moriches, New York) Thomas Baker - The Mighty Hand Of God (Springfield, Virginia) Tac Tavo - Light (New York City, New York) Jeffrey Bohannon - I'll Never Know  (Nashville, Tennessee)

Hip-Hop / R&B

Winner

Erik Borner - But When I See You (Bad Homburg, Germany)

Finalists

Jacques Trottie - Back To Day One (Jax., Florida) Aziz Collins - Best Of Me (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Terri Stott - Yearning And Hoping (King George, Virginia) David Bowen - Upside Down (Hoonah, Alaska)

Instrumental / Jazz / World

Winner

Marvin Ford - Atmosphere (Rockville, Maryland)

Finalists

Jeff Tencer - To The Moon And Beyond (Unionville, Connecticut)  Rose Marie Loftus - A Dream (Orlando, Florida) Andre Cousar - Symphony DeLaDre (Los Angles, California) Dan Cunningham - Deep Forest Journey (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Pop

Winner

Kristy Kay - Perfect World (Nashville, Tennessee)

Finalists

Warren Palmer - Her New Boyfriend (Ickenham, England) Patrick Mesterharm - Hollywood Brat (Fallbrook, California) Bob Rericha - Blue Sky (Praha, Czech Republic) Guenther Wolek- Possessed - (Freilassing, Germany)

Lyrics

Winner

Chola Mahes - Life Or Death  (Greenford, Great Britian)

Finalists

Will Thomas - Dawn's Early Light (Windham, Ohio)  Maria Rossi - I Tried (Glendale, Arizona) Sandra Saman - No Such Thing As Pride (Sparks, Maryland) Eric Sellers - Hot (Owings Mill, Maryland)

Rock

Winner

Matthias Weber - Sorry (Calabasas, California)

Finalists

Trevor Vaughan Williams (Q Public) - Stop (St Michael, Minnesota) Donald Chittick - Open (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) Michael Jorgensen - Always Something (Tucson, Arizona) Ben McMartin - Rockstar (Clawson, Michigan)

Folk

Winner

Linda Dickson - All Mine (Ashville, North Carolina)

Finalists

Michael Narksusook - Goodbye (Los Angeles, California) Bo Lozoff - Magic Man (Mebane, North Carolina)  Carolyn Bradley - The Comet (Fair Acres, New Mexico) Eric Fons - Prozac Girls (Annapolis, Maryland)

Electronic / Dance

Winner

Robert Langnas - Level 13  (Severn, Maryland)

Finalists

Andrew Goodwin - Little Miss 'M' (Cheshire, Great Britain) Paul Murphy - Hard Not To Care (Vermont, Austrialia) Hans Burie - Limitation  (Istanbul, Turkey) Kim Jong - Star Fire (Trance Mix) (Tokyo, Japan)