INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC) ANNOUNCES 2013 WINNERS

Information from Candace Avery at International Songwriter Competition. 

Yet again Australian Bands and Songwriters have shown their quality by winning several categories.

Here's the press release for the 2013 Winners:

I'm emailing to let PRO-COPY know that the prestigious US-based International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced its 2013 winners. We are very excited because out of nearly 20,000 entries from 120 countries, and 68 winners in total, Australia scored three First Place wins, six Second Place wins, four Third Place win, an amazing 32 Honorable Mentions!

It is extremely important to ISC that the accomplishments of these Australian songwriters be recognized, and we sincerely hope that you will help us to accomplish this goal by promoting this press release and helping to spread the word about their international achievements.

Thank you very much for your support of Australian Music!

All the best,

Candace Avery
Founder/Director

International Songwriting Competition
1307 Eastland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37206
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Contact: Candace Avery
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INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC) ANNOUNCES 2013 WINNERS

45 AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS HONORED IN U.S.-BASED COMPETITION

May 7, 2014 - The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), widely recognized as the world's most prestigious and respected songwriting competition, has today announced its 2013 winners. Almost 20,000 entries were submitted, and once again, Australians have garnered the most wins of any country second only to the USA. Australian songwriters have garnered three First Place wins, six Second Place wins, four Third Place wins, and 32 Honorable Mentions. For the second time in ISC history, Australians dominated the Rock category, shutting out all other nationalities. See below for a list of Australian winners.

Established in 2002, ISC awards more than $150,000 in cash and prizes to amateur and professional songwriters around the world. Past ISC winners include Gotye, Bastille, The Band Perry, Passenger, Kasey Chambers, Kate Miller-Heidke, Gin Wigmore, King Charles, Lindsey Stirling, Kimbra, Andrew Bird, The Living End, Eskimo Joe, and many more.
Winners were selected by a panel of judges which included, among others, Imagine Dragons, Martina McBride, Joshua Redman, Josh Turner, Keane, Garbage, Dido, Jon Secada, Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.), James Cotton, Boney James, Jason Isbell, and Anoushka Shankar. Judges also included the top echelon of music industry executives, including Monte Lipman (Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Republic Records), Dan McCarroll (President, Warner Bros. Records), Alison Donald (Co-President, Columbia Records UK) and many more.

"ISC provides a platform for songwriters to have their music heard in an international arena and encourages them to create and develop their artistry," states Candace Avery, Founder and Director. "It is vital for all artists to be recognized for their talents and awarded the due respect for their accomplishments. We are proud that so many Australian artists excel in ISC, and we have come to expect an unusually high level of songwriting from them."
This year's Grand Prize is awarded to jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger Shunzo Ohno for his song "Musashi." This is the first time in ISC's 13-year history that the Grand Prize has been awarded to either a songwriter in the Jazz category or an artist from Japan.

One of the leading jazz trumpet players in his native Japan by the age of 19, Shunzo Ohno moved to New York City in 1974 to perform with jazz legend Art Blakey & The Messengers. Since then, he has performed and toured with many of the world's greatest jazz artists, including Art Blakey, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, Larry Coryell, Machito & His Afro-Cuban Orchestra, and many more. With numerous recordings under his own name as a leader, he has also appeared on over 30 more as a sideman and has collaborated on two Grammy winning recordings. Surviving both a serious car accident in which his teeth and lips were permanently damaged and a later bout of throat cancer which forced him to relearn his playing, he is a testament to determination and courage, even inspiring a biography and documentary in Japan about his life.

For a more in-depth bio, please go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/pressreleases
ISC is sponsored by: Presonus, Lowden Guitars, Marshall Amplification, Solid State Logic, Berklee College Of Music, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Airplay Direct, D'Addario, DiscMakers, Thayers, SongU.com, Sonicbids, The Music Business Registry, Indie Venue Bible, Celebrity Access, Tunecore, Independent Mastering, George Stein, Esq., Songtrust, and Taxi.

ISC is now accepting entries for 2014. More information can be found at: http://www.songwritingcompetition.com.
For a complete list of 2013 ISC winners and to hear the winning songs, go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners
To download low-res photos of all winners, go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners
For high-res photos, please contact Candace Avery at [email protected]

Australian winners include:

First Place Winners:
"Billy's Dream" - Tony King / Beautifully Mad (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Lyrics Only
"Give Her The World" - Adam Eckersley, Jason Reeves, Danelle Joy Leverett (Mannering Park, NSW, Australia) - Country
"Is This How You Feel" - Isabella Manfredi, Jack Moffitt, Thomas Champion, Luke Davison / The Preatures (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Rock

Second Place Winners
"Everything You Wanted" - Sebastian Cohen, Yves Roberts, Montgomery Cooper / Clubfeet (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Music Video
"My Dark Crusade" - Sophie Hanlon (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Performance
"Please Go Lightly" -  Worldfly (Darwin, NT, Australia) - Adult Contemporary (AC)
"Pray My Dear Daughter" - Charles Jenkins / Charles Jenkins & The Zhivagos (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Folk/Singer-Songwriter
"Set Me On Fire" - Missy Higgins, Butterfly Boucher (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Adult Album    Alternative (AAA)
"Seven" - Benjamin Dowd, Sam Reale, Jordan Hicks / Apes (Bacchus Marsh, VIC, Australia) - Rock

Third Place Winners
"Aloft" - David Crowe / Resin Moon (Alice Springs, NT, Australia) - Adult Album Contemporary (AAA)
"Boy" - Bertie Blackman, Francois Tetaz (Northcote, VIC, Australia) - Music Video
"Ow Ow Ow" - Jamie Saxe / The Mighty bUZZniks (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Children's Music
"Werewolves" - Calling All Cars (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Rock

Honorable Mentions
"All In My Head" - Missy Higgins, Butterfly Boucher (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Folk/Singer-Songwriter
"Animal Pals" - Scott Langley (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Children's Music
"Awake" - David Crowe / Resin Moon (Alice Springs, NT, Australia)
"Beautiful Mistake" - Haiydn Zafer / Nez Erok (Perth, WA, Australia) - Dance/Electronica
"Bunyips" - Tony Barnard (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Jazz
"Ceaseless Goodbye" - Imogen Clark (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Teen
"Closed Door" - Shane Timmo  (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Lyrics Only
"Falling Apart" - Themba Thompson / The Khanz (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Music Video
"Falling Apart" - Themba Thompson / The Khanz (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Unsigned Only
"Flesh And Bone" - Casey Barnes, Rick Price (Gold Coast, QLD, Australia) - Country
"Gasoline" - Christian O'Brien, Phoebe Baker, Louisa James / Alpine (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Adult Album Alternative (AAA)

"Kiss You" - Ruby Montey (Gold Coast, QLD, Australia) - Teen
"Listen To Soul, Listen To Blues" - SAFIA (Canberra, ACT, Australia) - Dance/Electronica
"Lo-Fi" - Sophie Koh, Ben Lee, Brad Wood (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Adult Album Alternative (AAA)
"Lovin' In The Fall" - Bex Chilcott / Ruby Boots (Perth, WA, Australia) - Americana
"Loving Myself" - Hairy Soul Man (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Music Video
"Mercy Killer" - Bertie Blackman, Francois Tetaz (Northcote, VIC, Australia) - Adult Album Alternative (AAA)
"Mercy Killer" - Bertie Blackman, Francois Tetaz (Northcote, VIC, Australia) - Performance
"Monsters" - Scott Langley (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Children's Music
"My Dark Crusade" - Sophie Hanlon (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Unsigned Only
"My Lover And My Friend" - Gregg Arthur, Casper Tromp (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Jazz
"Neon Cola Signs" - Eric Robinson, Mike Willmett, James Laubscher, Daniel Murphy / My Fiction (Brisbane, QLD, Australia) - Rock
"Outta Here (Ballad Of Chris Green)" - Cyndi Boste (Hepburn, VIC, Australia) - Americana
"Over The Fence" - Andrea Storm Kaden (Gold Coast, QLD, Australia) - Teen
"Release The Sound" - Roma Waterman (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Gospel/Christian
"Step Inside" - Azaria Byrne, Kara Jayne, Jordan McDonald, Ronnie Simmonsa / The Art (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Unsigned Only
"The 12 Drinking Days Of Christmas" - Danny McMaster (Tallai, QLD, Australia) - Comedy
"The Night Has An Alibi" - Wons Phreely (Perth, WA, Australia) - Rock
"The One" - JD Baxter, K Hickin (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Gospel/Christian
"What We Want" - Gena Rose Bruce (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) - Americana
"What's A Girl To Do" -  Iseula Hingano, Nathan Brett / Blue Eyes Cry (Newport, VIC, Australia) - Blues
"You And I" - Damien Leith (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - Adult Contemporary (AC)

ISC is sponsored by: Presonus, Lowden Guitars, Marshall Amplification, Solid State Logic, Berklee College Of Music, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Airplay Direct, D'Addario, DiscMakers, Thayers, SongU.com, Sonicbids, The Music Business Registry, Indie Venue Bible, Celebrity Access, Tunecore, Independent Mastering, George Stein, Esq., Songtrust, and Taxi.

For a complete list of 2013 ISC winners and to hear the winning songs, go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners