Int'l Songwriting Awards: 37 Canadians in the running
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The International Songwriting Competition is one of the premier songwriting contests, with over 15,00 songs submitted each year and with a judging panel that includes people like Tom Waits Jeff Beck, Loretta Lynn, DJ Tiesto, Kings of Leon, etc. etc.
Thirty seven Canadian tunes have made it through the screening panel and are on to the finals.
In addition to the prizes awarded byt the 'real' judges, there is also a 'Peoples' Choice award you can vote on by going to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/winners.htm
You are allowed to vote only once a day.
Voting will close at 11:59 P.M. EST on March 31, 2010.
All of the award winners will be announced in April.
Canadian Qualifiers
Instrumental
A Song For Daniel
Samantha Robichaud - Riverview, NB
Dare Devil
Bernard Falaise, Pascal Globensky, Remi Leclerc, Nicolas Masino - Montreal
John And Edna
Brian Kobayakawa - Toronto
Yalla Yalla!
Chris McKhool, Kevin Laliberte - Toronto
Folk/Singer-Songwriter
All The Letters
Helen Austin - Comox Valley
The Teapot Song
Archie Gillis - Halifax
Children's
Big Troubles For Little Red
Andrew Queen - Campbellford, ON
Eggs
Dinah Desrochers, Christina Jones, Gordon Howard, Tammy Hudgeon - Gabriola Island, BC
Americana
Bittersweet Grand Canyon
Kirsten Jones - Toronto
Mercy Or Sin
Gordie Tentrees, Jennie Sosnowski - Whitehorse, YK
Video
Close Your Eyes
Justin Hewitt, Directed by Jeremy Lutter - Victoria
Detroit '67
Sam Roberts, Directed by Dave Pawsey - Montreal
Them Kids
Sam Roberts, Directed by Dave Pawsey - Montreal
Blues
Crack In The Pavement
Dale Boyle - Montreals
Sometimes I Think I Can Fly
Suzie Vinnick, Dan Kershaw - Toronto
The Way That I Love You
Jack de Keyzer - Whitby, ON
Trouble
Alannah Myles, Gary Nicholson, Marshall Chapman - Toronto
Pop
Falling Star
Jaylene Johnson, Link Tipton - Winnipeg
Country
Give Me A Ring
Jolene Keats, Sharlene Loveless, Jaylene Johnson, Chris Burke Gaffney - Gambo, NL
Dance/Electronica
Hypnotized
Jake Chec, Sy Sylver - Toronto
Vivacity
John Malik - London, ON
Gospel/Christian
I Still Need The Fire
Amanda Stott, Dustin Burnett - Manitoba
Only One
Blair Stephen Lane, Peter Daniel Newman - Bay Roberts, NL
Overflow
Sarah Walker - Toronto
You Are
Dan Bremnes - Salmon Arm, BC
R&B/Hip-Hop
In A Minute
Tea Petrovic, Dane Deviller, Krischan Grohne - Vancouver
Kanye
Ryan Funk - Winnipeg
Qualified
Ashleigh Eymann - Vancouver
Performance
Lovelorn
Chris Sytnyk - Toronto
Through & Through & Through
Joel Plaskett - Halifax
World
Olympia
Yiannis Kapoulas - Hamilton
Teen
Pretend
Victoria Leone - Toronto
White House
Rachael Schroeder - Calgary
Jazz
Samsara (First Movement from Kanishka Suite)
Sundar Viswanathan - Brampton, ON
Comedy/Novelty
Sugar Town (Ft. Clinton Sparks)
Ryan Funk - Winnipeg
Working Where The Sun Don't Shine (The Colorectal Surgeon's Song)
George Bowser, Rick Elger - Montreal
Adult Album Alternative
We Are Young And So Is The Night
Gordie Sampson, Jay Smith, JT Harding - Halifax
