Category Archives: Music Industry

Update: Songwriter Category Results… Phew!

It’s done! All three categories, that is.  Congrats to the following in the Songwriter category: Winner R. Mack Harrell for “American Wheels” Finalist Karl Williams (aka Karl Thaler) for “Put Her There” Runner Up Cardin Campbell for “Emergency” Results for … Continue reading

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Update: More Free Contest Results

With considerable technical trouble, we finally notified the entrants of the Singer/Songwriter category.  Thank you everyone for your participation and, again, so sorry for this very delayed result.  Here we go… Winner Nafsica for “Missing Piece” Finalist Casey Black for … Continue reading

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Update: Free Contest Results

I know we’re really really really delayed on notifications for the Free International Songwriting Competition.  I’m sorry.  And I appreciate your continued patience. I am, however, delighted to announce that we’re done with the Lyric Category! So… Winner Gabriel Gregoire for “The … Continue reading

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Update: Free Contest Results

I know we’re really really really delayed on notifications for the Free International Songwriting Competition.  I’m sorry.  And I appreciate your continued patience. I am, however, delighted to announce that we’re done with the Lyric Category! So… Winner Gabriel Gregoire for “The … Continue reading

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What can VibeDeck do for you?

I sent an email about VibeDeck to the We Are Listening community a little while ago. The feedback was very encouraging. VibeDeck is a free direct-to-fan music sales platform which allows recording artists to easily create a web page from … Continue reading

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What is a Songwriter Contest “Round”?

The Singer/Songwriter Awards takes place six times a year.  When we first launched in 2005, we (uh, I…) decided to number each contest, 1 through 6, for each year.   Stupidly, we named each of the six contests as a … Continue reading

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New Songwriter Contest

Today, we launched the $5000 Cash Prize Songwriter Contest: $5000 Cash Prize. 5 Categories. 5 Judges. 5 Winners. $5 to enter. Five song writers will win $1000 each for their winning song or lyric in their category.  Five finalists in … Continue reading

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$500 Bonus

Thanks to your feedback, we’ve accounted for the $1,500 deficit in the $6,000 cash prize for the free songwriting competition.  The issue is detailed here.  You’ll find the amended cash prizes published here. You will notice that the first prize … Continue reading

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New Songwriter Competition

We’re getting ready to launch a new songwriter competition. We’re using “5” as the theme: 5 songwriting categories 5 winners in each category 5 judges $5 submission fee $5,000 cash prize Of course, everybody who participates will receive a free … Continue reading

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A Dream Come True

I received this email from Aaron Hurst, after he collected on his Lyric Writing Awards prize which consisted of a co-writing and recording session with Pete and Pat Luboff: Lior, Thank you very much!  And I also want to thank … Continue reading

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