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The International Songwriting Competition is very
pleased to announce its 2002 winners!
ISC
received almost 7,000 entries in its inaugural year, with the Grand
Prize going to the song "Skeletons"
by Andy Schmidt and Kevin Gagnepain. This winning song was entered
into the Rock category.
Songwriters Andrew J. Schmidt and Kevin Gagnepain are the
founding members of the acclaimed group Stir, formed in 1994.
In the past, songwriting for the group was done primarily by
Schmidt, with some collaborations on arrangement and bass parts by
Gagnepain. "Skeletons" marks a
new beginning for the duo, truly representing these two members of
the band as co-writers for the first time. It is artistically
appropriate because "Skeletons" is a song about starting
over. When asked, Gagnepain replies, "I 'm not sure if it's our
age, or the age that we live in, but everyone around my life seems to
be starting over. People are changing careers, relocating, getting
divorced... life-changing events. And, everyone has some baggage
that they carry around. You are who you are, things change and you
have to figure out who you are going to be... that is life."
Relationships and transitions are inevitable in life: you can't get
around them, and that is why they have always been source of
inspiration for the band.
Look for Stir's new album, yet untitled, on April 22nd of this year.
You can check out the band at www.stirband.com.
ISC
prizes included a total of $65,000 (USD) in cash and merchandise and
were
shared by 38 winners in eight categories. Sponsors included Oasis Cd
Manufacturing, Xytar Digital Systems, Epiphone, Ernie Ball
Music Man, Sennheiser, Lexicon, Crate
Amplifiers, Nady Systems, Sonicbids, M
Works,
Alphabet Arm Design, Taxi, Guitar
World, and Revolver.
ISC is now accepting entries for the 2003 competition. For more
information, please go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com
The complete list of winners is as
follows:
Grand Prize
Skeletons - Andy Schmidt, Kevin Gagnepain (Long Beach, CA, USA)
Country
1st Place: No Boys Allowed - Laurie Webb, Peebe Siebert (Nashville,
TN, USA)
2nd Place: Lipstick In Las Vegas - Sam Gay, Scott Parker (Bon Aqua, TN, USA)
R&B/Blues
1st Place: Somethin' Strange - Ty Stephens (Montclair, NJ, USA)
2nd Place: 555-EXTC - Andrew Yankiwski, Neal Cornish, Chris Wiebe
(Winnipeg, MB, Canada)
World Music
1st Place: The Rhythm In Me - Danny Davies (London, England, UK)
2nd Place: Illegally - Javier Vargas, Jeff Espinoza (Salamanca, Spain)
Rock
1st Place: The Boxer - Carbon Leaf (Richmond, VA, USA)
2nd Place: Mother - Bryan Cote, Ryan Leclair (Bolton, ONT, Canada)
Rap/Hip-Hop
1st Place: Father Forgive Me - Alroy Dias "Charisma" (Scarborough,
ONT, Canada)
2nd Place: Closest Thing - Patricio Russell "Illin' P" (Boston, MA, USA)
Pop/Top 40
1st Place: Sweet - Kathy Ziegler (New York, NY, USA)
2nd Place: Tonight - Elcodrive (Boston, MA, USA)
Folk/Singer-Songwriter
1st Place: Goodbye Rollercoaster - David Lane (Surry Hills, NSW, Australia)
2nd Place: Star - Karen Ires (New York, NY, USA)
Lyrics Only
1st Place: Somebody Loved - Deb Talan, Steve Tannen (Northampton, MA, USA)
2nd Place: Sing Me to Sleep - Steve Tannen (Northampton, MA, USA)
Peoples' Voice Online Voting
Whatever It Takes - Stephen Stohn, Jody Colero, Evren Ozdemir, Jim
McGrath (Toronto, ONT, Canada)
Honourable Mentions
1000
Mile Stare (Pop/Top 40) - Gary Pearson (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
Awkward (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) - Brice Woodall (Arlington, VA, USA)
Bananas (Rap/Hip-Hop) - Ryan Conway, Elan Cohen, Brian Forbes, Kevin
Saunders (Norwalk, CT, USA)
Black Flowers (Rock) - Elcodrive (Boston, MA, USA)
Boxing Day (Pop/Top 40) - Darin Murphy (Austin, TX, USA)
Don't Shoot The Messenger (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) - Gordie Sampson
(Cape Breton, NS, Canada)
The Great Disappearing Act (Pop/Top 40) - Kat Goldman (Toronto, ONT, Canada)
Half A Heart (Country) - Gail Swanson (Kihei, HI, USA)
I Wanna Be Held (Country) - Mark Lightcap (Chico, CA, USA)
I'll Get By (Rock) - Larry Elyea, Ako Mack, Emerg Mcvay, Richard
Gartner, Chris Elsner (Mesa, AZ, USA)
It's A Great Place To Be (If You're Lonesome) (Country) - Steve
Spurgin, D. Caplinger (Carson City, NV, USA)
It's Too Bad (Pop/Top 40) - Francesca Cezan, John DeGrazio (New
York, NY, USA)
Michelle's Song (Pop/Top 40) - Amber Wallace, Ric Wallace (Suwanee, GA, USA)
Need To Make A Dollar (R&B/Blues) - Keith Dunn (Rotterdam, Holland)
Never Been To Memphis (R&B/Blues) - Chris Fitz (West Roxbury, MA, USA)
Rain (Rock/Alternative) - Jayne Sachs (Englewood, OH, USA)
Santos Football Club (Me And Mr. Pele) (World) - Inacio Zatz (Sao
Paulo, Brazil)
She's Pretty (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) - Frank Swart, Billy Beard
(Corte Madera, CA, USA)
Valentine's Day (Folk/Singer-Songwriter) - Bob Hillman (Iowa City, IA, USA)
Wish Me Luck (Pop/Top 40) - Wons Phreely (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
Congratulations to all winners!
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