WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION ONLINE ENTRY PROCESS. Enter your songs now. Over $150,000 in cash and prizes including a $25,000 cash prize to the 2009 Overall Grand Prize winner! This is an excellent opportunity for songwriters, artists, and bands that are looking to gain exposure in the music industry.
ISC is the premier international songwriting competition in the world. ISC offers more categories, the largest cash Grand Prize, more international winners,>...
WELCOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION ONLINE ENTRY PROCESS. Enter your songs now. Over $150,000 in cash and prizes including a $25,000 cash prize to the 2009 Overall Grand Prize winner! This is an excellent opportunity for songwriters, artists, and bands that are looking to gain exposure in the music industry.
ISC is the premier international songwriting competition in the world. ISC offers more categories, the largest cash Grand Prize, more international winners, and has the most prestigious judges of any songwriting competition - and not only that, but over 70% of its winners entered through Sonicbids last year! New for this year is the addition of an Adult Contemporary (AC) category.
Renowned for its high caliber of judges, ISC offers you the chance to have your music heard by some of the most high-profile and influential figures in the music industry, from iconic artists to record label presidents! You may submit as many songs as desired in each category or enter the same song in more than one category.
Judges for 2009 include these Recording Artists: Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20); Tom Waits; Jeff Beck; Steve Winwood; Timbaland; Adele; Robbie Williams; Kings of Leon; Toots Hibbert (Toots & The Maytals); Loretta Lynn; Jerry Lee Lewis; McCoy Tyner; Craig Morgan; James Mercer (The Shins); Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC); Michael W. Smith; Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol); Chris Hillman (The Byrds); James Cotton; John Scofield; Black Francis (The Pixies); Alejandro Sanz; Robert Earl Keen; Youssou N'Dour; John Mayall; Ray Wylie Hubbard; DJ Tiësto; "Weird Al" Yankovic; Sasha; John Digweed; Jeffrey Steele; Baaba Maal; Jeremy Camp; Mario; Sandra Bernhard; Matt Thiessen (Relient K); and more to be announced...
Industry executives judges include: Amanda Ghost (President, Epic Records); Monte Lipman (President, Universal Republic Records); Seymour Stein (Chairman/CEO, Sire Records); (Amy Doyle (Sr. VP of Music and Talent, MTV); Kim Buie (VP of A&R, Lost Highway); Mitchell Cohen (VP of A&R, Verve Music Group); Brian Malouf (VP of A&R, Walt Disney Records); Rick Krim (Executive VP, Talent & Music Programming, VH1); Lisa Ramsey Perkins (Sr. Director of A&R, Sony Records Nashville); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); Dan Storper (President, Putumayo World Music); Steve Lillywhite (Producer - credits include U2, The Rolling Stones, Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, and more); Angel Carrasco (Sr. VP of A&R, Latin America Sony BMG and President, Discos 605); Douglas C. Cohn (Sr. VP, Music Marketing & Talent, Nickelodeon); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Dr. Demento (Radio Host of The Dr. Demento Show); and more to be announced...
ISC categories include: AAA (Adult Album Alternative), Adult Contemporary (AC), Americana, Blues, Children's Music, Comedy/Novelty, Country, Dance/Electronica, Folk/Singer-Songwriter, Gospel/Christian, Instrumental, Jazz, Latin Music, Lyrics Only, Music Video, Performance *, Pop/Top 40, R&B/Hip-Hop, Rock, Teen**, and World Music.
*This category is based not only on songwriting but also the overall performance and delivery of the song. All genres of music are accepted in this category.
**All songwriters entering the Teen category must be 18 yrs. old or younger by December 31, 2009. All genres of music are accepted in this category. Entering this category does not exclude you from entering other categories as well.