Gig Overview
WELCOME TO ISC'S ONLINE ENTRY PROCESS. Enter your songs now. OVER $100,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES! This is an excellent opportunity for artists and bands that are looking to gain exposure in the music industry.
International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has the most prestigious panel of judges of any songwriting contest in the world. Here is your chance to have your music heard by some of the most high-profile and influential figures in the music industry! You may submit as many songs as desired in each category or enter the same song in more than one category.
2005 ISC judges include: Tom Waits; Loretta Lynn; Sonny Rollins; Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Joss Stone; Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC); Macy Gray; MercyMe; Amy Ray (Indigo Girls); LeAnn Rimes; Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse); Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan); Steve Vai; John Scofield; BeBe Winans; Peter Hook (New Order); Benji Madden (Good Charlotte); Charlie Musselwhite; The Donnas; Keith Wozencroft ( President, Capitol Music UK); Darrale Jones (VP A&R - Urban, Atlantic Records); Cameron Strang (President, New West Records); Dan Storper (President, Putumayo World Music); Michael McDonald (President, ATO Records); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); Alexandra Patsavas (Owner, The Chop Shop Music Supervision - credits include The OC, Grey's Anatomy, Without A Trace, Carnivale, Rescue Me); Glen Barros (CEO/President, Concord Records); Chris Parr (VP Music Programming & Talent Relations, CMT); Barbara Sedun (VP Creative, EMI Music Publishing Canada); Tara Griggs-Magee (Executive VP of Gospel/Urban Music, Sony Records); Leib Ostrow (CEO, Music For Little People), Thomas Brooman (Co-Founder/Artistic Director, WOMAD); Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment); Danny Epstein (Music Supervisor, Sesame Street/Sesame Workshop); Emily Wittmann (Vice-President, Nick Records); and Patrick Moxey (President, Ultra Records/You Records/Sequence Records/Escondida Music/Empire Mgmt.).
ISC categories include:
Pop/Top 40, Rock, Country, AAA/Roots/Americana, R&B/Hip-Hop, Blues, Folk/Singer-Songwriter, Jazz, Gospel/Christian, Instrumental, Dance/Electronica, World Music, Children's Music, Lyrics Only, Teen* and Performance **
*All songwriters entering this category must be 18 yrs. old or younger by October 14, 2005. All genres of music are accepted in this category. Entering this category will not exclude you from entering other categories as well.
**This category is based not only on songwriting but also the overall performance and delivery of the song. There are no requirements as to the quality of recording.