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| USA Songwriting Competition and Sonicbids Announce Partnership USA Songwriting Competition Will Accept Online Submissions through Sonicbids Fort Lauderdale, FL – February 4, 2005 – USA Songwriting Competition today announced that it has partnered with Sonicbids to be the exclusive third-party online submission platform. USA Songwriting Competition is an internationally renowned competition that is in its’ landmark tenth year. Many USA Songwriting Competition winners in the past have received recording and publishing contracts, as well as songs placed on film and television. Judges include A&R managers from record labels such as Warner, Universal, EMI, BMG and SONY Music. “We are excited to work with the USA Songwriting Competition to take online submissions for this prestigious contest,” said Panos Panay, Founder and CEO of Sonicbids. “Sonicbids is the fastest and easiest way to submit for music industry opportunities like this – and now, with our song upload technologies, there is more flexibility than ever before.” The USA Songwriting Competition is using new Sonicbids technology that enables artists to upload specific songs for entry rather than be limited to the songs in their Sonicbids EPK™ (Electronic Press Kit). This provides both artists and partners more flexibility for opportunities such as song contests or compilation CDs. “We are happy to have Sonicbids.com accept online submissions, it is great that musicians can submit their songs (MP3 files) online," said Eddie Phoon, the event director of the USA Songwriting Competition. Sonicbids has set the industry standard with its platform that enables music industry professionals to send and receive press kits online. Used by thousands of musicians, Sonicbids' EPKs offer an easy-to-use, web-based graphical interface containing all the basic information of a standard press kit, including music, photos and date calendar. For more information on submitting to the USA Songwriting Competition, please visit www.sonicbids.com/usasong. About Sonicbids In business since 2000, Sonicbids is quickly becoming the standard way for people in the music business to send and receive press kits online. The company's main product is the Sonicbids EPK™ (Electronic Press Kit), an easy-to-use, web-based graphic interface that contains all the basic information of a musical act such as music, photos or date calendar. The EPK™ can either be emailed to anyone with a click of the mouse or submitted in online promoter accounts through a virtual "Drop Box". Sonicbids currently has over 2,500 exclusive partners, a list that includes prominent North American events and festivals such as CMJ, Summerfest and North By Northeast. The rapidly growing size of Sonicbids' network and widening acceptance of its product have helped it quickly become the leading online submission platform for some of the world's best-known music events. The company is headquartered at 580 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118. For more information, please visit www.sonicbids.com. About the 10th Annual USA Songwriting Competition Entries for the 10th Annual USA Songwriting Competition are currently being accepted. Winning songs will receive airplay on a nationally syndicated radio program “Acoustic Café” as well as on XM Satellite Radio. This is the first Songwriting Competition that gives airplay to the winning songs, giving up and coming bands and aspiring songwriters the recognition and exposure they deserve. The Grand Prize package is valued at over US$50,000 in cash, merchandise and exposure, making this the largest prize package for any annual songwriting competition. But other prizes and awards, including industry exposure and airplay are awarded to finalists in each of the 15 categories available for entry. The USA Songwriting Competition is also sponsored by Sony, Rolling Stone magazine, New Music Weekly, Steinberg, Audio-Technica, Ibanez Guitars, D'Addario Strings, Sam Ash Music Stores, IK Multimedia, Terratec, East West Sounds, MixDownMedia.com, Indie |
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