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On November 13th at the famous Key Club Theatre in Los Angeles, CA One Mile South received the 2005 Best New Country Group Of The Year Award. - New Music Weekly
THE JUDGES HAVE SPOKEN!
ONE MILE SOUTH IS THE BEST UNSIGNED GROUP IN MUSIC CITY
By: Monte Cruz
Nashville is home to many aspiring Country singers, and most pay their dues on a diet of Top Raman and hope. One Mile South is just such a duo but after 6 years of playing the rounds and honing their skills as songwriters, Tim Schneider and Gary Bunning, the core members of OMS, are just now beginning to get the recognition they so justly deserve.
In 2003 they were given an opportunity to record some of their songs and so with the help of producers Darran Smith and Denny Hemingson, (of Dance Hall Doctors fame), One Mile South recorded their self titled CD.
Prior to its formal release in 2005, the guys went out on the road, visiting radio stations throughout the mid west and southern regions, promoting their first single release, “That’s What I Believe”. The song went #1 in several cities and markets including Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Virginia and Arizona. Their second single release, “Make Something Of It”, blew the doors off an even larger Country Radio market including Texas, Florida, Nebraska, New York, Wyoming and the Dakotas. But while on tour it was their acoustic performances, at well over 100 radio stations and venues, which they performed as a trio with fellow singer/songwriter Daniel Palasset-Mouledous, which gained them the most notoriety and fan base.
THE LAST TWO YEARS OF AWARDS:
In June 2004, they won an opportunity to play the main stage at Country Thunder, USA in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin where they gained an even larger group of loyal fans. The “Young Guns Competition”, was an Internet voting based contest and voted on by Country Thunder’s Festival goers and Country fans. With 14 bands competing for the same opportunity, OMS was honored to be one of the three winners.
By June 2005, “This Side Of A Heartache”, track #1 on their CD, had won a “2005 International Songwriter Competition” (ISC) award beating out over 3000 songs that were submitted from over 14 countries. That same year, in November, they won New Music Weekly’s “2005 BEST NEW COUNTRY GROUP OF THE YEAR AWARD”, accepting the award at the ceremonies held in Hollywood, California.
But January 2006, proved to be the most eventful month to date. “This Side Of A Heartache” won yet another award, this time the “O’CANADA –Canadian Country Radio Song Competition”, where it had remained #1 for three weeks running on one of Canada’s top two Internet Radio stations, “That’s Country” (second only to CMT’s Internet Radio station in it’s listening audience base). They also won an award in the “2006 Acoustic Music Awards” (AMA) in the Americana Genre for the group’s acoustic version of the song. Only days later they were notified that “Fire On Batten Lane”, track #5 on their CD, had won the Grand Prize in the “Be A Country Music Video Star” competition, which offered them an opportunity for a free music video on a song of their choosing, and then again, only days after that, they were told their song “Robert Morrison”, track #6, had won one of the most coveted awards of all; 1st place in the “13th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BILLBOARD SONG CONTEST” in the Country genre. Not so amazing really considering “Robert Morrison” had already gone #1 in Canada that same month on The Country Edge’s Top 20 Chart, just prior to Billboard announcing their winners. Four other songs they entered were recognized in the top 500 songs submitted overall, in ten different genres. With thousands of songs submitted, that is in and by itself quite a feat.
Pepie, the Program Director for KWY in Cheyenne, Wyoming at the time the CD was released, says he’s not surprised the song has done so well and wants to go on record for knowing “Robert Morrison” would be a hit from the moment he heard it back in January 2005. He immediately put it into rotation though that was not the single OMS had released at the time. As a result of his willingness to air emerging acts like One Mile South, KWY radio pulled a much higher rating than expected and he received numerous daily requests for the song.
Robert Cabrall, of Pro Music Video Company who sponsored the “Be A Music Video Star Contest”, says though numerous songs were submitted through Sonicbids.com, it was not hard to choose the winner. Between the great music and the visual lyrics, “Fire On Batten Lane” begged to be filmed. “Robert Morrison” ended up supplanting “Fire On Batten Lane” by the time filming was due to start and they finished shooting last week in Chetham County. Some of you avid “round” goers and long time Nashville residents should recognize several familiar faces.
Robert, who is relatively new to the Nashville Music scene, hails from a career as a High Fashion Photographer in LA where he photographed some of the top fashion models of Hollywood. Having directed and filmed several music videos here in the last year or so, he says, “Pro Music Video is proud to be working with such a great g - Nashville Music Guide
One Mile South's Gary Bunning won 1st place in the 13th Annual International Billboard Music Song Competition for his song "Robert Morrison" (track #6 on the OMS self titied debut CD, One Mile South). We are all very proud of him receiving this prestigious award. Ceremonies will be held at SXSW in April, 2006, Austin, TX. - RowHouse Records
ONE MILE SOUTH won 2nd place in the 2006 "O'Canada" Country Radio Song Competition for their song "This Side Of A Heartache" (track #1 on their self titled debut CD, One Mile South). Marti Clayton informed RowHouse that "Robert Morrison" was #1 in Toronto on her station "The Country Edge" for three weeks running and continues to have requests for all One Mile South tunes.! Thank you Marti! - RowHouse Records
"I just heard the songs and clips from the website and I have three words for you! I LOVE IT!" - C.W. Simon, OM/PD
"Congratulations! As founder and director of the International Songwriters Competition, it is my honor and pleasure to inform you that "This Side Of A Heartache" has won second place in the Country category in the 2004 International Songwriting Competition (ISC). ISC received over 11,000 entries from all over the world, so this acknowledgment of your song is a noteworthy achievement of which you can be very proud." - Candace Avery, Founder/Director
"Macho sounding. I dug the whole thing, from his expressive baritone to the rumbling rhythm section. Sounds to me like these guys deserve a major-label shot." - Robert K Oermann, Music Critic
"The group the rest of the country will soon be talking about." - KKNG radio
"Music Row missed out on this one, but as always there was an Independant Label there to pick up the pieces...These guys know their stuff, you'll love their songs..." - Brad Fischer
I had to write you real quick to let you know I can't stop listening to these guys!...I LOVE IT!!! I'm on my fourth time thru it.
Take it from someone whi is blind and depends on his ears for everything, not to mention VERY passionate about music, I know GOOD music when I hear it.
If I had to describe this band I would say, take every southern country/rock band that we grew up with, add lyrics and a front man with the style of James Taylor, and that would take you One Mile South...I just Love this album.
This is not cookie cutter or homogenized by any means...If I were still buying records, I would honestly feel jipped that I never had a chance to buy it, if not for being in the biz. - Michael Johnson, Program Director, KZKS-FM
Discography
One Mile South: 1st single "That's What I Believe"/2nd single release "Make Somethin' Of It"/3rd single "That's Livin'" now playing on Country stations nation-wide. "Robert Morrison" held a #1 position in Toronto, Canada on That's Country.com and "This Side Of A Heartache" won 2nd place in the 2006 "O'Canada" Canadian Country Radio Song Competition.
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Bio
Nashville is home to many aspiring Country singers, and most pay their dues on a diet of Top Raman and hope. One Mile South is just such a duo but after 6 years of playing the rounds and honing their skills as songwriters, Tim Schneider and Gary Bunning, the core members of OMS, are just now beginning to get the recognition they so justly deserve.
In 2003 they were given an opportunity to record some of their songs and so with the help of producers Darran Smith and Denny Hemingson, (of Dance Hall Doctors fame), One Mile South recorded their self titled CD.
Prior to its formal release in 2005, the guys went out on the road, visiting radio stations throughout the mid west and southern regions, promoting their first single release, “That’s What I Believe”. The song went #1 in several cities and markets including Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Virginia and Arizona. Their second single release, “Make Something Of It”, blew the doors off an even larger Country Radio market including Texas, Florida, Nebraska, New York, Wyoming and the Dakotas. But while on tour it was their acoustic performances, at well over 100 radio stations and venues, which they performed as a trio with fellow singer/songwriter Daniel Palasset-Mouledous, which gained them the most notoriety and fan base.
THE LAST TWO YEARS OF AWARDS:
In June 2004, they won an opportunity to play the main stage at Country Thunder, USA in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin where they gained an even larger group of loyal fans. The “Young Guns Competition”, was an Internet voting based contest and voted on by Country Thunder’s Festival goers and Country fans. With 14 bands competing for the same opportunity, OMS was honored to be one of the three winners.
By June 2005, “This Side Of A Heartache”, track #1 on their CD, had won a “2005 International Songwriter Competition” (ISC) award beating out over 3000 songs that were submitted from over 14 countries. That same year, in November, they won New Music Weekly’s “2005 BEST NEW COUNTRY GROUP OF THE YEAR AWARD”, accepting the award at the ceremonies held in Hollywood, California.
But January 2006, proved to be the most eventful month to date. “This Side Of A Heartache” won yet another award, this time the “O’CANADA –Canadian Country Radio Song Competition”, where it had remained #1 for three weeks running on one of Canada’s top two Internet Radio stations, “That’s Country” (second only to CMT’s Internet Radio station in it’s listening audience base). They also won an award in the “2006 Acoustic Music Awards” (AMA) in the Americana Genre for the group’s acoustic version of the song. Only days later they were notified that “Fire On Batten Lane”, track #5 on their CD, had won the Grand Prize in the “Be A Country Music Video Star” competition, which offered them an opportunity for a free music video on a song of their choosing, and then again, only days after that, they were told their song “Robert Morrison”, track #6, had won one of the most coveted awards of all; 1st place in the “13th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BILLBOARD SONG CONTEST” in the Country genre. Not so amazing really considering “Robert Morrison” had already gone #1 in Canada that same month on The Country Edge’s Top 20 Chart, just prior to Billboard announcing their winners. Four other songs they entered were recognized in the top 500 songs submitted overall, in ten different genres. With thousands of songs submitted, that is in and by itself quite a feat.
Pepie, the Program Director for KWY in Cheyenne, Wyoming at the time the CD was released, says he’s not surprised the song has done so well and wants to go on record for knowing “Robert Morrison” would be a hit from the moment he heard it back in January 2005. He immediately put it into rotation though that was not the single OMS had released at the time. As a result of his willingness to air emerging acts like One Mile South, KWY radio pulled a much higher rating than expected and he received numerous daily requests for the song.
A BIT OF BACKGROUND:
A bit of background on the guys takes us back to the old “Broken Spoke” days. Playing the “Songwriter Rounds”, where, they met, they not only quickly became great friends, but a unique creation emerged from blending their diverse musical backgrounds into a sound they now call their own.
Tim’s interest in music began in Portland, Oregon while growing up listening to the music his parents loved, legends such as Frank Sinatra and Eddie Arnold. It was their great lyrics and classic music style that most influenced his own. Having a knack for poetry at an age when most young boys would have been teased for such an interest, he eventually realized he could put his story telling style of poetry to music. This created a larger audience for the inspirational messages he wanted to share. He soon became the Worship Leader at a local church, The New Song Church, and went on, as a solo singer/songwriter, to win the ECMA award, “Song O
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