International Festival4stars Songwriting Competition 2010: Heat 1

Don't miss your LAST CHANCE to submit to the International Festival4Stars Songwriting Competition. Festival4Stars is an international talent search offering 12 songwriters an all-expenses-paid trip to perform live in London and 4 grand prizes of $1,000.

The competition is open to artists from all around the world. There are three heats to the competition, and 4 artists will be selected from each heat to advance to the final live competition at the Grange City Hotel in London in front of a panel of judges, including Robin Gibb from The Bee Gees./n/nThe International Festival4Stars Songwriting Competition began in The UK in 2004. Festival4Stars is an international talent search which is now offering 12 songwriters an all-expenses-paid trip to perform live in London and 4 grand prizes of $1,000. The competition is open to artists from all around the world, however all lyrics must be in English. There are three heats to the competition, and 4 artists will be selected from each heat to advance to the final live competition at the Grange City Hotel in London in front of a panel of judges, including Robin Gibb from The Bee Gee’s.

The International Festival4Stars Songwriting Competition is accepting submissions in 4 categories. One winner will be selected from each of the four following categories to receive the $1000 prizes:

• Pop and Rock
  
• Singer/Songwriter
  
• Country, Folk, Traditional
  
• R&B, Soul, Rap

Entries will be judged by a panel of music industry professionals; including songwriters, record producers, publishers and managers from all over the world. The judges will give each song constructive written feedback in each of the following criteria: commercial-ability, originality, melody, composition and lyrics. Sponsors of this Songwriting Contest include Peavey, Songs4U and Maximum Music. This is a great chance for any artist to receive a $1000 cash prize and an all-expenses-paid trip to compete live in London.

Please Note: Artists not selected for this heat are encouraged to submit a different song to the next heat. Heat two will open in March 2010.

What a fellow Sonicbids band has to say about Festival4Stars:

"We are currently in London at a songwriting workshop with Festival4stars making lots of great contacts."
-Chris and Evan from Kotadama