Photography: Courtesy of ISC - photo by Marni Mattner
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The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) has announced the winners for its 2005 annual competition. ISC received almost 15,000 entries from 82 countries in its fourth year, and has been called "the songwriting competition to take note of" by the New York Times. ISC prizes include more than $150,000 in cash and merchandise shared by 50 winners in 16 categories.
"Tell Me Why," by Recone Helmut and Pete Miser, has been awarded First Place in the Dance/Electronica category. Brooklyn-based producer Helmut is part of the duo ph10, whose album Helmutvision was one of the most anticipated releases in the electronic underground. Raves Magazine calls the album "Slick, phatt, and diverse, Helmutvision should intrigue those interested in a mix of big phatt beats and drum and bass."
Pete Miser has been called "a multi-talented, multi-cultural B-boy," and his talent is apparent on his latest full-length album Camouflage Is Relative. The album sets him apart from the pack by exploring themes as diverse as gentrification, lost love and American politics.
Pete has traveled the world with his music both as a solo artist and as the DJ for Arista recording artist Dido. Second Place honors have been awarded to Neil Cascarino (England) and DJ Mikaso (Spain) for their collaborative effort "Time Will Always Tell," and Third Place honors have been awarded to "Your Country" by Israeli artist J. Viewz. In addition to these winners, nine other Dance/Electronica songs garnered placement in the top 1.4% of the competition.
A complete List Of Dance/Electronica Winners is as follows:
First Place "Tell Me Why" -- Recone Helmut (pH10), Pete Miser - Brooklyn, NY, USA
Second Place "Time Will Always Tell" -- Neil Cascarino, Colin Preston (DJ Mikaso) - Kettering, England / Cadiz, Spain
Third Place "Your Country" -- Jonathan Dagan (J.Viewz) - Israel
Honorable Mentions "Birthday" -- Jessy Moss, Wally Gagel - Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA "Black Hole" -- Traz Damji, Ken Marshall (The Humble Brothers) - North Hills, CA, USA "Goodbye Juggernaut" -- Kayt Jourdanson, Scott Kinnebrew (Matson Belle) - Ohlsbach, Germany "Houston Skyline" -- Kate Simko, Philip Glass - Chicago, IL, USA "I'm Lost" -- Meital Patash (Knob) - Jafa, Israel "Nightclub City" -- Kathy Romeo, Dino Pacifici - Montreal, QC, Canada "Nun Other" -- MoShang - Taichung, Taiwan "Stakeout" -- Kasson Crooker, Jussi Gamache (Freezepop) - Cambridge, MA, USA "The Good Stuff" -- Leslie Meils, Matt Meils (Sid Maudlin) - Chicago, IL, USA
ISC is now accepting entries for 2006. ISC announced that the Overall Grand Prize for 2006 has been increased and now includes a $25,000 cash prize, the largest cash Grand Prize of any songwriting competition.
Judges for the 2005 competition include: Tom Waits; Loretta Lynn; Sonny Rollins; John Scofield; Steve Vai; Macy Gray; Joss Stone; MercyMe; Amy Ray (Indigo Girls); Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.); LeAnn Rimes; Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse); Jeff Stinco (Simple Plan); BeBe Winans; Peter Hook (New Order); Benji Madden (Good Charlotte);Charlie Musselwhite; The Donnas; Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Keith Wozencroft (President, Capitol Music UK); Glen Barros (CEO/President, Concord Records); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); Cameron Strang (President, New West Records); Dan Storper (President, Putumayo World Music); Michael McDonald (President, ATO Records); Alexandra Patsavas (Owner, The Chop Shop Music Supervision - credits include The OC, Grey's Anatomy, Without A Trace, Carnivale, Rescue Me ); Darrale Jones (VP A&R Urban, Atlantic 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); Emily Wittmann (Vice-President, Nick Records); Patrick Moxey (President, Ultra Records/You Records/Sequence Records/ Escondida Music/Empire Mgmt.) and Danny Epstein (Music Supervisor, Sesame Street/Sesame Workshop).
2005 Sponsors include: Epiphone, ASCAP, Berklee College Of Music, L.R. Baggs, Disc Makers, Alphabet Arm Design, FYE, Cakewalk, Fishman Transducers, ADK Microphones, Moog Music, Sam Ash Music Stores, Sibelius, Planetary Group, Hear Technologies, Music Registry, Mediaguide, ArtistMonitor, Onlinegigs.com, Musician's Atlas, Sonicbids and Performer.com.
International Songwriting Competition 211 Seventh Avenue North, Suite LL-20 Nashville, TN 37219 Phone: 615.251.4441 Fax: 615.251.4442 www.songwritingcompetition.com
Photo Caption and Credits:
There are photo credits for the 1st place winner:
pH10 photo (with the helmets on): photo by Marni Mattner
Pete Miser (with the knit hat on): photo by Chris Ho
First Place: "Tell Me Why" -- Recone Helmut (pH10), Pete Miser - Brooklyn, NY, USA
