2004 INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION DEADLINE APPROACHING IN TWO WEEKS

ISC's 2004 panel of judges include top celebrities and record label

Executives:

Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records); Sean "P. Diddy" Combs; Aaron Lewis (Staind); John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting); Bo Diddley; Clint Black; David Hidalgo (Los Lobos); Branford Marsalis; Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.); Peter Furler (Newsboys); Taj Mahal; Sully Erna (Godsmack); Macy Gray; Stacey Earle; Scott Kirkland (The Crystal Method); Michael Gudinski (Chairman, Mushroom Group of Companies); Alan Meltzer (CEO, Wind-Up Records); Tara Griggs-Magee (Executive VP Gospel/Urban Music, Sony Records); Michael McDonald (President, ATO Records); Tracy Gershon (Sr. Dir A&R/Artist Dev, Sony Records Nashville); Chris Parr (VP of Music Programming & Talent Relations, CMT); Peter Asher (Co-President, Sanctuary Artist Management); Kim Stephens (VP A&R, Lava Records); Barbara Sedun (VP Creative, EMI Music Publishing Canada) and Leib Ostrow (CEO, Music For Little People).

More than $100,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to 50 winners, including $10,000 in cash and $30,000 in merchandise/services to the 2004 Overall Grand Prize winner.

Visit http://www.songwritingcompetition.com for an entry form, or to upload your songs. ISC accepts entries via mail and online. All entries submitted by mail have to be postmarked on or before October 15, 2004. Online entries have to be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST, October 15, 2004.

Entries are accepted in the following categories:
AAA/Roots/Americana, Dance/Electronica, Jazz, R&B/Hip-Hop, Blues, Folk/Singer-Songwriter, Lyrics Only, Rock, Children's Music, Gospel/Christian, Performance, Teen, Country, Instrumental, Pop/Top 40, and World Music

International Songwriting Competition
211 Seventh Avenue North, Suite LL-20
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615.251.4441
Fax: 615.251.4442
songwritingcompetition.com

Beermat Monday events give you an opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs, share experiences, knowledge and ... have some fun! The events are completely free, have no dress code and are open to anyone - you do not have to be a Power Networker, Beermat Club member or anything else.

"A big thank you for organising last night. I think it was the first networking event I've attended where people have genuinely circulated and met lots of people. I look forward to the next event"

When: Monday, 4th October - 6:30pm to 11:00pm
Where: Heeltap and Bumper Bar - 2-6 Cannon Street, London EC4M 6XX, UK

HOW NOT TO MAKE IT IN THE POP WORLD

New book by John Barrow ("How not to make it in the pop world"); ISBN 1-4120-1413-1

JOHN BARROW is one of the journeymen of pop music. In a playing career that spans more than twenty years he has played and recorded with world name artists and producers that include:

BOY GEORGE / CULTURE CLUB / THE FUN BOY THREE / IGGY POP / MUSICAL YOUTH / THE SWINGING LAURELS / JERRY DAMMERS / THE CLASH / RHODA DAKAR (THE SPECIALS) / CRAZYHEAD / THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH / BANANARAMA

JASON ZIEMNIAK

I've put out a cd called "You've Got Your Orders Vol. 2" where I give musicians a song title and they write and perform the song. The participants of Vol. 2 are: Jesse Hughes (the Eagles of Death Metal), Nikki Sudden (Swell Maps/Jacobites), Silver Apples, John Easdale (Dramarama), Brant Bjork (Kyuss, Fu Manchu), Blues Goblin (Sam Coomes from Quasi), Paradise Island (Jenny from Erase Errata), Stephen Brodsky (Cave In), Steve Mackay (the Stooges), Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think), Amps For Christ (Man Is The Bastard), Black Lipstick, Eddie Angel (Los Straitjackets), R. Hoak (Brutal Truth), Phil Puleo (Cop Shoot Cop, Swans), Sonny Vincent (Testors), Immortal Lee County Killers, Brent Eyestone (Waifle, Forensics), Vaz, Elliott Sharp, Jim Coleman (Cop Shoot Cop, Phylr), the Scheme (the Pills) and Brett Rosenberg. Limited to 998 copies.

Available for $10 from Chrome Peeler Records at http://www.chromepeeler.com

SINNERSTAR

The search for Sinnerstar's new guitarist is still going ahead with more auditions scheduled for this month.
Mean while.....
Koozie Johns has joined 'Glen Matlock and The Philistines' the band which also includes fellow Sinnerstar drummer Chris Musto, have been in rehearsals for some live shows to promote a new Philistines album 'On Something' out on EMI October 4th. The new live 'Philistines' line up reads as follows :

Glen Matlock - Vocals / Bass.....
Chris Musto - Drums......
Koozie Johns - Guitar / bv......
Ray McVeigh - Guitar / bv...

Small independent label release takes top honors in Hollywood awards ceremony.

GREAT BARRINGTON, MA (September 10, 2004) – Independent artist and composer Larry Chernicoff’s CD, October, was named ‘Best Made for Surround Title’ of the year at the third annual Surround Music Awards.

The winners were announced at a star-studded event that took place August 31 at The Highlands in Hollywood, CA. The award was presented to Larry by rock legend Peter Frampton, in a ceremony that also honored surround sound releases by the Rolling Stones, Herbie Hancock, Beck, Peter Frampton, Elton John, and others.

The winners were selected by a panel of 75 expert judges including representatives from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, USA Today, Sound & Vision, Pro Sound News, Widescreen Review, Surround Professional, Highfidelityreview.com, and Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW.

Chernicoff’s award goes to the most outstanding recording which was created from its inception with multi-channel in mind, and never previously released in any other format. Last year’s winner in this category was Steely Dan’s ‘Everything Must Go.’

October was recorded by Paul Antonell at Clubhouse in Rhinebeck, New York, and mixed for surround sound by Paul and noted surround sound engineer and producer Rich Tozzoli. The album was co-produced by Chernicoff and Karl Berger, founder of the legendary Creative Music Studio. The CD was mastered for surround sound by David Glasser at Airshow MAstering in Boulder, CO.

October features original jazz/classical fusion compositions performed by Larry and his Windhorse large ensemble. October is a hybrid multi-channel SACD, playable on any standard CD player, and also on SACD 5.1 surround-sound players and home theater systems.

Chernicoff’s music combines the warm sounds of ‘orchestral’ instruments with the dynamic of jazz improvisation and passages of meditative calm. The ensemble includes international players who are all bandleaders and recording artists themselves, who bring both jazz ands classical sensibilities to Chernicoff's music.

The panel of judges was evenly divided in their vote, and made the unusual decision to present two awards in this category, to Chernicoff and to Gordon Goodwin for his recording XXL, on Silverline Records.

October is available on the web exclusively at www.CDBaby.com/cd/lchernicoff, the online store for independent artists.

About Larry Chernicoff

Larry is a composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist (vibraphone, keyboard, percussion) who combines a background in jazz and rock with classical compositional techniques. He has written for dance, theater, and choir, and has performed with Karl Berger, Dave Holland, Don Cherry, Lee Konitz, Anthony Braxton, Peter Apfelbaum, John Clark, Alan Ginsberg, and William Burroughs.

http://www.larrychernicoff.com