As a proud sponsor of the International Songwriting Competition, Fishman would like to congratulate this year’s winners! Catie Curtis and Mark Erelli of Boston won the ISC’s Grand Prize for their song “People Look Around.”
First Place winners received a Fishman Loudbox 100 amplifier or a Pro-EQ II preamp/EQ, and each Second Place winner won a G-II instrument preamp.
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is an annual songwriting contest for amateur and professional songwriters and musicians to have songs heard and judged by some of the most influential decision-makers in the music industry. For more info in the International Songwriting Competition, click here.
Our partnership with the International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is a natural choice for Fishman to support songwriters on all levels, and promote excellence in the art of songwriting.
Fishman believes in the competition’s mission to provide an opportunity for both aspiring and established songwriters to have their songs heard in a professional, international arena.
Here are this year's First and Second Place winners:
AAA/ROOTS/AMERICANA
First Place:
Karl Broadie of North Bondi, NSW, Australia
Black Crow Callin'
Second Place:
Paulo Mondano of Nice, France
L'Indien
BLUES
First Place:
Steve Romig of Ivanhoe East, VIC, Australia
Way Down Homeless Blues
Second Place:
Jody C. Getz of Cleveland, OH, USA
Old Fashioned Guy
CHILDREN'S MUSIC
First Place:
Marc Dinkin of New York, NY, USA
I Believe In B
Second Place:
Sam Glaser of Los Angeles, CA, USA
Family Vacation
COUNTRY
First Place:
Steven McClintock, Victoria Shaw, Mitch Malloy of Long Beach, CA, USA / Nashville, TN
Love Made A Liar Out Of Me
Second Place:
Kevin Fowler, Bobby Pounds, Holly Watson of Austin, TX, USA
Don't Touch My Willie
DANCE/ELECTRONICA
First Place:
Recone Helmut (pH10), Pete Miser of Brooklyn, NY, USA
Tell Me Why
Second Place:
Neil Cascarino, Colin Preston (DJ Mikaso) of Kettering, England / Cadiz, Spain
Time Will Always Tell
FOLK/SINGER-SONGWRITER
First Place:
Mick Flannery of Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland
In The Gutter
Second Place:
Graham Isaacson of Portland, ME, USA
What's The Point
GOSPEL/CHRISTIAN MUSIC
First Place:
Jonathan Kingham of Seattle, WA, USA
Grace
Second Place:
Monty Lee Kimble, Mike Musik, Peter Daniel Newman of Brentwood, TN, USA
Dyin' To Know You
INSTRUMENTAL
First Place:
Jindrich Pavlis (Czech Clarinet Quartet) of Praha, Czech Republic
Orlik
Second Place:
April Verch of Pembroke, ON, Canada
Tom, Brad, & Alice
JAZZ
First Place:
Abram Wilson of Harrow, Middlesex, England
Monk
Second Place:
Harvie S of Hastings-On-Hudson, NY, USA
S
LYRICS ONLY
First Place:
Mick Flannery of Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland
The Tender
Second Place:
George Torosian of Cape Coral, FL, USA
Heart Hangin' On Your Hook
PERFORMANCE
First Place:
Ben Kyle (Romantica) of Minneapolis, MN, USA
Mexico
Second Place:
Aisha Kahlil (Myka & The Whole World Band and Sweet Honey In The Rock)
of Silver Spring, MD, USA
The Jewel Light
POP/TOP 40
First Place:
Christopher Ward, Rob Wells of Toronto, ON, Canada
There's Us
Second Place:
Manuela Hofer of Brattvaag, Norway
Had To Let You Go
R&B/HIP-HOP
First Place:
Grover A. Zinn, Dena M. Chutuk (The Deadly Twins) of Marina Del Rey, CA, USA
What We've Lost
Second Place:
Ruben Dario, Sporty Loco of Newhall, CA, USA
Addicted
ROCK
First Place:
Billy Harvey of Austin, TX, USA
Frozen Through
Second Place:
Caleb Stull (Parlour Steps) of Vancouver, BC, Canada
Thieves Of Memory
TEEN
First Place:
Alisha MacGregor (The MacGregors), age 15 of Kelowna, BC, Canada
Well Of Pain
Second Place:
Jamison K. Baker, age 13 of Altadena, CA, USA
Air & Scissors
WORLD MUSIC
First Place:
Selasee Atiase of Accra, Ghana
Run
Second Place:
Chiwoniso Maraire of Harare, Zimbabwe
Rebel Woman
