International Songwriting Competition Australian Winners
International Songwriting Competition Australian Winners
The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2016 winners. Now in its 16th year, ISC is the world's largest international songwriting competition, receiving more than 16,000 entries from 137 countries throughout the world. More than $150,000 in cash and merchandise is awarded to 71 winners in 23 categories covering all genres of music.
As always, Australian artists fared extremely well in the competition with songwriters such as Big Scary, Dallas Frasca, Gang of Youths, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katrina Burgoyne, and many more being honored.
Candace Avery, the founder and director of ISC, says, 'Celebrating the talent of so many Australian songwriters reminds the world how important Australia is to the global music landscape. There is so much incredible talent, and it is always a pleasure to discover up-and-coming Aussie artists as well as getting to revisit more seasoned ones."
The 2016 competition honors a total of 60 songs written by Aussies, making Australia once again the country with the most winners next to the USA. A total of 10 winning songs share in the prestige of winning First, Second, and Third Place in their respective categories. An additional 50 Aussie songs received Honorable Mention. The combined winners represent five States, including New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia. (See below for a list of Australian winners).
For a complete list of ISC 2016 winners, go to:
Winning ISC is a distinction that has propelled many artists to achieve greater success. Past winners have included: Vance Joy; Bastille; Kasey Chambers; Gotye; Passenger; The Band Perry; Lindsey Stirling; Kimbra; Andrew Bird; Gin Wigmore; Gregory Porter; Lupe Fiasco; Missy Higgins; Kehlani; For King And Country; and many more.
The complete panel of 2016 judges includes:
Recording Artists: Chris Cornell; Lorde; Tom Waits; Ziggy Marley; American Authors; Donovan; Bastille; Joe Bonamassa; Martie Maguire (Dixie Chicks); Keane; Hardwell; India Arie; Kaskade; Danilo Perez; Jay Farrar (Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo); Vijay Iyer; Sara Evans; Afro Celt Sound System; Jesse & Joy; Gerald Casale (Devo); Mike Stern; Carlos Vives; Joy Williams (Civil Wars); Rickie Lee Jones; Ray Benson (Asleep At The Wheel); Ana Barbara; Salif Keita; John Mayall; Fat Joe; Luis Fonsi; Art Alexakis (Everclear); Nicholas Gunn; Ryan Bingham; Amadou & Mariam; Jordan Feliz; Matt Maher; Mariana Vega; and Femi Kuti.
Industry Executives: Craig Kallman (Chairman/CEO, Atlantic Records); Dan McCarroll (President, Warner Bros. Records); Seymour Stein (Chairman/CEO, Sire Records); Ed Vetri (President, Wind-Up Records); Craig Balsam (Owner, Razor & Tie/Washington Square/Kidz Bop); Daniel Glass (President, Glassnote Records); Steve Yegelwel (Senior Vice-President, Island Records); John Esposito (Chariman & CEO, Warner Music Nashville); Afo Verde (Chairman, Sony Music Latin); Jason McArthur (VP of A&R, Provident Label Group/Sony Music Entertainment); Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records); John Burk (President, Concord Label Group); Mike Easterlin (President, Fueled By Ramen/Roadrunner Records); Angel Carrasco (Latin Music Consultant/Producer); Aaron Bay-Schuck (President of A&R, Interscope Records); Richard Stumpf (CEO, Atlas Publishing); Steve Greenberg (CEO, S-Curve Records); Gordon Kerr (CEO, Black River Entertainment); Nate Albert (EVP of A&R, Capitol Records); Kim Buie (VP of A&R, New West Records); Albert Schilcher (VP of Music and Music Marketing, MTV International); Nick Burgess (Sr. VP of A&R, Virgin/EMI); Josh Bailey (Sr. VP of A&R, Word Entertainment); Chris Eckman (Co-Founder, Glitterbeat Records); Colin Barlow (Managing Director, RCA UK); Peter Weber (Co-Founder, Glitterbeat Records); Jacob Edgar (Founder, Cumbancha); Laura Margolin (Publishing, Glassnote Records); Benjamin Groff (Founder, The Brill Building); Golnar Khosrowshahi (President, Reservoir Media Management); Sas Metcalfe (President, Global Creative, Kobalt Music); Carianne Marshall (Partner, Songs Music Publishing); Rich Goodman (President, Rip Tide Music Group); Chris Van Belkom (VP, Combustion Music); Tamara Conniff (EVP, Roc Nation); Jerome Spence (VP Film/TV, Secret Road); Jamie Masada (Owner, Laugh Factory); Julie Kertes (General Manager, National Parenting Publications Awards, NAPPA); Claire S. Green (President, Parents' Choice Foundation); Cyndi Nelson (General Mgr, Zanies Comedy Club); Leib Ostrow (Founder/CEO, Music For Little People); and Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment).
Sponsors include: Adam Professional Audio, Berklee College of Music, Big Joe Stomp Box Company, CAD Audio, Celebrity Access, D'Addario, Dark Horse Institute, Disc Makers, Fran's Chocolates, Gauge Precision Instruments, Gig Salad, Graph Tech, Irie Magazine, Klotz, LANDR, Lewitt, Lowden Guitars, Lurssen Mastering, Marshall, Merch Cat, Musicians Institute, ONErpm, OWC, PRA Audio, SongU.com, Sweetwater, and Thalia.
The list of 2016 Australian winners is as follows:
First Place Winners
'A Case Of Mistaken Identity" – Glenn Cardier (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Performance
'I'm Growing A Beard Downstairs For Christmas" – Kate Miller-Heidke, Keir Nuttall, Louis Schoorl / Kate Miller-Heidke Ft. The Beards (Brisbane, QLD, Australia) – Comedy/Novelty
'Magnolia" – David Leaupepe / Gang Of Youths (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Rock
'Survive On Love" – Matt Gresham (Perth, WA, Australia) – Unpublished
Second Place Winners
'Only You" – Tim Maxx, Adam Katz (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – EDM
'The Opposite Of Us" – Tom Iansek, Jo Syme / Big Scary (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
'Vuelve A Nacer" – Oscar Jimenez / Oscar Jimenez Ft. La Phonoclorica (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Latin Music
Third Place Winners
'Feel My Love" – Phebe Starr (Sydney, NSW, Australia) - AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
'I'll Go Home" – Josh Rennie-Hynes (Woodford, QLD, Australia) - Americana
'When I'm Broken" – Katrina Burgoyne, Goran Kralj, Joe Doyle (Gunnedah, NSW, Australia) - Country
Honorable Mention
'54321" – Tey Orion (Canberra, ACT, Australia) – R&B/Hip-Hop
'80 Days" – Jordan English / Little Coyote (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Unsigned Only
'Baby I'm Sorry" – Violeta Bozanic (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Teen
'Baby In Mum's Tummy" – Sibylla Stephen, Bethany Stephen / Teeny Tiny Stevies (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Children's Music
'Best Friends" – Aleisha Conlay / Allie & Ivy (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Pop/Top 40
'Bleed Sunlight Ft. D-Lake" – Shane Burgess, D-Lake (Goulburn, NSW, Australia) – EDM
'Brussel Sprout" – Courtney Hale, David Strangio (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Performance
'Burn Baby Burn" – Kirsty Lee Akers, Trey Bruce (Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia) – Country
'Can't Be Trusted" – Asa Broomhall (Brisbane, QLD, Australia) – Blues
'Casualty" – Alexandra Imrich (Sarsha Simone), Darlington Peters (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – R&B/Hip-Hop
'Caving In" – Dave Saxby (Mackay, QLD, Australia) – Christian
'Caving In" – Dave Saxby (Mackay, QLD, Australia) – Unpublished
'Chemistry" – Nathan Chapman / Nathleigh (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Comedy/Novelty
'Closed Door" – Shane Timmo (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Lyrics Only
'Closer" – Joe Nuttall / Enola Fall (Hobart, TAS, Australia) – AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
'Cool Under Fire, Directed by The Baker Boys" – Glenn Cardier (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Music Video
'Darwinism" – Oscar Dawson, Timothy Carroll, Ryan Strathie, Matthew Redlich / Holy Holy (Launceston/Melbourne/Hobart, Australia) – Rock
'Don't Let Me Go" – Greg Byrne, Mark Fouche, Kevin Fouche, Alex Qasabian, Billy Handley / Stone Parade (Sydney, NSW, Australia) –Unsigned Only
'Estilo Latino" – Ale Y Anton (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Latin Music
'Faded Star" – John Walsh (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Lyrics Only
'Feel My Love" – Phebe Starr (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Unsigned Only
'Hank And Tammy" – Liam Gerner, Eric Lynn (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Americana
'Hold On Me" – Hamish Anderson (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Blues
'I Used To Be Cool" – Keir Nuttall / Fatty Gets A Stylist (Brisbane, QLD, Australia) – Comedy/Novelty
'I Will Directed by Jesse Anderson" – Kirsty Lee Akers, Jerry Salley (Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia) – Music Video
'Juke Joint On Moses Lane" – Fiona Boyes (Yamba, NSW, Australia) – Blues
'Light Up The Sky" – J Packer, L Jeske / Groove State (Melbourne , VIC, Australia) – EDM
'Living In The Dark" – Sam Buckingham (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Americana
'Mind The Gap" – Adam Carl Stephens / Shetdogs (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
'On The Line" – Cam Nacson, Toby Chew Lee / MOZA (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – EDM
'Only You And Me" – Greg Byrne, Mark Fouche, Kevin Fouche, Alex Qasabian, Billy Handley / Stone Parade (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – AC (Adult Contemporary)
'Only You And Me" – Greg Byrne, Mark Fouche, Kevin Fouche, Alex Qasabian, Billy Handley / Stone Parade (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Unsigned Only
'Pretending" – Kristy Coote, Clive Young (Newcastle, NSW, Australia) – Children's Music
'Red Car, Cold Heart" – Lucy Lowe (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Unpublished
'Slowly Creeping Back " – Ben Crawford, Zac Crawford / Crawford Brothers (Hinton, NSW, Australia ) – Pop/Top 40
'Stumble In The Dark" – Sal Kimber / Sal Kimber & The Rollin' Wheel (Beechworth, VIC, Australia) – Unsigned Only
'Survive On Love" – Matt Gresham (Perth, WA, Australia) – Pop/Top 40
'Tell Me It's Over" – Aminah Hughes (Perth, WA, Australia) – Blues
'The Booty Song" – Susi Prendergast / The Additives (Perth, WA, Australia) – Comedy/Novelty
'The Family Song" – Benny Thatcher / Benny Time (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Children's Music
'The Prophet" – Gavin Libotte / Urban Gypsies Quartet (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – Instrumental
'The Red White And Blue" – Tony King (Bermagui, NSW, Australia) – Lyrics Only
'They Don't Make 'em Like They Used To" – Matt Ellis, Paul Chesne (Sydney, NSW, Australia / Los Angeles, CA, USA) – Americana
'Thinking Bout You" – Nick de la Hoyde, Joseph de la Hoyde (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – R&B/Hip-Hop
'Wasting Time" – Dallas Frasca, Jeff Curran, Josh Eales (Melbourne, VIC, Australia) – Rock
'When Darkness Finds You" – Joseph Church (Sydney, NSW, Australia) – AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
'When I'm Broken" – Katrina Burgoyne, Goran Kralj, Joe Doyle (Gunnedah, NSW, Australia ) – Unsigned Only
'When The Money's All Gone" – Shane Nicholson (Brisbane, QLD, Australia) – Americana
'Wonder" – Michelle V MILOU (Gold Coast, QLD, Australia) – Christian
'You've Underestimated Me, Dude" – Kate Miller-Heidke, Pip Norman (Brisbane, QLD, Australia) – Performance
Entries are now open for the 2017 competition. For more information and to enter, go to http://www.songwritingcompetition.com
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