Astoria, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/01/2010 -- Sonicbids, the website that helps bands discover and book gigs, and the International Songwriting Contest are looking for the best songwriters in music. Whether you're a professional songwriter or just starting out, ISC wants to hear your music. Over $150,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded, including a $25,000 cash prize to the 2010 Overall Grand Prize winner. Judges for the contest include artists in all different genres and music industry professionals, from Peter Gabriel and Rihanna to Amanda Ghost, President of Epic Records and Rick Krim, Executive Vice President, Talent & Music Programming at VH1.
What: Called "the songwriting competition to take note of" by the New York Times, ISC is the premier international songwriting competition in the world. ISC offers more categories, the largest cash Grand Prize, more international winners, and has the most prestigious judges of any songwriting competition.
Artists may submit as many songs as desired in each category or enter the same song to more than one category.
Following are interviews with a couple of the ISC judges:
"Creativity always breeds evolution," states judge Darryl McDaniels (D.M.C. of Run D.M.C.). "I'm listening to see all these artists writing songs, lyrics, music and sound that will last forever."
"Once in a while you come across something really promising," says judge Chris Hillman (The Byrds) of his participation.
For the full interviews, listen here: http://blogs.sonicbids.com/communityteam/2010/09/20/iscjudgeinterviews/
When: The deadline to submit is October 6, 2010.
Where: Submit your song through Sonicbids here:
http://www.sonicbids.com/Opportunity/OpportunityView.aspx?c=388
About Sonicbids
Sonicbids is the website the helps bands get gigs and promoters book the right bands. Our community includes more than 275,000 bands and 23,000 promoters and licensors from all around the world. With festivals, clubs, colleges, music licensing and much more, Sonicbids offers a diverse range of gigs for every kind of musician. In fact, last year alone, more than 71,000 gigs were booked on the site. The company was founded in 2001 by Panos Panay and continues to focus on its core mission of empowering the artistic middle class. Get a gig or book a band at http://www.sonicbids.com.
Music: http://soundcloud.com/sonicbids/isc-interview-run-dmc