{"id":338,"date":"2011-03-13T20:26:17","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T00:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/?p=338"},"modified":"2011-06-12T08:50:28","modified_gmt":"2011-06-12T12:50:28","slug":"international-songwriting-competition-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"International Songwriting Competition Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"

We received another recognition from Leap<\/em>! \u00a0Check out the press release below:<\/p>\n

March 13, 2011: \u00a0The song\u00a0Glorious Savior from the new album\u00a0Leap by J. Douglas Wright of Carrollton, Georgia is a finalist in the annual International Songwriting Competition (ISC).\u00a0 The album was produced by Brandon Swafford of Swaff Productions in Villa Rica, Georgia. \u00a0The song was written by Swafford, Wright, and Carson Ray. \u00a0This year, ISC received well over 15,000 entries from 115 countries throughout the world, representing all genres of contemporary music. The ISC listening committee narrowed these entries down to 323 finalists in 22 categories. These finalists hail from 33 countries from all corners of the world, from Uruguay to Armenia, from Moldova to Hungary, from Zaire to the Ukraine, and everywhere in between.\u00a0Reflecting the international scope of the competition, over 58% of all finalists and semi-finalists come from outside the USA.\u00a0Winners will be selected from the group of finalists by ISC judges Peter Gabriel, Tom Waits, Rihanna, Ben Harper, Kings of Leon, Jeff Beck, McCoy Tyner, and many more.<\/em><\/p>\n

Winners will be announced in late April, 2011. Prizes include over $150,000 in cash, merchandise, and services – including a Grand Prize of $25,000 cash and $20,000 in additional prizes.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to <\/em>http:\/\/www.songwritingcompetition.com\/winners<\/em><\/a> to see the complete list.<\/em><\/p>\n

The ISC finalists’ songs are currently posted on the ISC website as part of the People’s Voice – an online voting contest that allows the public to listen to and vote for their favorite ISC finalist. The winner of the People’s Voice is selected solely by public vote and is in addition to, and completely separate from, the regular winners who will be selected by the prestigious ISC judging panel. To listen to the finalists’ songs and to cast your vote (you be the judge!), visit: <\/em>http:\/\/www.sonicbids.com\/voting\/Default.aspx?p=372<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

ISC 2010 was the most competitive of any year in terms of quality of entries. ISC received so many wonderful songs that reflected creativity, diversity, and excellent songwriting craftsmanship, and as a result, it was the most difficult year to select the finalists. “Selecting both the finalists and the semi-finalists was a challenging and daunting task,” says Founder and Director Candace Avery. “The competition was so extreme this year, making the status of being selected a finalist or semi-finalist an honor that is elevated and even more prestigious than in past years.” Accordingly, there is a record number of finalists and semi-finalists. Congratulations to all these deserving songwriters!<\/em><\/p>\n

The complete list of ISC judges includes:<\/em><\/p>\n

Recording Artists: Peter Gabriel; Rihanna; Kings of Leon; Tom Waits; Ben Harper; Jeff Beck; Kelly Clarkson; Timbaland; Keane; McCoy Tyner; Ben Folds; Train; Robbie Williams; Joe Nichols; Michael W. Smith; John Scofield; Jerry Lee Lewis; Regina Spektor; Alejandro Sanz; Jeremy Camp; Terence Blanchard; Ray Wylie Hubbard; Montel Jordan; John Mayall; Craig Morgan; Jazmine Sullivan; DJ Ti\u00ebsto; James Cotton; Sandra Bernhard; Robert Earl Keen; Baaba Maal; Wynonna; John Digweed; K’Naan; Adele; Black Francis (The Pixies); Robert Smith (The Cure); Chris Hillman (The Byrds); Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.); Toots Hibbert (Toots & The Maytals); Matt Thiessen (Relient K); Chayanne; and Dan Zanes<\/em><\/p>\n

Industry Executives: Monte Lipman (President, Universal Republic Records); Amanda Ghost (President, Epic Records); Rick Krim (Exec. VP, Talent & Music Programming, VH1); Brian Malouf (VP A&R, Walt Disney Records); Bruce Iglauer (Founder\/President, Alligator Records); Angel Carrasco (Sr. VP A&R, Latin America, Sony\/BMG); Ric Arboit (President, Nettwerk Music Group); Daniel Glass (Founder\/CEO, Glassnote Entertainment Group); Cory Robbins (Founder\/President, Robbins Entertainment); Dr. Demento (Radio Host, The Dr. Demento Show); Steve Lillywhite (Producer); Dan Storper (President, Putamayo World Music Records and Putumayo Kids); Lisa Ramsey Perkins (Sr. Director, A&R Sony Nashville); Kim Buie (VP A&R, Lost Highway); Leib Ostrow (CEO, Music For Little People); and Tommy Morris (Talent\u00a0Coordinator, The Comedy Store)<\/em><\/p>\n

This is the second recognition for Leap in the last month (see the following press release). \u00a0Leap was released in January 2011 and\u00a0is available on iTunes and at local Christian bookstores.<\/em><\/p>\n

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We received another recognition from Leap! \u00a0Check out the press release below: March 13, 2011: \u00a0The song\u00a0Glorious Savior from the new album\u00a0Leap by J. Douglas Wright of Carrollton, Georgia is a finalist in the annual International Songwriting Competition (ISC).\u00a0 The album was produced by Brandon Swafford of Swaff Productions in Villa Rica, Georgia. \u00a0The song […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jdouglaswright.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}