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Judges Announced!
Folk/Acoustic
Kyle Novy
Kyle Novy is the owner and founder of My Song Alive, an internet production company working with aspiring songwriters all over the country. In addition to his production experience, Kyle is helping pioneer the Singer-Songwriter program at Interlochen Arts Academy, the nation's premier arts school. A passionate mentor, Kyle teaches in the areas of music critique, theory, songwriting, production, lyrical technique, and recording. He has prepared students for college programs in Songwriting, Performance, Music Technology, Music Production, Cinema Media Arts and more.
Country/Americana
Tommy Karlas
Tommy Karlas is a singer/songwriter from East Alton, IL. In 2001, he moved to Nashville at the age of 19. Since then Tommy has written songs for Randy Travis, Blake Shelton, and had a multi-week number one with Roll With Me, which was recorded by Montgomery Gentry. Roll With Me was one of the top 5 most played ASCAP songs of 2008 penning Tommy an ASCAP Songwriter of the Year nomination in 2009
Pop
Alex Forbes
With numerous Billboard-charting singles, over 120 releases, and millions of album sales under her belt, Alex Forbes exudes a contagious passion on the subject of songwriting. Her mission is to nurture the next generation of great songwriters.
She has been coaching groups and individuals in the art and craft of songwriting since 1990 and has led courses and workshops in the Masters Degree program at NYU Steinhardt, Gotham Writers Workshop, the ASCAP Foundation, The Institute for Collaborative Education, The International Songwriting Camp in Austria, The Connecticut Songwriters Association and many other organizations. Alex is also the author of Write Songs Right Now and SongLab, both published by Blackstone Audio.
Instrumental
John Bayman
Chris has Scored the Soundtrack Eleven Films: Feature Films, Documentarys, and Shorts.
Studied Piano, Guitar, Organ, Bass, Composition privately from 1966 on. Post secondary institutions, TCC, PLU, IUSB. Toured with phenomenal musicians from 1980-1988. Have been featured in Guitar Player mag., recorded with Pearl Jam's drummer, composed and written for TV, Libraries, Films, recorded guitar tracks for feature films. Have been teaching privately since 1987.
Rock
Martin Blasick
Martin Blasick co-wrote of Ladies Of Tampa with Matthew MacConaughey for an camera performance in Magic Mike. Lindsey Lohan performed Martin's "Don't Move On" on camera in Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen. Blasick's songs have appeared in feature films including Kinsey, Kung Pow: Enter The Fist, Hi Lo Country, Santa's Slay, The Associate and more.
As a producer he earned a gold record for Miracles Happen from the Princess Diaries 2 soundtrack album. His work can be heard in Body Of Proof, Hung, The Matador, Princess Diaries I Ugly Betty, Oceans 12 & 13, Army Wives, Dirty Sexy Money, Samantha Who, Captivity, Kyle XY, 12 Items Or Less, Nurse Betty and more.
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