2004 Unisong International Song Contest Deadline Approaching

Offering cash, prizes and real opportunities to new and developing songwriters around the world. Selected winners will appear on a special limited edition CD and one Grand Prize winner will win a trip to write new songs with established professional songwriters.

(PRWEB) November 9, 2004 -- Unisong International Song Contest Deadline Approaching! Only 3 Weeks Left To Enter!

The Unisong International Song Contest has opened its 2004 competition, offering cash, prizes and real opportunities to new and developing songwriters around the world. This year selected winners will appear on a special limited edition CD and one Grand Prize winner will win a trip to write new songs with established professional songwriters.

Keeping in the Unisong tradition of songwriter opportunity, the Unisong 2004 Grand Prize winner will receive a songwriting trip (sponsored by Music Bridges ATW) to New York, Nashville, Los Angeles or London for a guaranteed collaboration with established writer/artists from a pool that includes: Brenda Russell ("Piano In The Dark", "She Walks This Earth" - Sting), Randy Bachman ("Let It Ride" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive, "These Eyes" - The Guess Who), Lindy Robbins - Unisong's First Grand Prize Winner! ("Back To You" - Faith Hill, "Shine" - Clay Aiken), Jennifer Paige ("Crush"), Michael Jay ("Toy Soldiers" - Martika) and Marsha Malamet ("Did You Ever Love Somebody" - Jessica Simpson, "Crazy Love" - Patti La Belle, Sheena Easton, Luther Vandross).

First Place winners in twelve categories will appear on "Unisong Winners Sampler Vol. 1," a special limited edition CD compilation produced in conjunction with Disc Makers http://www.discmakers.com. Selected other winners will also appear in the collection which will be distributed to music industry pros worldwide.

Other Unisong partners include American Songwriter Magazine, Bandit A&R Newsletter, British Academy of Songwriters & Composers, Cuesheet, Dunlop USA, Earth Love Fund, Lurker Limited Edition Recordings, The Muse's Muse, Music Bridges ATW, MusicBusinessStore.com, Music Player, Neonflame, OrthoXpress.com, Sibelius Software, SongLink International, Songs Wanted, SumaDek and Taxi.

Entry categories have been expanded for 2004 and include: Pop Ballad, Pop Uptempo, Rock, Country, Acoustic/Folk, Urban/R&B, World/Reggae, Gospel/Contemporary Christian, Chiledrens, Instrumental/Jazz, Social/Political and Lyrics Only. Professional song critiques are also available to all entrants.

A professional recording is not required to enter. Songs will be judged on quality, craftsmanship and listener appeal and not on production or instrumentation. Lyric entries will be judged on content, form and originality.

The deadline for entries is November 30, 2004. Complete contest information is available at the Unisong website http://www.unisong.com.

Entry forms are available by: e-mail request (entry@unisong.com); postal mail (e-mail entry@unisong with your mailing address) or write - US: 5198 Arlington Avenue, PMB 513, Riverside, CA 92504 USA - UK/EUROPE: P.O. Box 13383, London NW3 5ZR UK)

ABout the Unisong International Song Contest:

Back in 1996, songwriter Alan Roy Scott (Music Bridges ATW) and publisher David Stark (SongLink International) set out to create a different kind of song contest. The 1997 Unisong International Song Contest was the first international song contest created "by songwriters...for songwriters." The Grand Prize winner that year was one Lindy Robbins (who went on to secure a publishing deal with PolyGram and has had successes with Faith Hill and Clay Aiken).

Since those early days, the Unisong team has worked hard to present a contest that offers true opportunity. Unisong's Grand Prize is consistently unique among song contests. Past Unisong Grand Prize winners have had the opportunity to write with the likes of Burt Bacharach, Peter Buck, Jimmy Buffet, Gary Burr, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Stewart Copeland, Rodney Crowell, Lamont Dozier, Mick Fleetwood, Peter Frampton, Indigo Girls, Montell Jordan, Gladys Knight, Lisa Loeb, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Joan Osborne, Lee Roy Parnell, Bonnie Raitt, Brenda Russell, Andy Summers, David Was, Don Was, and many others.

Since going online for the 1997 competition there have been many other startups who imitated Unisong's innovations to the modern song contest. Online registration, MP3 entries and audio clips of winning songs were all online firsts introduced by Unisong.

CONTACT:

Rebecca Page / Unisong PR

rebecca@unisong.com

Voice Mail & Info Line (USA): (213) 673-4067

Voice Mail & Info Line (UK): 44 (0)020 8485 8454

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