Just the other day, I headed to my SonicBids account for Sweet Bitters and forked out $30 for yet another songwriting contest entry (a topic which I sighed over and pondered in a recent post) — it’s one that I’ve heard is quite reputable and lots of my friends have entered…the Mountain Stage New Song contest.
One of their marketing/PR peeps (who is also a musician), Lauren Stockner, lobbed me an e-mail today letting me know that the deadline for entries in the contest is September 1 — and hoped I’d share the following info with you all. So here it is! Do with it what you will…:)
Here’s what she says:
“Now in its eighth year, the 2009 Mountain Stage NewSong Contest is one of the premier showcases in North America of talented singer-songwriters across multiple genres of music. Interested artists can enter online through contest partner Sonicbids.com (www.sonicbids.com/newsong2009) or mail-in by sending in CD entries via US Postal mail. (details at www.newsong-music.com/contest). A total of 12 finalists will be chosen to perform in the international contest finals, held this year on Saturday, October 10 at the home theater of Mountain Stage in Charleston, West Virginia. The contest features cash and other prizes, and at least one of five co-winners will earn an appearance on a worldwide broadcast of the prestigious “Mountain Stage” radio show. The short list of those who have made their national debut on the show include the Barenaked Ladies, Ryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones and Alison Krauss. Co-winners and other contest standouts will also be invited to participate in future NewSong productions in locations throughout the country, and will be candidates for future releases on the NewSong Recordings label. Non-winning contestants will also be considered for future “Mountain Stage” appearances.”
There you go!
