My song No Hiding Place awarded Grand Prize for Dallas Songwriters Contest! Track 1 of ‘Love, Hope & Tyranny’ was recognized yesterday by the Dallas Songwriters Association Song Contest. I submitted the song to their contest a couple months ago in the Americana category. Not only did the song win FIRST PLACE IN the AMERICANA category, but it won the single GRAND PRIZE award for best song in all categories. What an honor! The news is as follows: 2014 DSA SONG CONTEST WINNERS dsasongcontest.blogspot.it/ AMERICANA 1. No Hiding Place by Lucia Comnes and Gawain Mathews, San Francisco, CA 2. Over Space & Time by Nitanee Paris, Malibu, CA 3. Hold Me by Dickey Johnson, Dallas, Tx GRAND PRIZE 1. No Hiding Place by Lucia Comnes and Gawain Mathews, San Francisco, CA 2. Say That You Love by Gracie Lott, De Soto, TX 3. Something Just Clicks by James Bennett, Tulsa, OK GRAND PRIZE JUDGES COMMENTS “Lots of strong songs this year. Unlike most years, many songs could have won this. Thanks for letting me be part of this great contest.” – Grand Prize Judge, Roy Elkins 1.) No Hiding Place – While the song has about a 5 note range, I gave it high marks for melody. The melody is so easy to remember, I found myself humming this over and over again and really wanting to learn the lyric. Sometimes great melodies are really simple, that is the case here. The lyric is captivating, thought provoking and if we were only hearing the melody and lyric, one can visualize exactly who would be singing it, what kind of band would be playing and even the clothes they would be wearing. It creates a vision beyond the content of the lyric. Another thing that caught my attention was that this song is dead center of the Americana genre with many lyrical & visual overtones. One listener might feel “religious,” one might hear “relationship”, one might simply see “a bird” and another might experience something completely different. Songwriting contests come down to the opinion of the judge, but there is no denying that this song nails the genre, with or without the music. With that said, it really isn’t my cup of tea, but the fans of this genre will eat it up. Roy Elkins is a well-known music technology entrepreneur who has been leading industry innovations for over twenty years. Elkins is the Founder and CEO of Broadjam Inc., serving independent musicians. He spends most of his day listening to and reviewing music from Broadjam artists.independent music. royelkins/ Grand Prize includes $100 cash prize, a Casio Privia keyboard and recording time at Beaird Music in Nashville, where songs from artists like Lady Antebellum are recorded every day. beairdmusicgroup/ I am thrilled! And I look forward to recording a song on my first trip to Nashville!!!
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 09:24:39 +0000