We want to congratulate the 17 winners who were chosen by a panel of 5 Colorado judges with serious ties to the Music Business. Each song was rated on a scoring system of 1-5 with 1 being low and 5 being high. Judges were also told they could break the point value down by quarter percentages if they wanted to do so. In other words, if they felt the song rated better than a “4″ but was not quite *perfect*, they could give it a 4.5.
We put the top 19 songs overall on a CD and will have local replicator CODA, Inc., make copies, as we promised, to pass out to the music pros at the Durango Songwriters Expo. Last year, CDs (along with the lyrics) were passed out to Windswept Pacific; The Song Factory; Writer’s Den Music Group; Garvan Media, Management and Marketing; West-Alan Publishing; Doug Garvey (CO State Fair Songwriters Night); Lyric House Publishing; and Jeff Silbar (writer of “Wind Beneath My Wings”). We also mailed copies to Ash Street Publishing, Vapor Music Group (Music Supervision and Licensing), Imagem Music, Razor & Tie (music placement), LBK Entertainment. and SQE Publishing.
We will also be hosting the songwriters at a special Songwriters Night at Herman’s Hideaway in November. The date is yet to be confirmed but we’ll let everyone know as soon as we know!
Our thoughts on this are so that our other members can meet the winners (“Put a face to the name”), and so that you can all meet each other! Perhaps a co-writing partnership will happen. We know of such a co-writing that happened before (and their song was a winner in the past!) Who knows? That’s what COMBO is all about – networking with the musicians and services who need each other to make a career happen.
Here’s the list of those songs that will be on the CD, not by rating but it just happened that way! However, FYI – The high scoring songs were Smokin’ and Here Come The Jones (tied for first).
Track Title : Writer(s)
01. Kiss of Death: Rich Owen
02. Come Over: Joel Ashmore
03. Wishes or Weeds: Caitlin Powell
04. Bounce: Rachel Alena/Alec Sims/Kyle Comerford/Vince Carmellini
05. Gypsy Jewel: Jeffrey Dallet
06. Dissection: Sidney Powell
07. The Perfect Remedy: Richie Allen Buchborn
08. Jamaica No Problem: Charles Cavanaugh / James Dickson
09. My House is Not a Home: John Bunzli
10. So Well: Richie Allen Buchborn
11. Fourth of July: Steve Law
12. Smokin’: Nicole Unser/Tyler Jordan
13. Here Comes the Jones: Charles Cavanaugh / James Dickson
14. Blessings: Marni Green
15. Funk it Up: Harold Rapp, III
16. Silent Words: Amy Humphreys Kress
17. The One: Michael Aldridge
18. When You Turn Around: Robby Roberts
19. Sunlight in a Snowstorm: Laurie Dameron
We want to thank all of you who entered and hope that the judges’ comments help you with you future songwriting endeavors.
COMBO’s Board of Directors
Barb Dye, President
Andy Ard, Vice-President
Mark King, Secretary
David Barber, Treasurer
Annette Cannon
Johnnie Johnson
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CONGRATULATION TO ROBERT HOJABOOM FOR WINNING COMBO’S DRAWING
Robert Hojaboom for winning the drawing for the entry into the Durango Songwriters Expo being held at the Omni Interlocken Resort in Broomfield October 1st thru 4th. The names of all the songwriters who entered COMBO’s 3rd Annual Songwriting Contest were literally thrown into a hat and Robert’s name was drawn by an impartial third party! We look forward to Robert’s report on his experience at the DSE!
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FACING WEST WINS COLORADO STATE COUNTY SHOWDOWN – GOING TO SW REGIONAL CONTEST
Congratulations to COMBO members Facing West (Caitlin & Sidney Powell) for winning the Colorado State Competition of the Country Showdown! The sister duo will now move on to the Southwest Regional Competition on Saturday, October 17th, 2015, at the Shuler Theater in Raton, New Mexico. The show is FREE and open to ALL AGES. And lots of FREE parking is available at the event as well!
Also competing were Nicole Lewis(representing KSKE, Avon), Kenosha Pass (representing KATR, Fort Morgan), and COMBO members Krisit Hoopes (representing KVRH, Salida), and Rich Owen (representing KCRT, Trinidad). Only a few points separated the contestants who are judged by a national wide judging system which includes Marketability in Country Music, Instrumental/Vocal Ability, Originality of Performance, Stage Presence/Charisma, and Talent. Bonus points are added for performing their own original songs as well.
COMBO also wants to thank ALL the radio stations and promotions managers for sponsoring the Country Showdown! What a wonderful opportunity for Colorado’s country, folk, and Americana singers/songwriters to showcase their talents!