Neon Trees, David Crowder, Rosanne Cash, Of Monsters and Men, Dustin Lynch, Darryl McDaniels and more sign on as judges.
Unsigned Only today announced it’s judging panel and mentors for the 2014 music competition. Judges consist of iconic recording artists and journalists, each bringing unique expertise in a wide variety of contemporary music genres. Mentors include the top echelon of record company executives, ranging from label Presidents to A&R reps coming from labels such as Republic Records, Capitol, Sire, Warners Bros., Atlantic, Elektra, RocNation, and Word.
Unsigned Only is accepting entries NOW for solo artists, bands, and singers who are not signed to a major label. The Grand Prize Winner will be awarded $10,000 in cash (plus additional prizes) and one-on-one mentoring by an elite group of record company executives.
First Place and Second Place winners will also be selected in each category listed below:
- AAA (Adult Album Alternative)
- AC (Adult Contemporary)
- Americana
- Christian
- Country
- Folk/Singer-Songwriter
- R&B/Hip-Hop
- Rock
- Pop/Top 40
- Teen (for artists 18 years old and younger)
- Vocal Performance
Original and cover songs are accepted. Winners will be announced in August, 2014.
2014 Judges Include: Neon Trees; John Oates (Hall & Oates); Of Monsters and Men; 3 Doors Down; Dustin Lynch; Black Francis (The Pixies); Rosanne Cash; Delbert McClinton; David Crowder; Craig Morgan; Robert Smith (The Cure); Darryl McDaniels (Run DMC); Aaron Shust; G. Love; Jason Gray; Rapsody; Alt-J; The Mountain Goats; Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone); Josh Jackson (Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Paste Magazine); Chris Richards (Pop Music Critic, The Washington Post); and more to be announced.
2014 Mentors Include: Monte Lipman (Chairman and CEO, Republic Records); Jeff Castelaz (President, Elektra Records); Seymour Stein (Chairman, SIRE Records and VP of Warner Bros Records); Pete Ganbarg (Executive VP/Head of A&R, Atlantic Records); Mike Elizondo (Sr. VP of A&R, Warner Bros. Records); Josh Bailey (Sr. VP of A&R, Word Label Group); Kim Stephens (President, Forward Entertainment and A&R/Capitol Music Group); Lenny Santiago (VP of A&R, Roc Nation); and more to be announced.
For entry and general information, please go to http://www.unsignedonly.com
thirtythreeconnection was established in early 2013 consisting of Andrew Brannen and Stephen Gillon. Combining a traditional/organic piano sound with energetic drums and melodic vocals. We have released our debut single ‘Melody’ after a busy 2013 where we introduced ourselves to the Edinburgh music scene with gigs at most of the established venues in the capital. We have been part of the Verden Demo project throughout 2013 and are looking to expand our music throughout the Scottish music scene and even further afield!
Fronted by GREGG ALLMAN’s daughter LAYLA ALLMAN.This band rocks!
My name is Drew Harris and I’m a 22 year old musician from Chicago, Illinois, I got my start in local bands at the young age of 14, and quickly understood this was what I was meant to do. After multiple bands broke up for various reasons, I decided to work on a solo album, I could play all the instruments, and I could record/produce an album, so it was time to do it all on my own. Roughly 2 years later I released “Resolve.” which is a culmination of all my musical influences, somehow managing to combine them all into a catchy, edgy, progressive/alternative/indie/punk blend of my own design.
http://drewharrismusic.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/drewche_bag/sets/resolve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oOyYnyuXFM&index=1&list=PLXDuXF4nFaIWA2mJucYRnCT3gxubTLGWk
Thank you so much again for your time,
Drew Harris