GOOD LUCK! Local Unsigned Only Competition Finalists!

You've got until August 31, 2017 to help three local artists win the 2017 Unsigned Only Fandemonium competition!  Independent musicians from around the world submit their songs to the contest. There's a separate competition chosen by a panel of judges as well.

Brantford's Benjamin Benjamin Dakota Rogers is up for the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category.



Links: Benjamin Dakota Rogers, More Benjamin Dakota Rogers Stories, Video above courtesy of Cultivate Music

Rockwood musician Wes Mason is the running for the Screen Shot award (for licence-able songs).



Links: Wes Mason, More Wes Mason Stories, Video above courtesy of Wes Mason

Last but not least Mikalyn Hay from Guelph was nominated in the Teen category.



Links: Mikalyn Hay, More Mikalyn Hay Stories, Video above courtesy of Mikalyn Hay Music

Below is a listing of all the Canadian nominees Click here for the complete list.

Folk/Singer-Songwriter

• Benjamin Dakota Rogers: The Soldier Song
• Big Little Lions: Better Than This
• Matt Epp: The Sound
• Brock Zeman: Drinks (the Clown)

Screen Shot

(suitable to use in TV, films, gaming, advertising)

• Wes Mason: Worth It
• Big Little Lions: In the Quieter Times
• LITEYEARS: Zeitgeist
• Jayde Taylor: Hurts Like Hell

Teen

• Mikalyn Hay: Pins and Needles
• Quinton Cochran: Don't Need a Reason
• Faouzia: Knock on My Door
• Tyler Simmons: I'm Already Falling

Adult Album Alternative

• David Blair: What Am I Worried About
• BRAVERY: Sparkles
• North Easton: Love Like That

Adult Contemporary

• Colleen Brown and Major Love: I Love All of You
• Matt Epp: The Sound

Americana

• Big Little Lions: Against the Wall
• Dale Boyle: Gasoline
• Luke Nicholson: Long May He Reign
• The Small Glories: No Friend of Mine

Christian

• Jordan St.Cyr: In My Lifetime + Victory

Country

• Lisa Nicole: Mad About It
• Trevor Panczak: For a Girl
• Powell Peebles: So Far So Good
• Brad Saunders: Cut to the Chase

Pop/Top 40

• Nate Hall: Holiday
• The New Electric: Ride This Feeling

RnB/Hip Hop

• K Montana: Dancing

Vocal Performance

• Janet Cull's In The Red: Mommy's Boy

Categories without Canadian finalists: Electronic Dance Music, Rock,

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Unsigned Only, More Unsigned Only Stories

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CONGRATS! Oakville's Jules Wins Award AGAIN at Unsigned Only Competition!

Thanks to her incredible song 8 hours, Oakville popster Jules has won the Teen category of  the Unsigned Only Fandemonium competition for the second year in a row!  The results were released on September 15, 2016.  The contest features musicians from around the world so she has proven herself a world-class talent AGAIN! CONGRATS!



Links: Jules, More Jules Stories, Video above courtesy of Jules Collarile

Below is a list of 1st place winners and all Canadian winners (in bold).  Click here for the complete list.

• Teen: Jules
• Country: Chris Buck Band
  
  
  
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• Screen Shot (songs suitable for film, TV, advertising, gaming): Dustin Paul, Mossamo (2nd Place)
• Fandemonium: Alize Tamturk 
• Win Some Love: The New Electric, Micky Blue (2nd), Heather Longstaffe (3rd)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy Heather Longstaffe
  
  
• Triple Play (Get Paid for Any Kind of Music): David Myles 
• Grand Prize: Ingrid Andress
• Adult Album Alternative: Phebe Starr
• Adult Contemporary: Giorgi+Leo
• Americana: Kate Vargas
• Christian: Attaboy 
• Electronic Dance Music: Moza
• Folk/Singer-Songwriter: Afternoon Men
• Pop/Top 40: DF3
• R and B/Hip Hop: Jeremy Gaynor
• Rock: Midnight Mob
• Triple Play (Get Played With Digital Distribution): Dino Jag
• Triple Play (Get Published With Your Songs): Daniel Duke
• Vocal Performance: Braxi

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Unsigned Only, More Unsigned Only Stories

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GOOD LUCK! Local Artists in Unsigned Only Competition!

You can help three area performers win the 2016 Unsigned Only Fandemonium competition!  Presented by Radioairplay.com, the contest features songs submitted by independent artists.  There is also a similar, separate competition chosen by a panel of judges (featuring the same nominees)

Steve Rivers (Milton) and Shae Dupuy (Cambridge) are up for the Country category, Maggie Szabo (Dundas) is in the running for Pop/Top 40 and Oakville popster Jules is once again up for the Teen category, which she won last year!



Links: Steve Rivers, More Steve Rivers Stories, Video above courtesy of Steve Rivers



Links: Shae Dupuy, More Shae Dupuy Stories, Video above courtesy of Shae Dupuy



Links: Maggie Szabo, More Maggie Szabo Stories, Video above courtesy of WorldArts Music



Links: Jules, More Jules Stories, Video above courtesy of TO Rocks

Below is a listing of all the Canadian nominees (click song title to hear it).  Click here for the complete list.

Country

• Shae DuPuy: Drink About It
• Steve Rivers: Don't Come Here Tonight
• Chris Buck Band: Leave Your Light On
• Heather Longstaffe: Jack Daniels

Pop/Top 40

• Maggie Szabo: Gold
• Tinah: Put it Down on Me

Teen

• Jules: 8 Hours
• Olivia Penalva: Weightless
• Alize Tamturk: One and Only

Americana

• Scott Shea: Crazy Love
• Brock Zeman: Little Details

Folk/Singer-Songwriter

• Big Little Lions: Say Hello
• Birds of Bellwoods: Come Home
• Andy Brown: Run
• JJ and The Pillars: Burning Leaves
• Scott Shea: Vanity

Adult Alternative

• Orange O'Clock: Wax 'N' Wane

Rock (No Canadians)

Vocal Performance

• Matthew V: The Day I Die

Adult Contemporary

• The New Electric: Inside Out
• Nuela Charles: Coming for You

Screen Shot (songs suitable for film, TV, advertising, gaming)

• Big Little Lions: Say Hello
• Evan Freeman: Science Fiction
• Mossamo: Hella Hard
• Orange O'Clock: Wax 'N' Wane

Christian

• Glenn Vincent Breen: Waiting on You
• Informants: Alive
• Brad Nickel: Lighting Up Darkness
• Brant Pethick: A Million Stars
• West of Here: If Wishes Were Horses

R&B/Hip-Hop

• Mossamo: Hella Hard

Electronic Dance Music

• John Atonic: The Milky Way
• Kneptunes: True Gangsters

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Unsigned Only, More Unsigned Only Stories

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CONGRATS! Oakville's Jules Collarile Wins Unsigned Only Music Competition

Oakville pop sensation Jules Collarile earned second place in the Teen category for the 2015 Unsigned Only Music Competition.  CONGRATS!



Links: Jules Collarile, More Jules Stories, Video above courtesy of Jules Collarile

Local semi-finalists included: 

• Benjamin Dakota Rogers (Brantford)
• JoJo Worthington (Waterloo)
• Laura Cole (Hamilton)
• Reklaws (Cambridge)
• Shae DuPuy (Cambridge)
• Sumo Cyco (Hamilton)
• (u) the Band (Guelph)
• Wesley James (St. Catharines)

Click here for the complete semi-finalist list

According to their website: Unsigned Only is a unique annual international music competition designed for solo artists, bands, and singers who are not signed to a major label record company or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or imprints. The goal of Unsigned Only is to find an outstanding, talented performer: a band, singer, or solo artist...a newcomer or veteran...raw or polished - the “gem” that needs to be discovered. Unsigned Only is looking for the total package.

The grand prize went to Jared Porter And Kaylee Bell (Australia/New Zealand) who've won mentoring from industry pros.



Links: Jared Porter, Kaylee Bell,  Video above courtesy of Fairfax Rural Events

Here are few highlights of the contest)

Teen

• 1st Place: Koda Corvette
• 2nd Place: Jules Collarile (Oakville, ON) 

Americana

• 1st Place: Jordan Whitmore
• 2nd Place: Brock Zeman (Carleton Place, On)
  
  
  
  Links: Brock Zeman, More Brock Zeman Stories, Video above courtesy of Desmond Howl
  

Adult Contemporary

• 1st Place: Patrick Lehman (Montreal, QC)
• 2nd Place: The Luck

Country

• 1st Place: Nicole Unser
• 2nd Place: Holley McCreary

Folk/Singer-Songwriter

• 1st Place: Nicknervous
• 2nd Place: Rivvrs

Adult Album Alternative

• 1st Place Laney Jones and The Spirits
• 2nd Place: Allie and Ivy

Canadian Honourable Mentions

• Broad Way Sleep (Toronto, ON)
• The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer (Vancouver, BC)
• Sons of Daughters (Vancouver, BC)
• Dale Boyle (Dorval, QC)
• Runaway Angel (Whitby, ON)
• Jesse Slack (Peterborough, ON)
• Quinell (Lacombe, AB)
• David Myles (Fredericton, NB)
• Big Little Lions (Royston, BC)
• Dylan Holton (Pictou County, NS)
• Bayla (Montreal, QC)
• Immaculate (Okanagan, BC)
• Jarek Hardy (Toronto, ON)
• The Modern Hearts (Toronto, ON)
• Sate (Toronto, ON)
• Devaine (Toronto, ON)
• Fionn (Vancouver, BC)
• Alessandra Paonessa (Toronto, ON)
• Anca Boieru and Valentin Borsu (Calgary, AB)
• Tiffany Desrosiers (Langley, BC)
• Shane Harvey (North Vancouver, BC)

Click here for the full winners list

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