The inaugural Canadian Songwriting Competition finished up on May 2017 and songs by a number of area musicians were honoured by this fantastic contest. There were multiple categories and a huge grand prize.
The only local artist to win was Cambridge musician Shae Dupuy, who earned the top spot in the Country genre. Like all category winners, she wins $250 cash, recording time for a single, professional consultation and a subscription to Canadian Musician Magazine.
Links: Shae Dupuy, More Shae Dupuy Stories, Video above courtesy of Shae Dupuy
Three area songwriters were given honourable mentions in their categories: Burlington's Abby Hall (Under 18), JoJo Worthington (Gospel) from Waterloo and Guelph performer Mikalyn Hay (Pop).
Links: JoJo Worthington, More JoJo Worthington Stories, Click here if you can't see the player above
The Grand Prize winner was Ottawa's the Free whose song Freedom Island impressed the judges. His spoils include $5,000 cash, a round trip flight anywhere in Canada, consulting services, recording, mixing and mastering time, professional photography, a radio campaign and much more.
CONGRATS EVERYONE!
Below is a complete list of winners and honourable mentions:
Grand Prize Winner - The Free: Freedom Island
Country
Winner - Shae Dupuy: Wishing On You (co-written by Mike Little, Drew Gregory)
Honourable Mentions
Honourable Mentions
- Terry Maxwell: Made A Believer Out Of Me (co-written by Gary Lloyd)
- Beth Marie Anderson: Grow Up (co-written by Melissa Megan Nantais)
Honourable Mentions
- JoJo Worthington: Pool of Bethesda
- Ayo Oni: Wonderful is Our God
- Jesse David Weeks: Somewhere In The Distance (co-written by Paul Burns)
Honourable Mentions
- Mikalyn Hay: Save Yourself (co-written by Tyler Simmons, Murray Daigle)
- Lovecoast: Motion (Written by Danielle Sweeney, Andrew Fraser, Jesse McNeill, Phil Hamelin, Mike Clement)
- Soul and Sister: La Cabane (written by Maude Lapierre)
Under 18
Winner – Mathew Magneson: Mrs. Politeness
Winner – AHI: Ol’ Sweet Day
Honourable Mentions
- Ken Yates: Keep Your Head Down
- Luke Nicholson: Long May He Reign
- James Forest and the East Road: 10,000 Mornings (written by Jean-Michel Renaud)
- Michelle Willis: It’ll Rain Today
Winner – Elizabeth Shepherd: Seven Bucks
Honourable Mentions
- Shirantha Beddage: Momentum (for Bernard Hermann)
- Amanda Tosoff: Living in the Past (co-written by by Lloyd Tosoff + Ted Tosoff)
- The Jessica Stuart Few: Shame On You
Honourable Mentions
- Terence Jack: Eastern Rise
- Matt Blais: Everything Connected (co-written by Brian Moncarz)
- Government Town: Home (written by Michael Harmel)
- Julian Taylor Band: Heard Good Things (co-written by Jeremy Elliott, Denis Martel)
Honourable Mentions
- Michael Kaeshammer: Late Night Train (co-written by John Goodwin)
- Michael Kaeshammer: Sweet Grace (co-written by Ron Lopata, Joel Parisien)
- Tiffany Desrosiers: Love’s a Losing Game
Winner – Yao: Dans le sang (co-wwritten by Sonny Black)
Honourable Mentions
- Yao: Nomade (co-written by Wilson Jr Leon, Alexandre Duguay, Mikail Standjofski, Sonny Black
- Devin Ashton-Beaucage: La Chute de l’idéalisme
- Mélanie Brulée: Antidote du doute (co-written by Anique Granger)
Winner – Julian Taylor Band: Just A Little Bit (co-written by Kinnie Starr, Robert Priest)
Honourable Mentions
- Alexis Lynn: Weak
- Electric Religious: Marionette (written by Brandon Baker)
Winner – Kyle Burghout: The Kettle Valley Railway / Clouds in the Kootenays
Honourable Mentions
- John Palmer: Pender Island
- Dale Boyle: My Birmingham
- Government Town: Christmas Song (written by Michael Harmel)
Winner – I M U R: Swirl (written by Jenny Lea)
Honourable Mentions
- The Free: Mango
- Jonathan Hughes: Daughters
- Global Party Starters: Tonight (written by Hussein Alidina, Adam H, Don Wolf)
- Torro Torro: Designed 4 U (written by Evan Norton, Mike Gonek, Andrew Lin)
Winner - Damian La Grange: Beautiful Distraction
Honourable Mentions
- Global Party Starters: Is It Too Late (written by Hussein Alidina, Faze Jumani)
- Jenna: Drunk and Dreamin (written by by Jenna Glatt, Kinetics & One Love
- Damian La Grange: Handouts
- Kokophonix: Gone (written by Nikolas Hook Nilsson)
- Malika Tirolien: Revolution (co-written by Emrical, Rawn Cana)
Honourable Mentions
- Henry Norwood: There But for the Grace of God
- Claire Kuzmyk: Puzzle Pieces
- Jim Schaming: Up Up and Away
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