Enter Your Music Video Into The International Songwriting Competition (ISC)
Entering your music video into the International Songwriting Competition is easy – it’s just a click away on Sonicbids. If you’re looking for exposure for your music, this is an excellent opportunity to get your video into the hands of the people who make the decisions at MTV, VH1, and record labels. ISC accepts videos of original songs only. Videos can be any style, including live performance. All genres of music are accepted. There are two ways to enter your video on Sonicbids: either upload it to your Sonicbids Supersonic EPK or put on the entry form the URL where it can be viewed (you don’t even need to upload it!).
ISC awards over $150,000 in cash and prizes, including a $25,000 cash prize to the Overall Grand Prize winner – the largest cash Grand Prize in any songwriting competition.
ISC has some of the most prestigious judges of any songwriting contest, so you also have the chance to have your music heard by some of the most high-profile and influential figures in the music industry. Judges for 2009 include: Amy Doyle (Sr. VP of Music and Talent, MTV), Rick Krim (Executive VP Talent and Music Programming, VH1); Monte Lipman (President, Universal Records), Seymour Stein (Chairman/CEO, Sire Records); Amanda Ghost (President, Epic Records); James Diener (President, A&M/Octone Records) and well-known recording artists such as: Tom Waits; Robert Smith (The Cure); Kings of Leon; Steve Winwood; Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20); Journey; McCoy Tyner, Wynonna; Timbaland; Jeff Beck; Adele; and many more.
Last year was ISC’s inaugural year for the Music Video category. Candace Avery, the Founder/Director of ISC, states, “Introducing a Music Video category last year was really exciting for ISC. We received so many great videos ranging from high-quality, professionally produced videos to more organic, indie videos. I was extremely impressed with the creativity, artistry, and originality exhibited in the videos.”
The First Place winner last year was the impressive animated video “Overexposed” from the South African band The Parlotones. Known for their cutting edge and creative videos, The Parlotones are one of South Africa’s best-known rock bands. Kahn Morbee, the lead singer and songwriter of the winning song, talks about the video and winning ISC. ”Winning a competition is always a great honour no matter the size of the competition. The fact that this is an international contest with entrants from around the world makes it just a little bit sweeter. The music video was pretty easy to make. We took photos of ourselves from back, front, left and right and then each of us was filmed with a static shot performing the song once. These images were then sent to the animators who did the rest of the work….easiest video we’ve ever done.” Go to www.sonicbids.com/TheParlotones to view “Overexposed.”
To enter ISC, go to www.sonicbids.com/ISC.