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10 September 2010 FOOM 2010 Song Competition Award Winners Live Mick Kidd It's All Worth It Winner Gareth Bowes Softly, Slowly Winner Kelly Menhennett World Of Mine Winner Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly You're Still Here Winner Claire Gurry Angel Gear Highly Commended Joe Man Murphy Lennon Highly Commended Ben Searcy Whole World Got Drunk Last Night Highly Commended Nat and Sienna Pike Stay Awhile Highly Commended Alan and Jessica O'Toole Now and Then Highly Commended Jane Brown You'll Never Know Highly Commended Marie-Therese McInerney Catch Me Commended Geoff Hastwell How Did The Sunshine Ever Go? Commended Stefanie Alessio The First Time Commended James Byrne The Water Song Commended Cate Rogers and Rick Daniels Surrounded By Light Commended Michelle Kerin Grow In Love Commended Live Final judges were singer/songwriters Evan Jones and Emily Davis. Winner of the "People's Choice" Award (based on audience votes) was Kelly Menhennett with her song World Of Mine Star Encouragement Awards were: Kelly Menhennett (Equal Overall Winner) Joshua Moorhouse (Equal Overall Winner) Jacob Fiebig (Equal Overall Winner) Jimmy Hopper Joe Man Murphy Marie-Therese McInerney Michelle Kerin Lachy Bruce Patrick Egan Michael Madigan James Byrne Iain Wright Stefanie Alessio Nat Pike Peter Clayton Ivone Kirkpatrick Sienna Pike Ben Searcy Lyrics Kelly Menhennett Heal The Wounds Winner Geoff Hastwell January 2009 Highly Commended (2nd) Clayton Werner A Good Recipe Highly Commended (3rd) Marie-Therese McInerney Doomed Highly Commended Alan O'Toole Summer Rain Commended Demo Instrumental Jeff Loveday Founder Bounder Winner Adrian Miller A Minute Too Late Highly Commended Jane Brown Fresh Air Commended Ben Searcy Flamenco Meltdown Commended Studio Instrumental Mick Kidd Slow Burn Winner Demo Open Simon Basey Square Mile Winner Mason Somerville Sailed Away Winner Gareth Bowes Prevail Winner Nat and Sienna Pike No Shoes Winner Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly Angel's Need Winner Andrew Mintern Old Tin Shed Highly Commended Steve Frawley What About Love Highly Commended Wojciech Duniec Ice Cream Dream Highly Commended Nat and Sienna Pike Share The Night Highly Commended Nat and Sienna Pike Sunday Morning Highly Commended Simon Basey Wildflower Highly Commended Gloria Albanese Thankin' U Highly Commended Peter Clayton Belly Button Man Commended Jane Brown Find Me Commended James Byrne Time Commended Tracy Dawson and Joy Ohazy Growing Old Disgracefully Commended Andrew Mintern Walk On By Commended Studio Open Gloria Albanese Angel In Disguise Winner Stefanie Alessio Queen Of The Dance Floor Highly Commended Gloria Albanese Oversight Highly Commended Kelly Menhennett Stronger Wiser Highly Commended Mika El Inspire Wonder Lazy Sunday Commended Mick Kidd Complete Unknown Commended Photos of winners and full judges lists on SCALA's Hall of Fame 2010 page. 27 June 2010 FOOM Song Competition Live Heat Three results Winners in the third heat of SCALA's Festival of Original Music Song Competition 2010 Live Section held at Higher Ground on 26th August were: Nat and Sienna Pike Stay Awhile Stefanie Alessio The First Time Cate Rogers and Rick Daniels Surrounded By Light Mick Kidd It's All Worth It Jane Brown You'll Never Know Ben Searcy Whole World Got Drunk Last Night These songs will go into the Live Final on Thursday, 9th September at Higher Ground (Theatre). Heat Two judges were singer/songwriters Dr Mandy Treagus and Michael Coghlan. Joint Winners of the "People's Choice" Award (based on audience votes) were Jane Brown with her song You'll Never Know and Alan O'Toole with Shine. Runners up were Ivone Kirkpatrick, Gareth Bowes & Trudy Campbell, Stefanie Alessio and Mick Kidd. Star Encouragement nominations were: Nat Pike Sienna Pike Peter Clayton Stefanie Alessio Jacob Fiebig Ben Searcy Ivone Kirkpatrick These emerging songwriters will be presented with their Awards (Certificate, $50 cash and 12 months SCALA membership) at the Live Final on Thursday, 9th September when the Overall Winner of the Star Encouragement Awards (an extra $100 prize) will be announced. 20 June 2010 FOOM Song Competition Live Heat Two results Winners in the second heat of SCALA's Festival of Original Music Song Competition 2010 Live Section held at Higher Ground on 19th August were: Geoff Hastwell How Did The Sunshine Ever Go? Claire Gurry Angel Gear Andy Armstrong & Marta Bayly You're Still Here Gareth Bowes Softly, Slowly James Byrne/The Wandering Minstrels The Water Song These songs will go into the Live Final on Thursday, 9th September at Higher Ground (Theatre). The judges also awarded Special Mentions (6 months SCALA membership) to: Julie Forner TV In Heaven Esther Lamb 5:45 Heat Two judges were musician/composer Catherine Finnis-Gray and singer/songwriter Cal Williams Jr. Winner of the "People's Choice" Award (based on audience votes) was Michael Madigan with his song Forever By My Side. Runners up were Anthea Fogarty, Andy-Armstrong & Marta Bayly and Gareth Bowes. Star Encouragement nominations were: Patrick Egan Michael Madigan Iain Wright James Byrne These emerging songwriters will be presented with their Awards (Certificate, $50 cash and 12 months SCALA membership) at the Live Final on Thursday, 9th September when the Overall Winner of the Star Encouragement Awards (an extra $100 prize) will be announced. See photos of all performers in the first FOOM Heat in the August 2010 Photo Album 12 August 2010 FOOM Song Competition Live Heat One results Winners in the first heat of SCALA's Festival of Original Music Song Competition 2010 Live Section held at Higher Ground on 12th August were: Alan and Jessica O'Toole Now and Then Marie-Therese McInerney (Mary Trees) Catch Me Kelly Menhennett World Of Mine Joe Man Murphy Lennon Michelle Kerin/The Wandering Minstrels Grow In Love These songs will go into the Live Final on Thursday, 9th September at Higher Ground (Theatre). Heat One judges were singer/songwriters Gloria Albanese and Corey Stewart. Winner of the "People's Choice" Award (based on audience votes) was Kelly Menhennet with her song World Of Mine. Runners up were Michelle Kerin, Marie-Therese McInerney (Mary Trees) and Alan and Jessica O'Toole. Star Encouragement nominations were: Marie-Therese McInerney Joshua Moorhouse Kelly Menhennett Lachy Bruce Joe Man Murphy Michelle Kerin These emerging songwriters will be presented with their Awards (Certificate, $50 cash and 12 months SCALA membership) at the Live Final on Thursday, 9th September when the Overall Winner of the Star Encouragement Awards (an extra $100) will be announced. See photos of all performers in the first FOOM Heat in the August 2010 Photo Album 11 June 2010 Triple J sends Courtney Robb to Song Summit Adelaide singer/songwriter and SCALA member Courtney Robb has been selected by the crew at Triple J Unearthed to take part in this year's Song Summit. Song Summit is a three day festival, held in Sydney, and is a major creative, business development and networking expo for the music industry. Courtney will not only be flown to Sydney attend the Summit, but also take part in an exclusive songwriting workshop with APRA Songwriter of the Year, Julian Hamilton from the Presets, Vanda & Young Songwriting winner Washington and ARIA award winner Kevin Mitchell AKA Bob Evans. This workshop will be hosted by Dom Alessio from Home and Hosed and recorded for the Triple J Unearthed website. Courtney released her 2nd album "Amid the Noise & the Haste" earlier this year and is available for download from iTunes. Courtney also has shows lined up in NSW the following week. Wednesday 23rd June, 7pm The View Factory, Newcastle Tuesday 29th June, 5.30pm The Arthouse Hotel, Sydney For more info/images etc, please contact Courtney on 0407 843 827. Courtney's website Courtney on myspace Courtney on TripleJ 23 April 2010 SCALA's FOOM 2010 song competition News Release SCALA (Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association) has announced its seventeenth Festival of Original Music (FOOM) song competition. SCALA commenced FOOM in 1994 with the winning songs each year recorded for CD distribution. Unsigned songwriters can enter in Live Performance, Demo, Instrumental and Studio categories to win a chance to appear on SCALA's next CD. There's also a section for Lyricists with the winning lyricist receiving a cash prize. Winning songs from Live and Demo sections are re-recorded for CD release, each recording worth approximately $700 of sponsors' time. Sponsoring studios include Chapel Lane (Hindmarsh), QEM (Norwood), Red Brick Music (Seacombe Heights), Fishshop (Rosewater) and RDMS (Wynn Vale) and Disk-Edits (mastering, Bowden). The Studio Section this year has also been boosted with a $500 goods prize donated by The Electric Room pro audio online shop. SCALA has now released eighteen albums of (mainly) local original music containing winning songs from FOOM and other competitions organised by SCALA. The most recent album, "SCALA Another Lesson In Love", is also available as a commercial download. FOOM is open to any unsigned songwriter, composer or lyricist anywhere in the world. In previous years, entries have been received from the USA, UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong and a number of European countries as well as all states and territories in Australia. Entries for FOOM 2010 are available from SCALA, PO Box 980, Blackwood SA 5051, Tel 8278 8339 or online (www.scala.org.au/comfoom.htm). Payments can also be made online. The closing date for entries is Thursday, 1st July 2010 and winners of all sections will be announced during the FOOM Live Final which will be held this year at SCALA's new venue, Higher Ground, 9 Light Square, Adelaide on Thursday, 2nd September.