Now, we don't expect consensus on the winners of the two 'critics' awards. But music is subjective and these were the two entries that struck us as having the best potential and accesibility to a wide audience.

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Recording quality was an important criteria as well. But we weren't looking for the prefect recording of an imperfect song. As the industry pros often say: "I'd rather a rough demo of a billiant song, than a brilliant demo of a rough song."

And now the winners...

The $1500 gift certificate from MusiciansFriend goes to Headboard with 'Tell Me How'. This song is catchy, contemporary and has a great vocal performance.

The $500 gift certificate from MusiciansFriend goes to Call Me Alice with 'Bald'. This dark rock song has a lot going for it in terms of arrangement, dynamics and power.

Other songs that scored a decent number of votes and/or caught our ears
In no particular order we have:

• Frank Grimaldi - 'The Right Thing'
• mrmoth - 'this is what you've waited for'
• Throckmorton - 'Near The Son'
• tarotkid - 'Cleaning House In My Head'
• Drastik - '(¯`·.¸ LeT Me bE YouR GiRL ¸.·´¯)'
• The Cephalopods - '37 Cents'
• Augie - 'Funky Paddy'
• GENERAL MAYHEM - 'Rain'
• Terry Nelms - 'LISTEN'
• AutoCad - 'The White Ship'
• Box of Rocks - 'Crime Alley'
• Kaput - 'Road Rager'
• Christina Ward - 'Flying Metal'
• DJS - 'Organisms'

Many thanks to all of you who entered, with special thanks to the generous support of MusiciansFriend. Without them, this event would not have been possible.

 

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