NEW YORK, NY (JULY 15, 2010) THE ARTISTS FORUM (AF) invites all emerging and established artists to participate in its first photography competition: THE ARTISTS FORUM INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION (AF-IMC)
The AF-IMC is open to artists worldwide and seeks to:
- Engage artists by challenging them to present their best work for juried selection.
- Provide much needed exposure for under-served artists by showcasing their work to the public.
- Enhance artist communications and business contacts.
The AF-IMC offers artists a chance to have their work critiqued by some of the art world’s most influential professionals, win valuable prizes and opportunities! (See juror bios & prize listings below). With an entry fee of $15, artists may affordably enter as many works as they wish. And we’ve teamed up with Sonicbids.com to make the whole process quick and easy!
AF-IPOE 2010 THEME: “CAPTIVATE” (see below for full details)
AF-IMC: CATEGORIES: POP, ADULT CONTEMPORARY, DANCE, ELECTRONICA, ROCK, ALTERNATIVE, R&B, HIP HOP, NEO-SOUL, COUNTRY, FOLK, JAZZ, CLASSICAL
AF JURORS: ERIC BEALL, HAROLD STEPHAN, and ALEX MOULTON
SPONSORS: APPLE, PROPELLERHEAD SOFTWARE, NOISY PLANET, SONICBIDS
LOG ON TO ENTER: SONICBIDS.COM/AFIMC
CONTEST DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 15, 2010
Winning entries will be promoted to industry personnel and the public-at-large via an array of media avenues. Winning artists will also be eligible to receive private mentoring sessions from industry leaders and included in a special AF published annual. Look for MORE AF Juried Competitions in music, film/video, and other disciplines in 2011!
2010 AF-IMC THEME: “CAPTIVATE”
This year’s task is to challenge artists to show interpretations for the word “captivate“.
The word “captivate” (and its derivatives) can be illustrated as a verb, noun, adverb, adjective, or phrase – be it physically, mentally, socially, politically, sexually. For example, as a verb: to enthrall, charm, enchant, bewitch, fascinate, beguile, entrance, enrapture, delight, attract, allure; engross, mesmerize, spellbind, hypnotize. As a transitive verb: attract and hold the interest and attention of; charm: he was captivated by her beauty. As an adjective: “a captivating smile”. Additional Derivatives include: captivatingly (adverb), captivation (noun).
2010 AF-IMC PRIZES:
- 1 (one) AF-IMC FIRST PLACE WINNER:
- One to one mentoring session/portfolio review with Producer & Label Executive Alex Moulton
- Autographed copy of “The Billboard Guide to writing and producing songs that sell” by Eric Beall
- Logic 8 Production Software
- Propellerhead Record / Reason Duo Software
- Reason t-shirt
- Noisy Planet Premium Artist Service Package
- One-year Sonicbids Supersonic membership
- One-year membership, profile on AF Online interview on AFTV and/or AF Podcast
- Winning entry included in limited edition published AF Annual
- AF Certificate of Merit
- 2010 AF-IMC PRIZES:
- One to one mentoring session/portfolio review with Producer & Label Executive Alex Moulton
- Propellerhead Reason Software
- Reason t-shirt
- Noisy Planet Premium Artist Service Package
- One-year Sonicbids Supersonic membership
- One-year membership, profile on AF Online interview on AFTV and/or AF Podcast
- Winning entry included in limited edition published AF Annual
- AF Certificate of Merit
- 1 (one) AF-IMC THIRD PLACE WINNER：
- Noisy Planet Premium Artist Service Package
- One-year Sonicbids Supersonic membership
- One-year membership, profile on AF Online interview on AFTV and/or AF Podcast
- Winning entry included in limited edition published AF Annual
- AF Certificate of Merit
- 5 (five) AF-IMC HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- AF Certificate of Merit
AF ANNOUNCES AF-IMC 2010 WINNERS:
- AF-IMC FIRST PLACE WINNER
- EOGHAN COLGAN (SCOTLAND, UK): “THE ONLY ONE I WANT”
- AF-IMC SECOND PLACE WINNER
- JOSEPH PFEIFER (CALIFORNIA, USA): “MYSTERIOUS”
- AF-IMC THIRD PLACE WINNER
- THE VAN ALLEN BELT (PENNSYLVANIA, USA): “1997”
- AF-IMC HONORABLE MENTIONS
- BLAACK BOTTOM (ALASKA, USA): “WHEN YOU COME HOME”
- MOG (AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA):”KINGS”
- JANA HERMANN (LATVIA): “SAULES GRIEZHI (2010)”
- JARED FOWLER (BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA):”MADE FOR ME”
- DUNCAN TOWNSEND (ENGLAND, UK): “PAINTED LIKE A PICTURE”
- SEBASTIEN PARENTIN (FRANCE): “BEFORE YOU GO”
- JOSH GOLDEN (MISSOURI, USA): “MARY GO ROUND”
- MALEA MCGUINNESS (CALIFORNIA, USA): “SPINNING”
Winning entries will be promoted to industry personnel and the public-at-large via an array of media avenues. Winning artists will also be eligible to receive private mentoring sessions from industry leaders and included in a special AF published annual.
AF would like to thank our volunteers, judges, technical partners, and everyone who participated including: ALEX MOULTON, ERIC BEALL, HAROLD STEFAN, and sponsors Apple, Noisy Planet, Propellerhead, and Sonicbids. See photographs of winning artists in the AF ONLINE GALLERY or go to www.youtube.com/aftvnyc or www.current.com/people/AFTV for a video sampling of the winners work.
- Congratulations once again to all our winners!
- Warm regards,
- THE ARTISTS FORUM
- www.theartistsforum.org
- www.facebook.com/AFNOW
- www.youtube.com/AFTVNYC
- FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE FOLLOWING LINKS:
- AF COMPETITIONS, AF PARTICIPANTS, www.youtube.com/aftvnyc, 2010 MUSIC WINNERS
JUROR BIOS:
JUDGES
Eric Beall
As A&R Director at Shapiro Bernstein, Eric works with a legendary catalogue that also has a variety of recent hits (Corinne Bailey Rae, Jojo, David Guetta). Previously with SonyATV, he worked with Stargate and Jonas Bros. At Zomba, Eric worked with Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and others. His book “Making Music Make Money” is on Amazon.
Andy Marvel
With 70 million+ records sold containing his songs, Andy’s credits include works with Jessica Simpson, Celine Dion, Maxi Priest, Jon Secada, Patti Austin and others. A graduate of both Oberlin and Berklee, Marvel has played punk sets at CBGB’s, a concert with BB King at Radio City, and sessions for Madonna, Chaka Khan, and other hitmakers.
Alex Moulton
A critically-acclaimed recording artist and DJ, Alex is the founder/guiding creative force behind Expansion Team – one of the world’s foremost audio branding and advertising music houses. He is responsible for crafting the sound of networks like CNN, PBS, VH1, Discovery, Comedy Central, and brands like jetBlue, Universal, Bank of America, Target, and AmEx.
Harold Stephan
Harold is a songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He began his career at UNIQUE Studios learning production with artists like LL Cool J and Phil Spector. He founded Amelia’s Dream with Amelia Gewirtz whose music plays on various MTV and Disney productions. He’s also written features for Electronic Musician and Keyboard Magazines.
