I WON! ..... So proud to be selected by the most prestigious songwriting competition in the world, as WINNER of ISC (International Songwriting Competition) in category of Best Performance for 'Never Give Up.' This is a big deal and a HUGE HONOR, a big milestone in my music journey. Totally elated to share this good news with you!!! 
Shoutout
to Candace Avery and the ISC Team for the guidance, and
to the esteemed Panel of Judges including:
Jason Mraz, Armin Van Buuren,
Fantastic Negrito, Nancy Wilson (Heart), Andy Grammer, Tom Waits,
Elle King,
Sidewalk Prophets, and many more! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
Thanking
the Panel of Industry Judges:
-John Doelp (Sr. VP of A&R Operations, Columbia
Records);
-Matt D'Arduini (Co-President, Arista Records);
-Jodie Cammidge (Managing Dir., Polydor Label Group);
-Anita Chinkes-Ratner (EVP/Creative Strategy, Paramount);
-Justin Prager (Sr. Dir. of Programming, VEVO);
-Peter Strickland (Gen. Mgr., BBR Music Group);
-Bruce Iglauer (Founder/President, Alligator Records);
-Daniel Glass (President/Founder, Glassnote Records);
-Richard Stumpf (CEO/Founder, Hawkeye Music Group);
-Ed Vetri (President, Wind-Up Records);
-Golnar Khosrowshahi (President, Reservoir Media Management);
-Jacob Edgar (Founder, Cumbancha);
-Anton Powers (Head of A&R, Ministry of Sound);
-Steven Rosen (President/Creative Marketing and Music Publishing, Regime Music
Group);
-Joel Timen (VP of A&R and Publishing, Curb/Word Entertainment);
-Cesar Gomez Montoya (A&R, Codiscos);
-Jacqueline Post (Head of Publishing, Connection Music Publishing);
-Cory Robbins (Founder/President, Robbins Entertainment);
-Julie Nakahara (Editor/General Manager, Hot Diggity Media);
-Leib Ostrow (Founder/CEO, Music For Little People);
-Katherine Dines (Advisory Board and Magic Penny Award Chair, Children’s Music
Network);
-Claire S. Green (President, Parents' Choice Foundation);
-Benjamin Groff (President, Brill Building Music Publishing);
-Tamara Conniff (EVP, Roc Nation Music Publishing);
-Julie Hurwitz (Founder, Songbird Creative);
-Michael Peek (Gen. Mgr., Armada Music Publishing);
-Carl Caprioglio (Founder/CEO, Oglio Entertainment);
-Elena Epstein (Director, National Parenting Product Awards)
WITH LOVE and GRATITUDE,
