JUDGES

Aimee Mann

LoCash

Sanctus Real

Bibi Marín
Reik

Robert Smith
The Cure

Darryl McDaniels
Run DMC

NLE Choppa

Chris Culos
O.A.R.

Lionel Loueke

Nicholas Petricca
Walk The Moon

Janiva Magness

Derek Brown
The Flaming Lips

The Devil Makes Three

Ruthie Foster

David Benoit

Tinariwen

I Am They

Zbigniew Preisner

Vertical Worship

Russ Landau

Anthony DeCurtis
Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone

Mac Randall
Editor, JazzTimes

Paul de Barros
Pop Music Editor/Jazz Writer, Seattle Times

Leticia Ramirez
Senior Latin Curator Programmer, Pandora

Jason Lipshutz
Music Editor, Billboard Magazine

Maura Johnston
Music Critic, The Boston Globe

James Whitting
Partner, Paradigm Talent Agency

John Cameron
Editor-In-Chief, Selector

Christopher Scapelliti
Editor-In-Chief, Guitar Player

Hilary Saunders
Managing Editor, No Depression

Paul Riario
Tech Editor, Guitar World Magazine

Raoul Hernandez
Music Editor, Austin Chronicle

Alison Bonaguro
Freelance Country Music Journalist

David Sikorski
Senior Editor, EARMILK Media INC.

Jeff Zuchowski
Vice President, Artist Marketing & Industry Relations, Pandora

Lyndsey Parker
Managing Editor, Yahoo Music

Kevin McNeese
President, NewReleaseToday

Damian Fanelli
Editor-In-Chief, Guitar World

Emmanuel Legrand
Editor, Creative Industries Newsletter

Art Tipaldi
Editor, Blues Music Magazine

Georgette Klein
Deputy Editor, XXL Magazine

John DiBiase
President, Jesus Freak Hideout

Angel Romero
Founder / Sr. Editor, World Music Central

Carl Loben
Editor-In-Chief, DJ Mag

Brandon Chitwood
Founder/Writer, The EDM Scholar

Angela Stefano
Editor-In-Chief, The Boot

Gastón Leone
Talent Buyer, Goldenvoice

Cyrus Kyle Langhorne
Founder, AttackTheCulture.com

Chad Jensen
Artist Manager, Jensen Artist Management

Brinson Strickland
President, Collective Music Nashville

Adam Weitz
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE – Senior Director, Film/Trailers/Sampling, AMP Music

DYLAN BERRY
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Owner, SmashHaus

Mike Locke
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE – VP, Creative Synchronization & Marketing, Atlas Music

Evan Stein
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Owner, Experience Music Group

James Kempner
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Owner, JMK Connections

Jennifer Taunton
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Music Supervisor, Level Two Music

Debra Delshad
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE – Sr. Director, Synchronization & Licensing, Angry Mob Music

Mark Garfield
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Co-Director, Pop-Up Music UK Ltd.

Mike Torres
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE – A&R, Position Music

Daryl Berg
SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Vice President, Music Strategies and Licensing Hallmark (Crown Media)

Sheryl Louis
CSM Management

Tom Lanham
Music Critic, The San Francisco Examiner

mentors

Coming soon...

Past judges include: Aaron Shust, Alt-J, Ana Tijoux, Angela Yee (Co-host, The Breakfast Club), Anna Kolander (Manager, Activist Artists Management), Anthony Hamilton, Barbara Rose (Artist Manager, Primary Wave / Barbara Rose Entertainment ), Bassekou Kouyate, Black Francis (Pixies), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Boney James, Bow Wow, Brandon Chase, Brett Milano (Music Critic, Boston Herald), Buika, Caine O'Rear (Editor-In-Chief, American Songwriter), Carter Burwell, Cedric Gervais, Charli XCX, Chris Daughtry (Daughtry), Chris Sampson (EVP, Programming Superfly Presents (Bonnaroo, Outside Lands Music And Arts Festival)), Christopher Lennertz, Colt Ford, Craig Campbell, Darryl Worley, David Crowder, David Silbaugh (Talent Buyer, Summerfest ), Delbert McClinton, Dustin Lolli, Dustin Lynch, Enrique Santos (Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of iHeartLatino), Eric Bibb, Eric Rushing (Senior Talent Buyer, Live Nation), Excision, Fred Hersch, Hardeep Phull (Music Editor, NY Post), Harty Wiedemann, Hayes Carll, Jack Ingram, Jamie Jones, Jason Gray, JD McPherson, Jeanette Kats (Editor-In-Chief, Noiseporn), Jed Gottlieb (Music & Theater Writer, Boston Herald ), Joseph Patterson (Senior Editor, Complex), Josh Baldwin, Josh Jackson (Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Paste Magazine), Justin Shinn, Kany García, Karen Wacker, Katrina Sirdofsky (Founder / CEO, Cutcraft Music Group), Kelly Price, Kool & The Gang, Kristyn Ciani (Talent Buyer, C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Shaky Knees)), KT Tunstall, Kyle Anderson (Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly), Linda Perry, Lucero, Lydia Loveless, Mariza, Matt Hein, Matt Maher (Artist Manager, ROAR Management), Melanie Fiona, MercyMe, Michael Molenda (Editor-In-Chief, Guitar Player), Mike McClellan, Miriam Di Nunzio (Arts Editor/Entertainment, Chicago Sun-Times ), MNEK, Montgomery Gentry, Nick Hartley (Artist Manager, The Fitzgerald-Hartley Company), Nigel Farmer (Editor-In-Chief, Jazz In Europe), Oumou Sangaré, Paolo Nutini, Phantogram, Rachel Levy (SVP, Film Music at Universal Pictures), Rapsody, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rhett Walker, Rosanne Cash, Ryan Adams, Sammy Hagar, Sanctus Real, Sarah Jones (Editor, Electronic Musician Magazine), SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Alicen Schneider (Senior Vice President, Music Creative, NBC Entertainment ), SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Connie Farr (Music Supervisor / Creative Director, ThinkSync Music), SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Jessica Cole (Founder / President, Lyric House), SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Samantha Carew (Music Creative, Sky TV), SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Velma Barkwell (Music Supervisor, East End Music Productions), Screen Shot Judge – Joseph Gonzalez (Partner/VP, Head of Creative, Cutcraft Music Group), Showtek, Simón Mejía (Bomba Estéreo ), Sinead O'Connor, Suzanne Cadgene (Publisher, Elmore Magazine), Taj Mahal, Tenth Avenue North, The Killers, The Kooks, The Secret Sisters, The Struts, The Turnpike Troubadours, Toots Hibbert (Toots and the Maytals), Tyler Williams (The Head And The Heart), Victor Wainwright, Ying Yang Twins, Zach Long (Associate Editor, Time Out Chicago), and more!