JUDGES

Aimee Mann

Charli XCX

Garth Hudson
Founding Member, The Band

Black Francis
The Pixies

GROUPLOVE

Sanctus Real

Bow Wow

Tyler Williams
The Head And The Heart

Bibi Marín
Reik

Robert Smith
The Cure

Tenth Avenue North

Gareth Emery

NLE Choppa

O.A.R.

Lionel Loueke

Janiva Magness

Francesca Battistelli

Buika

Piso 21

Kenny Neal

Frank Foster

Cedric Gervais

The Devil Makes Three

Ruthie Foster

David Benoit

Tinariwen

Craig Campbell

Darryl Worley

Rhett Walker

Eric Bibb

Zbigniew Preisner

Christopher Lennertz

Victor Wainwright

Russ Landau

Josh Jackson
Co-Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Paste Magazine

Anthony DeCurtis
Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone

Mac Randall
Editor, JazzTimes

Enrique Santos
Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of iHeartLatino

Anna Kolander
Manager, Activist Artists Management

Marcos Juárez
Head of Latin Music, Pandora

James Whitting
Partner, Paradigm Talent Agency

John Cameron
Managing Editor, EDM.com

Christopher Scapelliti
Editor-In-Chief, Guitar Player

Angela Yee
Co-host, The Breakfast Club

Hilary Saunders
Managing Editor, No Depression

Brett Milano
Music Critic, Boston Herald

Raoul Hernandez
Music Editor, Austin Chronicle

David Sikorski
Senior Editor, EARMILK Media INC.

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

Joseph Patterson
Senior Editor, Complex

Anna Gruszka
TikTok, Global Music

Lyndsey Parker
Managing Editor, Yahoo Music

Kevin McNeese
President, NewReleaseToday

Damian Fanelli
Editor-In-Chief, Guitar World

Art Tipaldi
Editor, Blues Music Magazine

Nigel J. Farmer
Editor-In-Chief, Jazz In Europe

John DiBiase
President, Jesus Freak Hideout

David Silbaugh
Talent Buyer, Summerfest

Angel Romero
Founder / Sr. Editor, World Music Central

Brandon Chitwood
Assistant Director, EDM Joy

Gastón Leone
Talent Buyer, Goldenvoice

Chad Jensen
Artist Manager, Jensen Artist Management

Brinson Strickland
President, Collective Music Nashville

Deborah Klein
JV Partner and Artist Manager, Primary Wave Entertainment

SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Evan Stein
Owner, Experience Music Group

SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - James Kempner
Owner, JMK Connections

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

mentors

Coming soon...

Past judges include: Aaron Shust, Alt-J, Barbara Rose (Artist Manager, Primary Wave / Barbara Rose Entertainment ), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Boney James, Caine O'Rear (Editor-In-Chief, American Songwriter), Carter Burwell, Chris Sampson (EVP, Programming Superfly Presents (Bonnaroo, Outside Lands Music And Arts Festival)), Colt Ford, Darryl McDaniels, David Crowder, Delbert McClinton, Dustin Lynch, Eric Rushing (Senior Talent Buyer, Live Nation), Excision, Fred Hersch, Hardeep Phull (Music Editor, NY Post), Hayes Carll, Jack Ingram, Jamie Jones, Jason Gray, JD McPherson, Jeanette Kats (Editor-In-Chief, Noiseporn), Jed Gottlieb (Music & Theater Writer, Boston Herald ), Kany García, 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), Lucero, Lydia Loveless, Mariza, Matt Maher (Artist Manager, ROAR Management), Melanie Fiona, MercyMe, Michael Molenda (Editor-In-Chief, Guitar Player), Miriam Di Nunzio (Arts Editor/Entertainment, Chicago Sun-Times ), Montgomery Gentry, Nick Hartley (Artist Manager, The Fitzgerald-Hartley Company), Oumou Sangaré, Paolo Nutini, Phantogram, Rachel Levy (SVP, Film Music at Universal Pictures), Rapsody, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Rosanne Cash, Sammy Hagar, 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), Simón Mejía (Bomba Estéreo ), Sinead O'Connor, Suzanne Cadgene (Publisher, Elmore Magazine), Taj Mahal, The Killers, The Kooks, The Secret Sisters, The Struts, The Turnpike Troubadours, Toots Hibbert (Toots and the Maytals), Ying Yang Twins, Zach Long (Associate Editor, Time Out Chicago), and more!