JUDGES

Aimee Mann

Garth Hudson
Founding Member, The Band

GROUPLOVE

Taj Mahal

Sanctus Real

BØRNS

Bow Wow

Robert Smith
The Cure

The Secret Sisters

Boney James

Gareth Emery

Kany García

O.A.R.

Jack Ingram

Lionel Loueke

Simón Mejía
Bomba Estéreo

Oumou Sangaré

Janiva Magness

Fred Hersch

Francesca Battistelli

Frank Foster

Cedric Gervais

Aaron Shust

Toots Hibbert
Toots and the Maytals

Ruthie Foster

Lucero

Mariza

Tinariwen

Craig Campbell

JD McPherson

Carter Burwell

Zbigniew Preisner

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

Marcos Juárez
Head of Latin Music, Pandora

David Sikorski
Senior Editor, EARMILK Media INC.

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

Lyndsey Parker
Managing Editor, Yahoo Music

Jed Gottlieb
Music & Theater Writer, Boston Herald

Kevin McNeese
President, NewReleaseToday

Art Tipaldi
Editor, Blues Music Magazine

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

John DiBiase
President, Jesus Freak Hideout

Miriam Di Nunzio
Arts Editor/Entertainment, Chicago Sun-Times

David Silbaugh
Talent Buyer, Summerfest

Angel Romero
Founder / Sr. Editor, World Music Central

Brandon Chitwood
Assistant Director, EDM Joy

Chad Jensen
Artist Manager, Jensen Artist Management

Brinson Strickland
President, Collective Music Nashville

Deborah Klein
JV Partner and Artist Manager, Primary Wave Entertainment

Chris Sampson
EVP, Programming Superfly Presents (Bonnaroo, Outside Lands Music And Arts Festival)

Kristyn Ciani
Talent Buyer, C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Shaky Knees)

SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Connie Farr
Music Supervisor / Creative Director, ThinkSync Music

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

SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Jessica Cole
Founder / President, Lyric House

SVP, Film Music at Universal Pictures

Artist Manager, CSM Management

mentors

Coming soon...

Past judges include: Alt-J, Barbara Rose (Artist Manager, Primary Wave / Barbara Rose Entertainment ), Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Caine O'Rear (Editor-In-Chief, American Songwriter), Colt Ford, Darryl McDaniels, David Crowder, Delbert McClinton, Dustin Lynch, Eric Rushing (Senior Talent Buyer, Live Nation), Excision, Hardeep Phull (Music Editor, NY Post), Hayes Carll, Jamie Jones, Jason Gray, Jeanette Kats (Editor-In-Chief, Noiseporn), Kelly Price, Kool & The Gang, KT Tunstall, Kyle Anderson (Senior Writer, Entertainment Weekly), Lydia Loveless, Matt Maher (Artist Manager, ROAR Management), Melanie Fiona, MercyMe, Michael Molenda (Editor-In-Chief, Guitar Player), Montgomery Gentry, Nick Hartley (Artist Manager, The Fitzgerald-Hartley Company), Paolo Nutini, Phantogram, 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 - Samantha Carew (Music Creative, Sky TV), SCREEN SHOT JUDGE - Velma Barkwell (Music Supervisor, East End Music Productions), Sinead O'Connor, Suzanne Cadgene (Publisher, Elmore Magazine), The Killers, The Kooks, The Struts, The Turnpike Troubadours, Ying Yang Twins, Zach Long (Associate Editor, Time Out Chicago), and more!