JUDGES

Chris Daughtry
Daughtry

Aimee Mann

LoCash

Sanctus Real

Linda Perry

Showtek

Bow Wow

Bibi Marín
Reik

Robert Smith
The Cure

Darryl McDaniels
Run DMC

NLE Choppa

Chris Culos
O.A.R.

Lionel Loueke

Janiva Magness

Derek Brown
The Flaming Lips

The Devil Makes Three

Ruthie Foster

David Benoit

Josh Baldwin

Tinariwen

I Am They

Craig Campbell

Zbigniew Preisner

Christopher Lennertz

Victor Wainwright

Vertical Worship

Russ Landau

Anthony DeCurtis
Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone

Mac Randall
Editor, JazzTimes

Leticia Ramirez
Senior Latin Curator Programmer, Pandora

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

Raoul Hernandez
Music Editor, Austin Chronicle

Alison Bonaguro
Freelance Country Music Journalist

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

Art Tipaldi
Editor, Blues Music Magazine

John DiBiase
President, Jesus Freak Hideout

Angel Romero
Founder / Sr. Editor, World Music Central

Brandon Chitwood
Founder/Writer, The EDM Scholar

Angela Stefano
Editor-In-Chief, The Boot

Gastón Leone
Talent Buyer, Goldenvoice

Chad Jensen
Artist Manager, Jensen Artist Management

Brinson Strickland
President, Collective Music Nashville

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

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

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

Sheryl Louis
CSM Management

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, Brandon Chase, Brett Milano (Music Critic, Boston Herald), Buika, Caine O'Rear (Editor-In-Chief, American Songwriter), Carter Burwell, Cedric Gervais, Charli XCX, Chris Sampson (EVP, Programming Superfly Presents (Bonnaroo, Outside Lands Music And Arts Festival)), Colt Ford, Darryl Worley, David Crowder, David Sikorski (Senior Editor, EARMILK Media INC.), 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 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), 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), 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), Ying Yang Twins, Zach Long (Associate Editor, Time Out Chicago), and more!