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| Michael White Quintet Selected As A Semi-Finalist in the 2007 ISC  The International Song Competition has informed that the songs "Protal III" from "Portal" & "Yolanda" from "This Is Always", both from unreleased albums, have been selected as semi-finallist's songs in the Instrumental category and in the Jazz Category respectively. Michael White Quintet had won the Second Place in the Jazz category with the song "Mechanical Man" from CD "Voices" last year. "What a wonderful surprise !!! We have being selected as a semi-finalist TWO years in a roll. This year is better yet for Two categories Two songs.We pay great respect to ISC, persude for their fairness as to how they judge the songs, strickly by the MUSIC. It means judges are not allow to see any information about Aritsts/Bands. This resonates as to how we make music, let the music speak" - Leisei & Michael of the Michael White Quintet Excerpts from ISC announcement: The 2007 finalists will be selected from the group of semi-finalists and will be announced next week on February 4, 2008. and the list of semi-finalists and finalists will be posted on our website. On the same day, February 4, the ISC Peoples' Voice will be open for voting on the ISC website. All finalists' songs, (except for Lyrics Only), will be posted, and the public will be able to listen to the songs and vote for their favorite song. Voting will be open until the end of February. The winner of the Peoples' Voice is separate from the regular winners selected by the ISC judges and will win bragging rights and some cool prizes. Make sure to let your friends, family, and fans know that they can vote! The finalists' songs will then be sent to the ISC judges who will select the winners. Winners will be announced in April, as soon as the judging process is complete. Please check our website for all updates. Thank you very much for your participation in ISC. We wish you all the best and much success with your songwriting. Regards, Candace Avery Founder/Director International Songwriting Competition write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |