Announcing the 2009 First International Peace Songwriting Contest Awards

[David Eaton]

Announcing the 2009 First International Peace Songwriting Contest Awards

Dear Friends,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the First International Peace Songwriting Contest organized by the Peace Music Foundation. Despite the relatively short time span in which the contest was held, we have been honored to receive peace song submissions from all continents of the world. Although the widest participation came from songwriters currently residing in the United States, we received entries from such faraway places as, Israel, Afghanistan and Mumbai.

Due to the fact that so many fine songs were submitted, the assessment process took a bit longer than we had originally planned and it was quite challenging to select the top ten. In fact, we ended up having to include two additional winning entries because of a tie in scoring points. Even so, we felt many more songs were deserving of an award. Assessments of the songs were predicated on both compositional and lyric content.

We especially thank all musicians and lyricists who made the effort to participate in the contest and in our initiative to promote peace through music. On the basis of the winning entries, we will produce a CD and make this inspiring music available to the general public.

In addition, we wish to thank those who promoted the contest on their websites and helped us to receive worldwide participation. We will soon post all winning entries on our website (www.peacemusicfoundation.org).

We look forward to continuing the contest on an annual basis, as well as sponsoring other projects that will further the objectives of the Peace Music Foundation.

Best wishes,

David Eaton
Peace Music Foundation



The 2009 First International Peace Song Contest Awards:

First Prize:
Song Title: “What If”
Author: Louis Cate, Alexandria, VA
Award: $2,000

Second Prize:
Song Title: “Heaven on Earth”
Authors: Olatunji Talabi, Erlanger, KY, and Guilherme Schroeter, Brazil
Award: $1,500

Third Prize:
Song Title: “Cool Revolution”
Author: Laleh Nader, New York, NY
Award: $1,000

Fourth Prize:
Song Title: “Give Peace a Chance”
Author: Nathaniel Cabanero, Ireland
Award: $500

Fifth through Twelfth Prizes: – $200 Award each:

Song Title: “Rainbow People”
Author: Danilo Nardi, Italy

Song Title: “One”
Author: Karen Benedetto, Congers, NY

Song Title: “United We Stand”
Author: Gordon Worthy, Boston, MA

Song Title: “Orbit”
Author: Linda Rosch, Washington, DC

Song Title: “We All Laugh in the Same Language”
Author: Marla Lewis, Wantaugh, NY

Song Title: “ Dreams of Peace”
Author: Lawrence Bach, El Paso, Texas

Song Title: “Peace on Earth”
Author: Cecilia St. King, Kingston, NY

Song Title: “As One”
Author: Linilito L. Cajegas, Jr., Philippines

Congratulations to all!

[Mantra Of Peace]

Hi David and all,

This is fantastic news for everyone !!!!

Congratulations to those that have achieved top rating in this contest.

We will look forward to the CD when it is released.

Keep up the great work and community spirit.

Peace,

Paul and all of Mantra Of Peace

[Arash Moslehi]

My heartfelt congratulations to all the winners of 2009.Well done to all of them.We all are working for one thing and that is to see peace in all over the world and we can all live happily next to each other.Our wonderful world needs to be cherished by all of us with giving lots of love and forgiveness.I am hoping to see that magnificent day soon,and i want from Lord to grant me the numbers of years that i need to witness that day.May the blessing of Almighty Lord be upon all of us and guide us to the brightness and a happy future.Amen!!

[Linda Rosch]

Thank you David, I am thrilled to have one of my songs included in this WONDERUFL and EXCITING project, and among the group of songs selected fot the CD --- truly thrilled.

Sincerely, Linda Rosch

[Linda Rosch]

Hi David, I wish I could send you an e-mail message. This doesn't really seem appropriate for the message board -- but oh well. I wanted to let you know that I have a CD of all the tracks for "Orbit" which was recorded using Pro Tools. There is a slight glitch in one place in the background vocals I can hear -- Chris Noyes drove 3 hours to the studio and was really tired by the time she was ad-libbing the background vocals.

I don't know if this information is valuable to you or not, but the option would be there, I suppose, to "fade" out that spot -- which bothers my ear. But then -- I'm certain to have listened to the song picking it to pieces more than anyone else.

Of course, I have NO IDEA how you are going to proceed when you begin to put the songs up on the "site." Sincerely, Linda Rosch

[Guilherme Schroeter, composer]

Dear Mr Eaton,

Here is Guilherme Schroeter, songwriter, I did heaven on earth with mr olatunji talabi,
I want congratulate you for this beauty and important event to help build peace in the world

Respectfully,

Guilherme