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Contest Winner
HammaHouse !!!
Seattle, WA, United States
- Crafts:
- producer
- Genres:
- hip hop, Pop, acid house, techno, hip house
Contest Runners Up
Contest Honorable Mentions
Contest Winner
Noah + The Man
Los Angeles, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, musician, songwriter
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), electric bass, Piano (All)
- Genres:
- Pop, house, dance, World Music, instrumental, downtempo, lounge, ambient
- Influences:
- U2, Daft Punk, Freemasons, Bruce Springsteen, Brian Eno, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Contest Winner
MaG ..
Wesseling, NRW, Germany
- Instruments:
- computer (mac), drums
- Genres:
- pop rock, hip hop, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- Dave Pensado
Contest Honorable Mentions
Akiliz 1
Camden County, NJ, NJ, United States
- Crafts:
- producer
- Instruments:
- Keyboard (All)
- Genres:
- Hip-Hop, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Dr. Dre
JJ Spins 1000DB Productions
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Instruments:
- keyboard, computer (pc)
- Genres:
- popular, rhythm and blues (r&b), Hip-Hop, dance
Christopher A.
Far Rockaway, NY, United States
- Crafts:
- session musician
- Instruments:
- keyboard
- Genres:
- jazz blues
Beats Antique
Oakland, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- composer, producer, musician, melody maker, recording engineer
- Instruments:
- Drums (All), Guitar (All), Bass, Piano (All), viola, Banjo (All), Percussion (All), Gong (All), nose flute
- Genres:
- breakbeat, experimental, symphony, brass band, afrobeat, World Music, Hip-Hop, dub, roots, electroacoustic, downtempo, minimalist
- Influences:
- Amon Tobin, Bassnectar, Tabla Beat Science, Bjork, Blockhead, Tipper, Diplo, Justice, Daft Punk, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Tool, Beastie Boys, Muddy Waters, Louis Armstrong, Gotan Project, Dan Deacon, Missy Elliot, A Tribe Called Quest, Timbaland, Tom Waits, Ali Akbar Khan, Talib Kweli, John Zorn, Danny Elfman, Grandmaster Flash
Contest Honorable Mentions
Fabio Armani
Rome, Italy
- Crafts:
- composer, arranger, musician, film composer, lyricist, songwriter, software developer, sound designer, sound technician, producer, production manager
- Instruments:
- keyboard, guitar-synth, percussion, piano, sampler, Synthesizer (All), Laptop, Organ (All), electric drums, drum machine, electric piano
- Genres:
- fusion jazz, modern classical, jazz-funk, worldbeat, instrumental, progressive electronic, new age, World Music, trance, ambient, soundtrack, film score, jazz (all), drum and bass, world, jazz, dark ambient, chill-out, children's music, electroacoustic, electronic, experimental, experimental noise, experimental rock, progressive metal, gothic rock
- Influences:
- Peter Gabriel, Weather Report, Jan Garbarak, Trilok Gurtu, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Oregon, Dead Can Dance, Klaus Schulze, Jon Hassell, Harold Budd, Brian Eno, Portishead, Massive Attack, Transatlantic, Ayreon, Pat Metheny, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Sigur Ros, Bjork, Genesis (With Peter Gabriel), Gong, Robert Wyatt, Gentle Giant, Led Zeppelin, Enigma, Deep Purple, Dream Theater, Yanni, Yes, Frank Zappa, Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention, Traffic, Philip Glass, Philip K. Dick, Cabaret Voltaire, Michael Nyman, Steve Reich, Ornette Coleman, Jethro Tull, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Tangerine Dream, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis, Orbital, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Trevor Rabin, The Who, David Sylvian, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Kitaro, Yo-Yo Ma
dustin Baxter
Kansas City, KS, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, sound designer, spoken word artist
- Instruments:
- synthesizer, drum machine, computer (mac), rhodes piano, voice, sampler, air guitar
- Genres:
- experimental noise, spoken word, trip-hop, hip hop
- Influences:
- William S. Burroughs, Refused, Eric B. & Rakim, Devin the Dude, Amiri Baraka, The Roots, Tera Melos, Dead Prez, De La Soul, Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Waits, Sigur Ros, Goodie Mob, screamin, The Young Gods, Last Poets, Common, Outkast, Freddie Hubbard, Mike Patton, Massive Attack, The Cure, boom bip, Radiohead, Nina Simone, ...to name a few, Wu Tang Clan, Nas, Charles Mingus, John Cage, James Brown, Rage Against The Machine, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Tool, o.v. wright, The Cinematic Orchestra, Thelonious Monk, Saul Williams, Afrika Bambaataa, jackie mitoo, Fela Kuti, Barry White, Roots Manuva
Featured Artist
Josh Bisher
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, composer, mixing engineer, fan, spoken word artist, music collector, music scientist, magician, critic, music psychotherapist
- Instruments:
- computer (pc)
- Genres:
- modern classical, trip-hop, breakbeat, heavy dance, drum and bass, hard house, hardcore, turntablism, trance, electric blues, breakbeat hardcore, heavy metal, electronica, acid techno, hard style, hard techno, acid house, psychedelic trance, ambient, film score, ambient trance, ambient breakbeat, acid classical, funky breaks, fusion, folktronica
- Influences:
- Brian Eno, DJ Shadow, Basshunter, Timbaland & Magoo, DMX, Tiesto, Yoko Kanno, Yo-Yo Ma, K-OS, The Roots, Rusted Root, The New Pornographers, Fear Factory, Tears For Fears, Jedi Mind Tricks, Incubus, A Perfect Circle, Aphex Twin, Jurassic 5, Jungle Brothers, Eiffel 65, Afrika Bambaataa, Q-Bert, Cut Chemist, Thievery Corporation
Wormwood Blazes
seattle, washington, United States
- Crafts:
- ethnomusicologist, MC, producer
- Instruments:
- Keyboard (All), guitar-synth, drum machine
- Genres:
- alternative hip hop
A Boogie
Orlando, FL, United States
- Instruments:
- trumpet, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, Guitar (All)
- Genres:
- Alternative
- Influences:
- My Family, My Friends
Bassy Bob Brockmann
Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Crafts:
- mixing engineer, remixer, producer, programmer
- Instruments:
- trumpet, Bass (All), keyboard, drum machine
- Influences:
- Prince, Herbie Hancock, Parliament Funkadelic, James Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, Sade, Mozart, Maurice Ravel
Joe C.
baltimore, md, United States
- Crafts:
- dj, producer, live sound engineer, studio operator, music philosopher, music student, music therapist, musician, composer, music editor, merchandise distributor, photographer, promoter, recording engineer, ninja
- Instruments:
- Laptop, Drums (All), Guitar (All), Piano (All), Keyboard (All), Synthesizer (All), Electronic (All), Saxophone (All), djembe
KING CASH
St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Crafts:
- producer, spoken word artist, promoter, ghostwriter, songwriter, MC, musician
- Genres:
- Hip-Hop, gangsta rap
- Influences:
- Timbaland, Cool & Dre, Ll Cool J, Lloyd Banks, Al Green, Fugees, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, The Game, BWS, Juice, Three 6 Mafia, Juelz Santana, 50 Cent, Mannie Fresh, Busta Rhymes, KRS-One, Nas, Jay-Z, Daz Dillinger, Tech N9Ne, Ron Ron
Caeos Creates
Vancouver, Canada
- Instruments:
- Drums (All), bongos, djembe, maraca, tambourine, egg shaker, Voice (All)
- Genres:
- celtic metal, progressive metal, folk metal, experimental, techno-tribal, ethnic, dub, post-hardcore, hardcore, trance, drum and bass, ambient groove, progressive rock, funk metal, fusion, grindcore, Percussive, psychedelic, improvisational, impressionist, instrumental, gypsy swing, rhyming spiritual, space rock, stoner rock, australian warmetal, ambient breakbeat, funky breaks, freestyle, chill-out, World Music
- Influences:
- Tool, Parkway Drive, All That Remains, A Perfect Circle, JT Bruce, Eluveitie, 10 Years, Entheogenic, Aes Dana, As I Lay Dying, August Burns Red, Avenged Sevenfold, Bison, Blockhead, Blotted Science, Carbon Based Lifeforms, Chevelle, Circle Takes The Square, Chiodos, Circa Survive, Centrica, Deftones, Destroy The Runner, The Devil Wears Prada, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Easy Star All Stars, Emanuel, Emarosa, Enigmatic Obsession, Esoteric, From First To Last, From Autumn To Ashes, Funeral For A Friend, Genghis Tron, God is an Astronaut, He Is legend, I Am Ghost, In Flames, In This Moment, Inhale Exhale, It Prevails, Jimmy Eat World, Lamb of God, Lite, Meshuggah, My Hero Is Me, My Universe, Oh, Sleeper, PowerGlove, Protest the Hero, Quantic, Ratatat, The Receiving End of Sirens, Saosin, The Sons of Talion, A Static Lullaby, Still Remains, Suidakra, The Sword, Transcending Bizarre, Underoath, Unearth, A Wilhelm Scream, Woe of Tyrants, Zero Hour, 65 Days of Static, A Silver Mt. Zion, Alesana, Alexisonfire, Amethystium, Amon Amarth, Amon Tobin, Angel Tears, Angels & Airwaves, Ani Difranco, Arcade Fire, Armor For Sleep, Baby Mammoth, Baroness, Ben Harper, Biosphere, Bullet For My Valentine, Calexico, Che Chapter 127, Chromeo, clutch, Coheed and Cambria, Crimson Jazz Trio, Dave Matthews Band, Dead Can Dance, Derek Trucks, DJ River, DJ Shadow, DJ Marlin, Do Make Say Think, Dream Theater, Dreamer, Dredg, End This Week With Knives, Envy, Esthero, Evans Blue, Every Time I Die, Explosions In The Sky, Fiona Apple, Four Tet, Fugees, Garage A Trois, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Gypsy Kngs, Haste the Day, Hella, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, Isis, Islands, iTomLab, Jimi Hendrix, Joao Gilberto, Joe Satriani, Juno Reactor, Karl Sanders, Karnivool, Kazumi Watanabe, Killswitch Engage, Kings Of Convenience, Laika, LB Shortbus, Led Zeppelin, Liquid Tension Experiment, Lost Prophets, Massive Attack, Matchbook Romance, Medwynn Goodall, Metric, mewithoutYou, MGMT, Michael Franti, Miles Davis, Millencolin, Misery Signals, Mogwai, Morcheeba, Mudvayne, Muse, Mystic Rhythms Band, Niacin, Nightmares on Wax, Nine Inch Nails, NOFX, The Ocean, Of The I, Ojos de Brujo, Omar rodriguez-Lopez, Orbital, Ott, Ozric Tentacles, Pelican, Pietasters, Pinback, Portishead, Portugal. The Man, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Propaghandi, Puscifer, Radiohead, Rage Against The Machine, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Refused, Revolution Void, Rush, Sacred Earth, Shpongle, Sigur Ros, Silverchair, Slightly Stoopid, Stabilo Boss, Sublime, System Of A Down, Tabla Beat Science, Taproot, TeamSleep, The Bad Plus, The Bled, The Blow, Thr Cat Empire, The Deer Hunter, The Decemberists, The Herbaliser, the locust, The Mars Volta, The Red Sparrows, The Roots, The Sound of Animals Fighting, The Twang, The Used, Thievery Corporation, Thinking Machines, Thom Yorke, Thrice, Thursday, Tori Amos, Tracy Chapman, Tunng, TV on the Radio, Victor Wooten, Xavier Rudd, Yo La Tengo, 24 Black, A Dark Halo, Alestorm, Aurora Black, Chickenfoot, Consider The Source, Dagon, Dead By April, Fragile Nova, Hail The Villain, Of Angeline, The Beneath, Tides From Nebula, Karsh Kale, DJ Cheb i Sabbah, Talvin Singh, MIDIval Punditz, Veil of Maya, Kato Kahra, Riverside
Contest Honorable Mentions
SnK Da' Muzik Ride
Miami, FL, United States
- Crafts:
- producer
- Genres:
- reggaeton, electronica, house trance, latin, hip hop
black diamond
Atlanta, GA
- Instruments:
- flute
Contest Winner
Contest Runners Up
* Djordji
Hamburg, Germany
- Crafts:
- mixing engineer, producer, composer
- Instruments:
- computer (mac), computer (pc)
dahvee edwards
- Genres:
- Hip-Hop, rap, rhythm and blues (r&b)
Contest Honorable Mentions
Goodieboyz Entertainment
CA, United States
- Genres:
- alternative rock, nu metal, pop punk, pop rock, Alternative, rap metal, rap, dance, electronica, industrial, rock, classical, soundtrack, film score
Michael Etchells
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Crafts:
- producer
- Influences:
- Danger Mouse, Fela Kuti, J Dilla, Madlib
The Stepa G.
Below The Heavens, Arizona, United States
- Crafts:
- songwriter, lyricist
- Genres:
- hip hop
- Influences:
- The Roots, Mos Def, Jay-Z, Mac Dre, Ice Cube, Big, 2Pac, Blu, Little Brother, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson, Green Day, Grateful Dead, Talib Kweli, A Tribe Called Quest
Featured Artist
Meilana Gillard
Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, composer, producer, songwriter
- Instruments:
- tenor saxophone, flute, alto saxophone, boa soprano saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, keyboard, voice, voice (alto)
- Genres:
- acoustic jazz, avant-garde jazz, acid jazz, chamber, chamber jazz, rhythm and blues (r&b), hardcore hip hop, hip hop, classical, modern classical
- Influences:
- Gene Walker, Gene Ammons, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Lester Young, Lucky Thompson, Don Byas, Paul Gonsalves, Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Sidney Bichet, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Debussy, Charles Ives, Gil Evans, Slide Hampton, Wayne Shorter, Cannonball Adderley, Joe Henderson, Christian McBride, Seamus Blake, Greg Osby, Mark Turner, Chris Potter, Donny McCaslin, Ron Blake, Freddie Hubbard, Sammy Nestico, Count Basie, Frank Foster, Stanley Turrentine, Maceo Parker, Junior Cook, Booker Irvin, Led Zeppelin, Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, Luther Vandross, Aaron Neville, Machito, The Ronettes, June Christy, Ella Fitzgerald, Snoop Dogg, James Brown, Parliament, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Delfonics, John Legend, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Slum Village, Lauryn Hill, Raphael Saadiq, Q-Tip, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Erykah Badu, Common, Pharrell Williams, The Neptunes, Chucky Thompson, Salaam Remi, Pete Rock, Redman, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, DJ Premier, Soundgarden, Ludacris, Chad Hugo, Dipset, Flipsyde, Robin Thicke, Jazmine Sullivan, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Kanye West, Kool Keith, Slick Rick
Joni H.
Crestview, Florida, United States
- Crafts:
- singer, lyricist, photographer, graphic designer, melody maker, musician
- Instruments:
- computer (mac), voice, keyboard, Piano (All), Guitar (All)
Kieran 'Weztax' Hennessy
barnstaple, devon, United Kingdom
- Instruments:
- turntables, Laptop, drums, Bass, Guitar (All)
- Genres:
- trip-hop, drum and bass, funky breaks, hip hop, fusion, jazz
Rodd H.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Crafts:
- musician, songwriter, arranger, music editor, melody maker, multimedia artist, actor, comedian
- Instruments:
- Guitar (All), Bass, Drums (All), Synthesizer (All), midi keyboard, software
- Genres:
- acoustic, ambient acoustic, electro, tech house, techno, instrumental, breakbeat, minimalist, film score, stoner rock
- Influences:
- Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Kyuss, Beck, Adam Freeland, Neil Young, The Doors, Prick, Tool, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle, Pendulum, Orgy, Mindless Self Indulgence, Sasha, John Digweed, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, Coolio, Deftones, Kmfdm, Portishead, Sonic Youth, Sublime, Radiohead
Brandon Hotz
St Louis, missouri, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- Drums (All), Electronic (All)
- Genres:
- rock and roll, electronic, acid jazz, classic rock, drum and bass
DJ JJC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- Instruments:
- synthesizer, turntables, computer (pc), drums, software
- Genres:
- hip house, disco house, electro, acid techno, chicago house, hip hop, synth pop
