Ken Samson

(NEW YORK, NY) THE ARTISTS FORUM (AF), a NY State 501(c)3 not-for-profit multi-arts service organization, proudly announces the winners of its first ever juried music competition, The AF ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMPETITION (AF-EMC). Artist bios and samples of the winning entries are available to be heard here on current.com, youtube.com, and on www.theartistsforum.org AF would like to thank our volunteers, the AF-EMC judges, our technical partners, and everyone who participated. Our next AF-EMC will be announced shortly. In the meantime, HEAR SAMPLES OF THE WINNING ENTRIES HERE! AF-EMC PLATINUM AWARD WINNER: PH10 (HIP HOP): USA AF-EMC GRAND PRIZE WINNERS: THE SPECIMEN (ROCK/ALTERNATIVE): USA (ASCAP) RENEE COLOGNE (POP): USA (ASCAP) DIVASONIC (DANCE MUSIC-TIE!): USA (ASCAP) CARA TYLER (DANCE MUSIC-TIE!): AUSTRALIA OHN (ELECTRONICA): USA YOKO K. (ELECTRONIC JAZZ): USA AF-EMC FINALISTS: MORPHOUS (ROCK/ALTERNATIVE): USA (BMI) MARK NICHOLAS (ROCK/ALTERNATIVE): USA SARAH SHAFEY (ALTERNATIVE): CANADA THE EDISON CARTER PROJECT (ROCK/ALTERNATIVE): USA LANES (ELECTRONICA) USA (ASCAP) FANS OF JIMMY CENTURY (DANCE/ELECTRONICA): USA CRISTIAN HUEPE (DANCE/ELECTRONICA): USA (BMI) SHINJUKU ZULU (DANCE/ELECTRONICA): CANADA (SOCAN) PIXELFROG (ELECTRONIC JAZZ): USA THANKS TO OUR TECHNICAL PARTNERS: APPLE, INC. PROPELLERHEAD SOFTWARE SAMSON TECHNOLOGIES SONICBIDS.COM THANKS TO OUR JUDGES: HAROLD STEPHAN (AMELIA'S DREAM) DJ T-PRO (T RECORDS) KEN LEWIS (PROTOOLS MIXING) BERNADETTE O'REILLY (NELSON/O'REILLY) EVE NELSON (NELSON/O'REILLY) ERIC HILTON (THIEVERY CORPORATION) BILL COLEMAN (PEACE BISQUIT)