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We have been lucky enough to work with many of today's top music industry professionals throughout the circle's 18 years.
Here's a tentative list of Judges who will join us for our live finale events in New York in November.

Russ Titleman
Russ Titelman
Grammy Award Winning Producer

Grammy-Award-winning producer/songwriter Russ Titelman has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business over the past four decades including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, George Harrison, the BeeGees, James Taylor, Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon and many more. Russ's first Grammy was in 1986 for Steve Winwood's "Higher Love," which won Record of the Year. In 1992, he earned two additional Grammys for his work with Eric Clapton. "Tears in Heaven" won Record of the Year and "Unplugged" won Album of the Year.

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Mark Eichner
President, 785 Records
Denise Rich Songs
785 Records
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Jonathan Clarke
Jonathan Clarke

Radio DJ - Q104.3 Radio


Jonathan Clarke joined Q1043, New York and America's most listened to Rock Station, as an on-air personality in 1997 and continues to be on the air there. He's also host and executive producer of the highly rated "Out Of The Box" new music show on Q1043. Clarke can also be seen as a recurring guest host with the MSG Network with recent appearances on "MSG NY Extra" and "Soundcheck".

He's also the host of "The Director's Chair" show on Time Warner Cable, a TV show all about Indy films and filmmakers. For over two years recently, Clarke was heard nationwide on Sirius Satellite Radio's Classic Rewind channel.

Loretta Muñoz
Loretta Muñoz
AVP Membership Group
Special Projects,
ASCAP

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Charlie Feldman
Charles Feldman
VP of Writer/Publisher Relations
BMI

As Vice President, Writer Publisher Relations, Charlie Feldman directs all writer/publisher relations activities in BMI’s New York office, including the company’s Pop, Urban/Hip Hop, Rock, Classical, Theater and Jazz departments. Feldman, who joined BMI in 1988, was promoted to Vice President in 1992. He began his career in music publishing in 1974 when he joined EMI Music Publishing Nashville and was named Vice President in 1986.
He has worked closely with such songwriters as The Neville Brothers, Tony Joe White, Carole King, R. Kelly, Toni Wine and Full Force, to name a few.

In addition to his duties at BMI Feldman has served two four-year terms as a Trustee of The Recording Academy (NARAS) and is a New York Chapter past president. He also serves as a Vice Chairman of the Entertainment Media Division of UJA-Federation and is Executive Vice President of The Music For Youth Foundation and a board member of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Linda Lorence Critelli
VP of Writer Publisher Relations
SESAC


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Neil Rosen
Entertainment Critic / NY1 TV

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John Colapinto
Award winning writer of Rolling Stone
and New Yorker Magazine.

John Colapinto has been a freelance writer since 1984. In 1995 he became a contributing editor at Rolling Stone where he won an ASME for a story about a medical scandal and expanded the story into a book, As Nature Made Him, a New York Times bestseller. In 2001, he published his novel, About the Author, which is now in development for a movie with producer Scott Rudin.

Since 2006 he has been a staff writer at The New Yorker.

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Jimmy Bralower
Music Producer

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David Novik
Sr VP A&R of Decca Records

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Michael Hill
Musicians On Call

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Keep checking back for additional judges to be added shortly.

 



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