10th Annual IMA Artist Judges
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 Bettye LaVette
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 Tom Waits & Kathleen Brennan
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 Suzanne Vega
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 Ryan Tedder
OneRepublic
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 Gavin Rossdale
Bush
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 Ozzy Osbourne
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 Seal
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 Adam Duritz
Counting Crows
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 Jesse Harris
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 Joe Perry
Aerosmith
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 Aimee Mann
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 Shelby Lynne
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 Jim Lauderdale
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 Beth Gibbons
Portishead
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 Andraé Crouch
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 Benji Madden
Good Charlotte
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 Joel Madden
Good Charlotte
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 Charlie Musselwhite
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 Jonatha Brooke
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 Andrew W.K.
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 Judy Collins
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 Rob Wasserman
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 Toots Hibbert
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 Laurie Berkner
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 Jeremy Taggart
Our Lady Peace
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 Vijay Iyer
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 Arturo O’Farrill
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 Tim Pagnotta
Sugarcult
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 Tim Lambesis
As I Lay Dying, Austrian Death Machine
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 Lee Ritenour
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 Pete Wentz
Fall Out Boy/ Owner, Decaydance Records
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 Jeremy Camp
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 Arturo Sandoval
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 McCoy Tyner
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 Martin Atkins
Public Image Ltd.
Nine Inch Nails
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 Zach Filkins
OneRepublic
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 Brandi Carlile
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 Dennis Diken
The Smithereens
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 Alex Wurman
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 “Weird Al” Yankovic
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10th Annual IMA Industry Judges
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 Bill Bragin
Director of Public Programming, Lincoln Center
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 Anthony DeCurtis
Contributing Editor,
Rolling Stone
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 Jason Olaine
Artistic Director – Yoshi’s San Francisco, Talent Buyer – George Wein’s Newport Jazz Festival & CareFusion New York Jazz Festival, Independent Producer, General Manager – Monterey Jazz Festival Records
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 Delphine Robertson
Deva Anderson Music Supervision
Playtone Productions
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 Kevin Lyman
Founder, Vans Warped Tour, Rockstar Taste of Chaos Tour, & Mayhem Festival
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 Celina Denkins
Senior Booking Agent/National Talent Buyer, Whisky-a-Go-Go
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 Dalis Allen
Director, Kerrville Folk Festival
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 Aubin Paul
Founder/Editor
Punknews.org
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 Evan Schlansky
American Songwriter
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 Pat McGuire
Editor-In-Chief, Filter Magazine
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 Bruce Iglauer
Founder, Alligator Records
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 Dan Storper
Founder, Putumayo World Music
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 Bob Ludwig
Mastering Engineer
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 Troy Stacy
Founder/Co-Developer, Musicati.com
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 Kimberly Aldridge
Manager of Music Licensing for AMI Entertainment Network, Inc.
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 Pilley Bianchi
A&R, Mamapalooza Records
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 Carol Lester
A&R, Mamapalooza Records, MamaPUBlooza Publishing, VP Marketing
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 Skip The Funktologist
A Funk Above the Rest Syndicated Radio Show
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 Anne Saunders
Artistic Director for Falcon Ridge Folk Festival
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 Kenny Laguna
Songwriter/Producer, President
Blackheart Records
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 Josh Baron
Relix
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I am so excited to see Suzanne Vega AND Judy Collins on the board! What a smorgasbord of talent this year (o:
Ooo! How exciting! What an incredible list of judges. In my head I imagine them all sitting in one big room together listening to CD after CD… somehow I doubt that’s the official process!
We compose Latin music, with Spanish lyrics, and there’s a big market for it here in the US, as well as internationally. While you say that your awards welcome all genres, you don’t seem to have anyone on your panel of judges that speaks Spanish, so how would they be able to judge something that they can’t understand?
Hey Sylvia,
If you look carefully, you’ll notice we proudly have Arturo Sandoval on our panel of judges. He was born in Cuba and speaks Spanish. I believe there are also other judges on the panel who may also speak Spanish. I also suggest to artists who submit foreign language songs to include a translation or at least the lyrics so that we can use an online translating site to help us understand what is being sung. I hope that answers your question. We’d be delighted to review your material.
Very excited about the panel of judges that includes Andrew WK, Joel & Benji from Good Charlotte & Pete Wentz! Taken Flight is looking to show the rock/pop-punk world that we have the ability to be the next big hit
It’s great having Tom Waits and Ozzy on the list. They are both really experienced, you know, for forty years they’ve heard quite all there is to be heard in their genres. And Sylvia, by the way, I think Tom Waits also speaks Spanish. Not sure though
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oh,great!!!!Tom Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan are on the list…I´m very excited.It`s a honour for us to take part in this award!ciao from Italy
We’re excited, too!
Skip the Funktologist …. our man! Very deserving indeed.
Im excited its my first time entering this contest. Im thrilled to have all those talented judges listening to my music and the rest of all the indie artist thank you IMA!