Wes Mack took home the overall Grand Prize at the 2013 Unsigned Only Music Competition last week where his song “Duet” was the overwhelming favourite with the judges.
The US-based competition honours unsigned artists offering competitors prizes, recognition, exposure, and the chance to be heard by a prestigious judging panel. Additionally, the Grand Prize winner receives the chance to be mentored by and network with the top echelon of record company professionals. Mentors include presidents and top-level executives from Universal Republic, Capitol, Vagrant, RCA, Bad Boy Entertainment, Disney Music Group, Atlantic, Sony, Big Machine, Word, and G-Unit.
This year’s judging panel consisted of iconic recording artists Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders), Iggy Pop, Neon Trees, Hunter Hayes, Cyndi Lauper, Dustin Lynch, Carly Simon, Brandi Carlile, John Oates (Hall & Oates), 3 Doors Down, Of Monsters And Men, David Crowder, Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.), G.Love, Craig Morgan, Jason Gray, Ryan Bingham, Aaron Shust, The Mountain Goats and a group of influential music journalists and editors from Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, The Washington Post, and Spin.
Way to go Wes!
