Meet the Judges!
Jim Sharples
The Big Cheese at Big Cheese Magazine
Impresario Chris Grayston
of Live & Unsigned and Livefest at The O2 London
John Wooler
Multi Nominated Grammy Winner (Ran Virgin USA for Almost 25 Years)
Dean G Hill
cofounder: TourDates.co.uk; RavenBlackMusic.com; ExposureMusicAwards.org
Al Douglas
The National Music Event Organiser and Head of Music and Brand Management at Hash7
Martin Brown
Founder of The Orange County Music Awards and Collaborator in Exposure Music Awards! in Europe
'Sir' Harry Cowell
Industry Legend and All Round Gentleman, played with the Cure and Teched for Genesis, managed Asia & Ultravox
Entrepreneur Ville Leppanen
of The Snow Dogs, who eventually got signed to Victory Records USA, now Owns & Runs the Animal House Studio collectives
Producer and Professor Joe Wilson
of The Sneaker Pimps and Sleazepoppers Trash Money, now Director of Creative and Music courses at the University of Gloucestershire
Producer Steve Brown
(Manic Street Preachers / The Cult / The ALaRM / Freddie Mercury / Wham) and Various Music Charity projects around the Globe
Producer Phil Legg
(Terence Trent Darby) concurrent US & UK N#1 Hits
Producer John Ravenhall
(Kylie Minogue/Elton John)
along with some of these chaps:
Nis Bøgvad
Former head of A&R for EMI Music
As former head of A&R for EMI Music and a member of EMI’s European A&R committee, Nis has worked with all the major labels, as well as being A&R/Exec producer for MBO and Danish National TV. A Platinum Award winning songwriter and producer in his own right, Nis now runs his own A&R and Artist Management business – Kyoto Management – out of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Glen White
In the radio and music industries for over 15 years
Glen WhiteGlen has been in the radio and music industries for over 15 years. With more than a decade broadcasting on radio stations across London and East Anglia, Glen is also an established remixer and club DJ. In addition to his television and voice over work, Glen has also previously chosen which artists to play (as a radio Head of Music) which artists to pay (working for P.R.S.) and which artists to sell (with a stint at HMV).
Dan Hawkins
Guitarist and backing vocalist of The Darkness
Probably best known as guitarist and backing vocalist of The Darkness, Dan’s Lowestoft-born band rose to fame in 2004, collecting countless awards and gaining two multi platinum selling albums worldwide. After The Darkness, Dan started working with ‘Stone Gods’, releasing the critically acclaimed album ‘Silver Spoons and Broken Bones’ in 2008. With an Ivor Novello for songwriting and a cabinet full of Brits, MTV and Kerrang awards to his credit, Dan currently produces several bands out of his Norfolk recording studio, Leeders Farm.
Nathan 'Thomsta' Thomas
Ivor Novello nominated writer and producer
Ivor Novello nominated writer and producer Nathan Thomas produces the Stuart Grant Breakfast show on KISS 105-108 – and as well as eight successful years in regional radio, he has also spent the last five mixing it up in clubland.
A professional songwriter/producer with publishing giants Universal Music, 2000 brought Nathan his first UK top ten hit with Another Lover, produced by Wycliffe Jean for Dane Bowers. In 2006, Nathan was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song with the #2 club smash Yeah Yeah by Bodyrox.
Nathan’s recent music projects have taken him from Sweden to South Africa, as well as all over the UK. He is also responsible for a whole host of TV, film, radio and computer game soundtracks and this year is working on his own album.
Nick Brine
Producer and sound engineer
As a producer and sound engineer, Nick has worked with many major artists including Oasis, The Darkness, Bruce Springsteen, Seasick Steve, Teenage Fanclub, Queen, Stereophonics, KT Tunstall, Arctic Monkeys, Stone Roses, Seputura and many, many more. He continues to work with artists at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales, as well as in his capacity as studio manager, producer and senior engineer at Leeders Farm.
To help support artists we have also created a website and blog package with hosting and support for all artists (entrants or not) which will allow you to showcase videos and music, keep your fans up to date with blog articles, gig dates and photos that they can share with their friends on social networks such as FaceBook and Twitter.