It's time to crown a (new) winner in Soundcheck's first-ever songwriting contest. After a technical disqualification last week, the first-place award now goes to our runner up, "Che Guevara Monday" by Sam Mastandrea.
Soundcheck blog: read the winning lyrics
Comments [8]
I'm so happy for Sam. Everybody who knows him knows it's so well deserve. As a song writer, music composer and performer Sam is the real deal, an unique talent and a great man. More people will know for sure, now is the time.
Cheers!
WOW - Congratulations! Talent, personality, humor--- Sam - you are amazing.
Your growing Washington DC fan club is cheering you on for more!
Congratulations. Really enjoyed (both) settings of the song. Good luck to Sammo in his career.
Sammo's a genius!
How do I get a copy or download One Ring Zero's version of the song? I'd love to use it as a writing prompt for my community college students. Should I just download a podcast? You don't have to answer on the air, but if you could just send me the info, that would be great.
Thanks!
Sam is a good friend of mine. Thus trust me. His lyrics are most definitely original and will pass any google test...i.e. quirky, intelligent, usually pretty damn funny and akin to prose. In fact i wish he'd put his put his pen to fiction/novel paper. A great mind (and a good heart) that man has got.
Congrats on the win Sam!
xox
A good friend of mine, Paul Thorn (www.paulthorn.com), is one of the most prolific singer/songwriters I've ever come across and he, intentionally, tries not to listen to other artists' material for fear that something written by someone else might come out later in something he believes to be his own original material.
Way to go, Sammo! These are great lyrics. I'm glad you're getting the attention you deserve.
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