Music Composer of the Year: Stream, Download on iTunes, Spotify

MUSIC COMPOSER OF THE YEAR : S|IMA. | 2018.

A few informational videos, interviews, music videos and behind the scenes clips from your 7 official nominees

7 Nominees will be shortlisted for this category. The winner will be selected from the 7 nominees. Winners are selected by popular demand so please vote to ensure your favorite nominee wins.
To vote for your favorite nominee Tweet ARTIST/BAND NAME and the AWARD CATEGORY @SkunkRadioLive or place your vote at the bottom of this page.

Nominate an Independent Artist, Musician or Band from the list of contenders to help them secure one of the 7 Nominee Slots. You can also nominate your favorite Independent Artists, Musicians or Bands even if they are not listed. Tweet NOMINATE ARTIST/BAND NAME and the AWARD CATEGORY @SkunkRadioLive or post at the bottom of this page.

Other places to find Independent Artists, Musicians and Bands to nominate:
Skunk Radio Live Daily Broadcasts.
The Indie Artist Directory.
The Indie Music YouTube Directory.
The Indie Music Board.
The Indie Video Board.
The Skunk Radio Live Record Store.
SRLtv.
Skunk Radio Live Top 20.

Musicians, Artists, Bands and Independent Record Labels are more than welcome to submit music.

Nominations and voting for the 2018 S|IMA ends November 30, 2018. Winners will be announced shortly after.

Follow @SkunkRadioLive for updates.

S|IMA. | 2018.

Music Composer of the Year.

NOMINEES.

To vote for your favorite nominee Tweet ARTIST/BAND NAME and THE CATEGORY @SkunkRadioLive or post a comment at the bottom of this page.

1. MEGAN MCDUFFEE : .

SRL Independent Music Awards 2018 - Music Composer Of The Year 2018 - Megan Mcduffee

Bio.
Award-winning video game/film composer and vocalist. Horror and synthwave nut.

Stream free.

Download mp3.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/megan-mcduffee/1117816839?1001lIDW

Website.
http://meganmcduffee.com/

Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MeganMcDuffee

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2. THE WATERMARK HIGH : .

SRL Independent Music Awards 2018 - Music Composer Of The Year 2018 - The Watermark High

Bio.
Cinematic, ambient electronica. Slow-burning headphone music.

Stream free.

Download mp3.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/watermark-high/id762218927?1001lIDW

Website.
https://soundcloud.com/watermarkhigh

Twitter.
https://twitter.com/watermarkhigh

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3. YUKO YAMAMURA : .

SRL Independent Music Awards 2018 - Music Composer Of The Year 2018 - Yuko Yamamura

Bio.

Yuko Yamamura
French horn / Composer
Buffet Group US – Hans Hoyer Artist

Yuko Yamamura is a Jazz and Classical French hornist, composer, and arranger. She was born in Kobe, Japan, and started her musical studies as a singer at the age of seven. She graduated from the Osaka College of Music in 1998, where she studied Classical music with Hiroko Fushimi and Shigekazu Ikeda, and wind ensemble arranging with Toru Takahashi. She also studied jazz – particularly improvisation with Hiroshi Munekiyo – at the Arrow Jazz Orchestra Music School.

For several years starting in 2001, she taught at the Yamaha School for Wind Orchestra. It was then that she led her own jazz quintet, and enjoyed performances at Kobe and Osaka, which culminated in a CD, which was recorded at XEBEC Music Production Studios. She came to the United States, ultimately graduating from the Berklee College of Music as a professional music major, studying both jazz French horn and composition. While there, she studied jazz improvisation with Tiger Okoshi, Christine Fawson, and Jeff Galindo.

She has worked with Jay Rodriguez, Victor Jones, David Berkman, Eddie Allen, Hector Martignon, Corcoran Holt, Gerard Angel, Sweet Plantain Strings Quartet, and more.

She is a Best song winner of the American Songwriting Awards 2014 in Jazz category, also her songs chosen as nominees and Finalist. And she is a Grand prize winner of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest 2012 session-1 Jazz category. Her composition was selected by in-flight airplay of Virgin America airline for summer 2012. Also her group was held in Manhattan, NY Best of 2011 award-winning talent at the “Japan Art MATSURI (Japan Art Festival)” .

She continues to perform and compose in a wide variety of styles (classical, jazz, rock, funk, experimental, free, etc.).

Stream free.

Download mp3.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/yuko-yamamura/930268856

Website.
http://yukoyamamura.com/

Twitter.
https://twitter.com/yukoccihorn

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☆ VOTE ★

Vote for your favorite of the 7 official nominees or browse the contenders further down and nominate someone by sharing your thoughts in the comments section below. You can also nominate independent (indie), emerging, unsigned, underground and upcoming artists who are not on the official list of contenders. Start your comment with the word "NOMINATE", followed by ARTIST/BAND NAME and AWARD CATEGORY to nominate. Vote for 1 of the 7 official nominees to win the award at anytime by starting your comment with the ARTIST/BAND NAME and AWARD CATEGORY. You can also vote by Tweeting the aforementioned @SkunkRadioLive on Twitter.

CONTENDERS.Vote for your favorite contenders below to help them secure 1 of the 7 nominee slots. Tweet NOMINATE ARTIST/BAND NAME and the AWARD CATEGORY @SkunkRadioLive or post at the bottom of this page. If you know an Independent Artist, Band or Musician that is not listed here, please nominate them as well.

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