Rudy Sarzo Contest: And The Grand Prize Winner Is... Mon, Mar 9, 2009 • 06:00 AM CDT - Byraf
Last week we posted the People's Choice winners, as selected by fan voting on OurStage.com. Three songs were selected for three amazing People's Choice Prize Packages. Rudy Sarzo has spent the last several days culling the Top 50 for one song to win the Grand Prize Package, which includes a Randy Rhoads Signature Jackson guitar, a Rudy Sarzo signature Peavey bass, an Ampeg Amp, and more.
And the winner is...
Grand Prize Package
All Or Nothing, by Mike Gervasi from New Bedford, Massachusetts and Bjorn Pehrson from Stockholm Sweden!
Rudy said this about the song: "I selected this song for the wiriting. It has a solid arrangement, melodic structure, and balance. These guys have a bright future in songwriting." Congratulations Mike and Bjorn!
Rudy has also selected...
Best Solo Winner
Best solo guitar work goes to Keith for this work on Out Of Line. Keith will receive the Hermida Audio effect pedals! I am personally very jealous. Congratulations Keith!
Mega Fan Winner
The final prize -- the Mega Fan prize -- goes to BlindDogDay for the most number of completed battles on OurStage.com -- 8,920. Wow!
Honorable Mentions
Rudy wanted to give a nod to Stuart, Brannon, Francisco, Pascal, and Scott for The Rhoad Back Home, to Mat for Thin Ice, and to Graham for SarzJam1. Congratulations everyone for your excellent work.
What's Next?
I will be contacting all of the winners via PM to work out the prize allocations and logistics (as defined here). I'll announce the final prize selections made by the winners as they are decided.
A big "Thank You" from me to Rudy, to our wonderful sponsors, and to all the Kompozers. I really enjoyed listening to the contributions. Rest, but keep your chops up -- the next contest will be announced shortly!
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Comments
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:04 AM CDT
Congrats Mike and Bjorn on the grand prize win! You guys deserve it. Bjorn, I will send you the shipping instructions for the Ampeg shortly. :)
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:04 AM CDT
Congratulations to the winners!
Thanks Raf & Rudy...great contest!!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:08 AM CDT
great job guys, congrats on the win!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:39 AM CDT
Well deserve it!! "All or Nothing" IS one of my favorite song on the
Contest and Kompoz!
Bjorn and Mike...you are on the top of the fame!!!!
Congratulations guys!!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:42 AM CDT
A big win for kompoz. Congratulations!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:47 AM CDT
Wow..thanks guys. I was blown away by the sheer number of great submissions. I know Bjorn is currently winging his way to the Phillipines so he'll hear the news a bit later :)
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:56 AM CDT
Great contest, great tunes, great fun! Congratulations to winners!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
07:06 AM CDT
well done mike, bjorn and all the others who entered.
if you send me both the bass and amp Raf, I'll make sure they get them :)
I hope to hear these on a project in the near future.
Ben
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
07:17 AM CDT
Grattis för fan! Bra jobbat. Famous at last lol
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
07:30 AM CDT
Congrats Mike and Bjorn!! well deserved!!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
07:36 AM CDT
Bjorn is gonna choke on his Swedish Meatballs when he reads this! Congrats, guys! One of my favorites!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
07:57 AM CDT
Great job Mike and Bjorn, you deserve it. I really enjoyed listening to everyone's songs, this site has a lot of talent...Casia
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
08:02 AM CDT
Congratulations Mike and Bjorn !!!!!!!!
It is Truly A Great Great Song !!!!!!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
08:05 AM CDT
Well done guys!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
08:10 AM CDT
Bjorn you get the AMPEG!!!!! aaaaarrrrrggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!
;-) Congratulations to you and to Mike!
Cao
Alberto
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
08:16 AM CDT
Congrats guys...Great work.
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
08:26 AM CDT
Thanks Alberto ;)
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
08:32 AM CDT
Congratulation on a magnificent job
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
09:20 AM CDT
Here in Finland we call that particular Ampeg combination as a "rantasauna"(beach sauna). Maybe you could build one from yours? ;)
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
09:37 AM CDT
cool
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
09:54 AM CDT
congrats guys, very well deserved... great tune and a unique entry. It's a genuine winner
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
10:07 AM CDT
Ok guys. We expect some really great music with all that awesome new gear.
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
10:25 AM CDT
....or a low reserve on ebay :)
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
11:20 AM CDT
Congrats on your win. It's a very fine song. Some nice comments from Rudy too. Enjoy the new toys fellas! Well deserved!
Thanks for the Kool Kontest Rafterman!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
11:21 AM CDT
I really liked this song, a worthy Champion, well done guys.
Cheers from AZ
Larry
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
11:35 AM CDT
Cool contest and worthy champion!
well done!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
12:50 PM CDT
Sweet Beard of Odin! Congrats Mike and Bjorn. Well done! - Ooz
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
12:54 PM CDT
Congratulations to all the winners from Sicily...free pasta for everyone! Only Spegetti A,s for Bjorn.
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
02:39 PM CDT
Congratulations on the win, great song and as many have said well deserved.
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
03:36 PM CDT
congrats dudes,nice work...hope the ampeg will not get lost in the trip to sweden as did my shirt from slowride contest :D
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
05:09 PM CDT
Congrats to all the winners!!!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
05:24 PM CDT
Oh yes you two, well deserved, BRAVO!
E
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:38 PM CDT
Congratulations to all! Thanks Kompoz for the opportunity.
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:49 PM CDT
Way to go guys...... Congrats !
Steve
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
06:53 PM CDT
It is currently 8 AM in Manila, and I lost count at 8 celebration San Miguel beers last night. I first thought I was celebrating Brannon's birthday, but got the message from Raf en route to here.
I think Mike and I put together a good tune, but so did a lot of other kontestants, and you can't really compete in music. However, I would be lying if I said I am not very very proud and happy!
Thank you all for your very kind comments, and a huge thank you to my partner in crime Mike for his incredible talent. And yes, Mike you bastard, you were right about the song structure:)
Thank you also Raf for a great kontest and Mr Sarzo for your good taste:)
Rock On
B
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
07:07 PM CDT
Congrats!!!!!!!!
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
10:17 PM CDT
Congrats to the big prize winner and to all the contestant, I enjoyed very much listening to all the entry songs. I think every song in the contest have that special touch, and I'm glad to be part of this community.
Carlos
Mon, Mar 9, 2009 @
10:27 PM CDT
Marty and I are shipping the leftovers from dinner. We're trying to have it arrive the same day as the Ampeg so we're shipping it slow-boat from China. The fish should be just about ripe by the time it gets there.
I threw in a few sour grapes too, hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
Congrats guys.
Tue, Mar 10, 2009 @
04:58 PM CDT
Absolute shit song. I'd be willing to be Rudy didn't even listen to the songs, he (or someone at Kompoz) just chose one and got back to his regular schedule. lol
Tue, Mar 10, 2009 @
05:27 PM CDT
Congrats guys! Absolutely beautiful song! I'd be willing to say the guy behind the comment above is just jealous of your talent!
Tue, Mar 10, 2009 @
05:58 PM CDT
you can really tell about someone by the number of their submissions (Kompozitions) how much they love their craft, and how they will do it anyway, no matter how under or over-appreciated they are. And you guys are. (appreciated)
Wed, Mar 11, 2009 @
02:50 AM CDT
great job to all congrats....
Wed, Mar 11, 2009 @
06:25 AM CDT
@Jason: I can absolutely guarantee that Rudy listened to the song. He spent 20 minutes on the phone with me telling me why he chose it, and why he also liked Rhoad Back Home, Thin Ice, and SarzJam1. He took this contest seriously. Rudy is a solid human being -- one of the nicest guys I know.
Wed, Mar 11, 2009 @
02:44 PM CDT
Congrats to all contestants !
Wed, Mar 11, 2009 @
05:40 PM CDT
Congratulations!
Wed, Mar 11, 2009 @
08:16 PM CDT
Just listened again...Fine Song! Congrats!!
Wed, Mar 11, 2009 @
08:35 PM CDT
Congrats to you both. Bjorn,..I know how badly you wanted that Ampeg,...I will be sending you a list of chiropractors in your area to call after a few months of moving that beast around. Congrats to you both,...and to quote some unknown guy I saw on here once,....Rock on!!!!
Fri, Mar 13, 2009 @
01:46 PM CDT
Congrats to you both. Bjorn, can you even plug that in over there? I think it is 110 with a small American plug. Isn't there some huge tax in Sweden for using so much electricity. I can help you with that if you like. I have a little storage space here at my place. :)
Fri, Mar 13, 2009 @
11:14 PM CDT
The tax is on having fun in general. Raf is investigating just how fast it will blow up if I plug it into 220 volts. My bet is 45 seconds, I once blew up a computer by doing that very operation.
More information about the Ampeg Adventure will follow
Sat, Mar 14, 2009 @
12:04 AM CDT
Do you have a back brace?
Sat, Mar 14, 2009 @
12:06 AM CDT
I am buying a forklift
Sat, Mar 14, 2009 @
12:02 PM CDT
Great job on the piece Mr B and Mr M
Mon, Mar 16, 2009 @
01:42 AM CDT
Congrats.
Mon, Mar 16, 2009 @
04:29 PM CDT
Congratulations winners, and all who participated.
Wed, Mar 18, 2009 @
04:46 PM CDT
Wow! How did I miss this!? :)
All Or Nothing was one of my FAVORITES!
Bjorn and Mike, I want an autographed CD!!!
and when you both become famous, think of us little guys...or girls
