First of all, huge thanks to Brian Culbertson for allowing all of us to mess with his tracks for “It’s Time”. The renditions all of you created were fantastic and it was such a challenge for the Judge’s panel to narrow it down to a TOP 20. Brian has been reviewing all the tunes and will make his decision shortly for the TOP 3 Winners!

I’ve had a chance to speak with all the sponsors and all are in agreement that Brian is not only a fine musician, but a hellava great guy! I must agree as I’ve had the chance to talk with him many times during the contest and he really is one of, if not the coolest dude I’ve ever had the chance to work with.

His enthusiasm for the contest was most sincere and he would check in from time to time with a “WOW!, check out this take” or a “I would have never came up with that idea”.

Here’s a reminder for all of you about the PRIZES! All the sponsors came up with some great prizes to reward you for your efforts.

Roland, the lead sponsor, came through BIG Time with 3 awesome pieces of gear:

Let's start with the Roland RD-300NX Digital Piano


Lucina AX-09: Synthesizer


R-05: WAVE/MP3 Recorder




Our new friends at Lewitt-Audio was very generous with the LCT 640 Studio Microphone




LUNA Guitars has so graciously given us the The LUNA Henna Paisley Electric




PreSonus came through yet once again with The AudioBox Studio package




A brand new sponsor to Kompoz is JamHub with the JamHub Bedroom




Distrophonix came through with 1,000 of their very cool Download Cards


Here’s Brian Culbertson’s download card, custom-made for his Napa Valley Jazz Fest




Mogami Cables is doing something very cool. In addition to outfitting one lucky winner with enough premium cables for your studio, Mogami will provide each winner with a cable if the prize needs one – now, that’s very cool!!!!



Barcus-Berry has given us their 3-Tuner Prize Package – The project owners for 1st, 2nd & 3rd place will receive a 3-tuner pack, in addition to their PRIZE selection.

A full mix of for one of your tunes by Joe Haze

www.joehaze.com

Though I did ask for a grand piano, (why not, it’s only $85,000) Mason & Hamlin has given us one of their custom, limited edition leather jackets
One lucky winner will get this bad boy!

Thank you to all the sponsors, contestents and of course, we could not have done this without the great Brian Culbertson!!

Best of Luck to the Top 20 - Winners will be announced soon!!!