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The Australian Songwriter Issue 138, December 2018 First published 1979 The Magazine of The Australian Songwriters Association Inc. In This Edition: On the Cover of the ASA: 2018 APRA/ASA Songwriter Of The Year, Anirban Banerjee (Centre), with Jessica McDonald (APRA) and Denny Burgess (ASA Chairman) Chairman’s Message Editor’s Message Top 10 Finalists In The 2018 Australian Songwriting Contest Anirban Banerjee: 2018 APRA/ASA Songwriter Of The Year Official Photos From The 2018 National Songwriting Awards 2018 Rudy Brandsma Award Nominees The 2018 Halloween Theme Wax Lyrical Roundup Lucy Parle: 2018 Winner Of The Folk/Acoustic Category Sponsors Profiles 2018 In Memoriam Members News and Information Stephen Phillip: 2018 Winner Of the Australia Category 2018 ASA Regional Co-Ordinators Conference ASA Members CD Releases Mark Cawley’s Monthly Songwriting Blog The Load Out Official Sponsors of the Australian Songwriting Contest About Us: o Aims of the ASA o History of the Association o Contact Us o Patron o Life Members o Directors o Regional Co-Ordinators o Webmaster o 2018 APRA/ASA Songwriter of the Year o 2018 Rudy Brandsma Award Winner o 2018 PPCA Live Performance Award Winner o Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame (2004 to 2018) o Lifetime Achievement Award o 2018 Australian Songwriting Contest Category Winners o Songwriters of the Year and Rudy Brandsma Award (1983 to 2018) Chairman’s Message Hey Members, The outstanding success of this year’s National Songwriting Awards has had a profound effect on your Board, and there has already been a flurry of activity, with ongoing talks regarding securing Canterbury Hurlstone-Park RSL in Sydney as the venue for 2019 once again. It is really an ideal place for such a prestigious occasion as far as presenting our valued Songwriters in a truly professional setting, which includes wonderful sound and lighting. Expect an announcement regarding the locking in of a date for the ASA’s big night in 2019 soon. We believe that the earlier a firm time slot can be procured, it will give your Board more time to work toward making the event bigger than ever before. Watch this space! In the meantime, take a gander at all the goings-on from our sell-out show on Wednesday 31 October. It truly was a magical night, and photographer Bob King has certainly captured the sheer breathtaking atmosphere generated. As usual, your Vice Chairman and Editor Alan Gilmour has outdone himself to bring you all the ‘fun of the fair’ in the ASA December 2018 e-Newsletter. So, get yourself into the Christmas spirit with this special edition. On behalf of the ASA Board, please have a Christmas filled with singing, songs and much love. We know 2019 will be HUGE for all ASA Members. See you in the New Year! Denny Burgess Chairman Editor’s Message Welcome to the final edition of The Australian Songwriter for the year. With the 2018 National Songwriting Awards now in our rear-view mirrors, your ASA team will be taking a well-earned break, and will be back in 2019 to do it all again! Congratulations to our 2018 APRA/ASA Songwriter Of The Year, Anirban Banerjee, our 2018 Rudy Brandsma Award winner, Lola Brinton, and to all of the 2018 Category winners and contest entrants. I would particularly like to thank Carole Beck for all her help with the magazine during the year. The Australian Songwriter welcomes written contributions from ASA members and friends. If you have anything that you would like to say about yourself, other songwriters/musicians/artists/new releases or upcoming events, simply send your contribution via email to the Editor at [email protected]. Alan Gilmour, Editor and Vice Chairman 2018 Australian Songwriting Contest Category Top 10s Australia Category Stephen Phillip 1 Stephen Phillip A Changing Landscape QLD 2 Stephen Phillip I’m Australian QLD 3 Melvyn Moll Turn Off The TV (And Forget NSW All You’ve Seen) 4 Steve, Tony, Tim, Mike & Joan Jack Keagan’s Pub NSW Montgomery and Colin Roberts 5 Paul Grierson & Chris Reiger She’s A Picture NSW 6 David Reeve & Philip Arthur Warren Australia NSW 7 Brendan Smoother Old Chimney NSW 8 Kieran O’Connell Take Me Back To Melbourne VIC 9 Kylie Adams-Collier My Best Friend ‘Round The NSW Block 10 Jim Van Fleet Barbed Wire And Bullets QLD 10 Wendy Wood Through The Eyes Of A Boy NSW Ballad Category Joint Winners: Anirban Banerjee (Left) and Ricky Muscat, James Leigh and Vince Leigh (Right) 1 Anirban Banerjee Love Of My Life ACT 1 Ricky Muscat, James Leigh & Vince Leigh Why Can’t You Love Me VIC 3 David Reeve & David Highet Beautiful Attraction NSW 4 Skii Harvey Dance Devil Dance NSW 5 Peter Christie & Roger Corbett If I Don’t Have Love NSW 6 Catherine Dobson On The Corner Of Hope VIC And Devine 7 Lloyd Back Ball Of String QLD 8 Lola Brinton & Felicity Urquhart Candle Moth NSW 8 Katie Hardyman Somebody’s Someone NSW 10 Mercy Mercy & John De Laurence Miss You NSW Contemporary Pop/Dance Category Jemma Siles 1 Jemma Siles D.A.M.N. VIC 2 Jade Goodge Paper Mache VIC 3 Chris Murphy & Travis Bryant Demolition WA 4 Ricky Muscat, James Leigh & Vince Leigh Selfish VIC 5 Celeste Newman & Mark Crocker Smiling Assassin VIC 6 Leea Nanos & Frank Dixon Set Me Free VIC 7 Lucy Burke Leaving On A Lie NSW 8 Alex Tobin Sucker For Punishment NSW 9 Anirban Banerjee What You’ve Done ACT 10 Dene Menzel & D Small Believe It Be It VIC 10 Elisa Kate Promise Me NSW 10 Isabella Porter Yesterday VIC Country Category Stephanie Wade 1 Stephanie Wade Bartender And A Bottle Of Jack VIC 2 Spencer Kelly Six String Drifter WA 3 Brian Stitt Little Country Town NSW 4 Andrea Robertson Again And Again VIC 5 Spencer Kelly & Stacy Hogan Goodbye Never Felt So Good WA 6 Catherine Dobson A Moment Like This VIC 7 Samantha Mooney Friend Of Mine QLD 8 Lola Brinton & Christopher That Dear John Song NSW Matthews 9 Stephen Phillip Fancy Shirts QLD 9 Steve Montgomery The Old Ghost Road NSW Folk/Acoustic Category Lucy Parle 1 Lucy Parle I Used To Love You NSW 2 Anirban Banerjee Something I Know ACT 3 Anirban Banerjee Feelings In My Pocket ACT 4 Rob Imeson Old Welcome Feeling NSW 5 Donna Dyson & Tyrone Noonan Black Dog QLD 5 Julie Prowse Love It That Way NSW 7 Sadie Jones & David Penman Rogue Folk QLD 8 Ian Muir & Glennys Briggs Salt On My Pillow QLD 9 Lizzie Flynn I Married Someone Just Like You QLD 10 Nathan Seeckts Beast Beneath The Bed VIC Instrumental Category Tom Anderson 1 Tom Anderson Ragtime Palpitations 4 NSW 2 Tom Anderson A Walk Down Ragtime Lane 2 NSW 3 Lee Simon Waves SA 4 Philip Gardner Moonlit Night VIC 5 Manjia Luo Violin Into A Journey Of No Man Space NSW 6 Terry Bennetts Chicken Pickin’ WA 7 Ray Pratley Colours Of The Kimberly NSW 8 Andy Travers Fishing Pole NSW 9 Peter Salata Ferny Grove QLD 10 Ben Bowen Home Again NSW International Category Anirban Banerjee 1 Anirban Banerjee Undecided AUS 2 Anirban Banerjee Love Of My Life AUS 3 Samantha Mooney In This Town AUS 4 Anirban Banerjee AEIOU AUS 5 Anirban Banerjee Feelings In My Pocket AUS 6 John Blok & Joanna Fuchs More Like Jesus AUS 7 Keri McInerney You’re Not There AUS 8 Aislinn Sharp & Joel Turner The Wall AUS 9 Samantha Mooney The Touch Of Your Wings AUS 10 Dane Owen Feel So Alive AUS 10 Willie McCracken & P Lavender Mr Fancy Pants AUS 10 Brian Baker Open Up Your Heart AUS Lyrics Category Kieran Roberts and Katelyn Newlands 1 Kieran Roberts & Katelyn Newlands Dream Reward (The Farmer’s ACT/WA Life) 2 Steve & Tony Montgomery They Won’t Let Him Down NSW/QLD 3 Alec Raymer The Rhythm Of The Wind QLD 4 Noel Gardner Taking A Stand QLD 5 John Walsh The Disappearing Man NSW 6 Carmelo Cacciola The Battle of Coral And QLD Balmoral 6 Kerry Maher The River VIC 8 Susan Muranty I Can’t Unlove You NSW 9 John Walsh Faded Star NSW 9 Anirban Banerjee Feelings In My Pocket ACT Open Category Joint Winners: Kerrie Garside and Abbey Gardner 1 Kerrie Garside Shout QLD 1 Abbey Gardner War Child NSW 3 Jade Goodge Ready Set Go! VIC 4 Carmelita Lees & John Roy Demons Of My Own NSW 5 Anirban Banerjee AEIOU ACT 6 Abbey Slattery Take Me Under VIC 7 Elisa Kate On My Side NSW 8 Anirban Banerjee Something I Know ACT 9 Skii Harvey Boys Don’t Cry NSW 9 Anirban Banerjee Love Of My Life ACT Rock/Indie Category Antonio Corea 1 Antonio Corea Honey N Money WA 2 Paula Punch Don’t Look Down NSW 3 Melissa Robertson Red Head At Heart NSW 4 Catherine Dobson Hurricane Child VIC 5 Santino Salvadore Smile Of A Clown NSW 6 Hannah May Bartle Ring The Bell TAS 7 Skii Harvey Uninvited NSW 8 Abbey Slattery Aftershock VIC 9 Anirban Banerjee Undecided ACT 10 Danielle Deckard Happy NSW Songs For Children Category Stephen Kiely and Roxanne Kiely 1 Stephen Kiely & Roxanne Kiely Sometimes A Friend NSW 2 Stephen Kiely & Roxanne Kiely Newly Truly NSW 3 Stephen Kiely & Roxanne Kiely When You Wake Up NSW 4 Kath Bee & Suzy Cato Sprinkle A Little Sunshine NZ 5 Kath Bee & Douglas Stenhouse Make Someone Smile NZ 6 Dez Staunton & Vanessa Staunton I Jump QLD 7 Donna Dyson Swish The Fish QLD 8 Dez Staunton & Vanessa Staunton Frogs Like To Hop QLD 9 Dez Staunton & Vanessa Staunton Let’s Dance QLD 10 David Reeve Share NSW Spiritual Category Jacques Gentil 1 Jacques Gentil A Million And One Ways To Die VIC 2 Jacques Gentil Till My Love Is Gone VIC 3 Peter Christie, Roger Corbett & God Guitars And The Open Road NSW Allan Caswell 4 David Carter & Merelyn Carter World Full Of Angels VIC 5 Jacques Gentil People Need To Know VIC 6 Lola Brinton & Dale Duncan Little Old Church On The Hill NSW 7 David Reeve & David Highet Resurrection NSW 8 Jacques Gentil Blinded Mind (Bartimaeus Song) VIC 9 Samantha Mooney The Touch Of Your Wings QLD