We have been lucky enough to work with many of today's top music industry professionals throughout the circle's 18 years.
Here's a tentative list of Judges who will join us for our live finale events in New York in November.
![]() Russ Titelman Grammy Award Winning Producer
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Grammy-Award-winning producer/songwriter Russ Titelman has worked with some of the biggest names in the music business over the past four decades including Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, George Harrison, the BeeGees, James Taylor, Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon and many more. Russ's first Grammy was in 1986 for Steve Winwood's "Higher Love," which won Record of the Year. In 1992, he earned two additional Grammys for his work with Eric Clapton. "Tears in Heaven" won Record of the Year and "Unplugged" won Album of the Year. |
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![]() Jonathan Clarke Radio DJ - Q104.3 Radio
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Jonathan Clarke joined Q1043, New York and America's most listened to Rock Station, as an on-air personality in 1997 and continues to be on the air there. He's also host and executive producer of the highly rated "Out Of The Box" new music show on Q1043. Clarke can also be seen as a recurring guest host with the MSG Network with recent appearances on "MSG NY Extra" and "Soundcheck". He's also the host of "The Director's Chair" show on Time Warner Cable, a TV show all about Indy films and filmmakers. For over two years recently, Clarke was heard nationwide on Sirius Satellite Radio's Classic Rewind channel. |
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As Vice President, Writer Publisher Relations, Charlie Feldman directs all writer/publisher relations activities in BMI’s New York office, including the company’s Pop, Urban/Hip Hop, Rock, Classical, Theater and Jazz departments. Feldman, who joined BMI in 1988, was promoted to Vice President in 1992. He began his career in music publishing in 1974 when he joined EMI Music Publishing Nashville and was named Vice President in 1986. In addition to his duties at BMI Feldman has served two four-year terms as a Trustee of The Recording Academy (NARAS) and is a New York Chapter past president. He also serves as a Vice Chairman of the Entertainment Media Division of UJA-Federation and is Executive Vice President of The Music For Youth Foundation and a board member of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and The Songwriters Hall of Fame. |
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![]() John Colapinto Award winning writer of Rolling Stone and New Yorker Magazine.
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John Colapinto has been a freelance writer since 1984. In 1995 he became a contributing editor at Rolling Stone where he won an ASME for a story about a medical scandal and expanded the story into a book, As Nature Made Him, a New York Times bestseller. In 2001, he published his novel, About the Author, which is now in development for a movie with producer Scott Rudin.
Since 2006 he has been a staff writer at The New Yorker. |
![]() Jimmy Bralower Music Producer
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![]() David Novik Head of A&R Decca Music Group
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Veteran A&R man and Executive Producer David Novik has worked all over the world and and has many multi-platinum albums accredited. Currently head of A&R for Decca Label Group, working with a diverse roster of acts including Boyz II Men, David Sanborn, Sonya Kitchell, Brendan James, East Village Opera Company, and the Broadway cast album for Spring Awakening and brand new signings, The Love Willows.. Has worked with Third Day, Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Hornsby, ZZ Top, Robyn, *NSync, Republica, Chris Whitley, Judy Collins, Indigo Girls, Social Distortion, Midnight Oil, Men At Work, Paul Young, Prefab Sprout, Bad Manners. Prior to Decca, (a Universal company), has held high level creative positions with RCA and Sony Music. David has a passion for unique songs & singers or players with a singular vision. Goals are always to help artist realize that vision
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Garry Trudeau is the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip Doonesbury, which currently appears in over 1200 newspapers. Not long after the strip's launch, Garry wrote and co-directed the animated film, A Doonesbury Special, for NBC. The film was nominated for an Academy Award and received the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. An album of the music, which Garry co-wrote, was later released as Jimmy Thudpucker's Greatest Hits on RCA/Windsong. Working with composer Elizabeth Swados, Garry also wrote the book and lyrics for the Broadway musical, Doonesbury, for which he was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards. A cast album of the show, recorded for MCA, received a Grammy nomination. Trudeau again collaborated with Swados on Rap Master Ronnie, an Off-Broadway musical revue about the Reagan Administration that was subsequently broadcast on Cinemax.
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