EMELIA FAILING, UTICA, NY - Showcase Winner!

Our thanks to all of the Youth Showcase Performers in alphabetical order:

Merrill Amos, Cazenovia
The Embassy -
David Glantz, Billy Mucha & Josh Morgan, Rome
Emelia Failing Band, Utica
Jon Fox, Sherburne
Peter Leone, Hamilton
Joe Mettler in Primary Colours, Sherburne
Scott Sharp, Minoa

We want to thank our judges and most especially Zach Collins, Zach was our 2007 Showcase winner who helped judge this year's showcase!  The judges had a difficult job of scoring the showcase participants and their scoring was added to the applause-o-meter results to come up with this ranking:

FIRST PRIZE:EMELIA FAILING, UTICA, NY:
Bio:  My name is Emelia. Music is just a thing I do. It holds my heart, It’s in my veins. I surround myself with people who feel the same. Enjoy the show.

Songs: “They’re not watching” & “Listen” 

"They’re not watching" excerpt
I took my place back to the face that we both knew
I walked alone cold as bone wasted on you
A part of me told me I should speak the truth
But watching you turn fake, was more than I could take

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SECOND PRIZE: JOE METLER & PRIMARY COLOURS, SHERBURNE, NY

Songs  are “Paper Bag”, “Show and Tell” and “The Sumac Tree”

BIO:  ”Primary Colours” is a Progressive Folk Band comprised of three siblings from Sherburne, New York. They have a wide range of influences including R&B, Folk and Funk. They grew up in a musical family, and have each been playing their respective instruments since before birth. Enjoy.

“Paper Bag” - excerpt

Breath into a paper bag

Lips are painted red
You puff until they’ve cracked and bled
Lost your sense of touch
It’s hard to say you like it much, but

Life’s become a drag
From a cigarette
You breathe into a paper bag  

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THIRD PRIZE: MERRILL AMOS, CAZENOVIA, NY
presents “Guilty” & “Your Little Voice”

“Your Little Voice” - excerpt
It was night time and I remember
All the lights burning bright like amber
Inspiration filled the air
Whisper be patient, we’ll get there
And I could stay here till the stage clears,
But it’ll take years for your little voice to leave my ears

Bio: Hello all!  I’m a 19 year-old self taught singer/songwriter from Cazenovia, NY and would love nothing more than to play music for the rest of my life.  I’ve been playing guitar and writing for the last five years, and I continue to surprise myself with everything I write (although not in a bad way, don’t worry).  Looking at what I wrote five years ago compared to things I have recently written, I am amazed at how far music has taken me...and excited about where we still have yet to go.  I play whenever, wherever, and whatever I can...I can do birthday parties upon request (call me!)  I’m currently a sophomore at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY and study International Relations, which has nothing to do with music, but hey, I still need to know what’s going on in the world, right?  Thanks for reading and listening!

Orbital Sound offers Emelia Failing a 4 song Orbital Sound Recording Demo CD Package plus an optional global distribution package through the Orbital Soundz "Break-Through Artist Series" Program.  She won time in a Pro Tools LE recording studio, to lay down her tracks for real with the help of a producer, and she will walk away with a professional demo CD.  A $650.00 value. Orbital Sound is an independent commercial project studio. The studio is located at 10 Charles Street in Hamilton, New York. The digital production suite offers a 32-track Pro Tools LE 7 setup.  Questions: (315) 824-2471 or contact us by email at orbitalsound@msn.com.     Sincerely, The Orbital Sound Team  

Big Apple Music will be offering three gift certificates in the following values: $100, $75 and $50 to our first, second and third place winners.

Earlville Opera House events are made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and through the generosity of Madison County Promise.