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Primary Instrumental Category

Best New Talent is looking for instrumentalists who have reached a level of mastery. To compete, perform a 2-minute piece or excerpt of music for music producers, college professors, and music agents.


Judges from previous years have included representatives from:

Jive Records, Smash Music, Poorehouse Music, Monopoly Music, Mental Music Productions, Hideaway Music, Reprise Music, Gran Motif Records, Epic Records, Broadway, Jesco Records, Rap Rock Records, Norwood Entertainment, Sand Dollar Entertainment Management , Vocal Talent Development, Scottie Haskell – Booker and Musical Director of Film and Television Soundtracks, Susan Slammer Music Director American Idol, Club Jammin Records,, Joanne A. Ledesma Music Director/Producer A&R Rescue Records , Black Eye Entertainment, Bee-Sharp Records