Sonoma Wire Works is a proud sponsor of the USA Songwriting Competition. Enter to win $50,000 worth of cash and merchandise from Sony, Ibanez Guitars, Sonoma Wire Works and more. Win radio airplay! Enter the Pop, Rock/Alternative, Country, R&B, Gospel/Inspirational, Folk, Latin, Instrumental, Jazz, Hip-Hop/Rap, Children, World, Dance/Electronica, Novelty/Comedy or Lyrics categories. Open to all Songwriters, bands and musicians regardless of nationality. Winners are selected by music industry judges including record label publishers, producers, A&R from Universal Music, Warner, EMI and Sony/BMG Music. 15 1st Prize Winners and 20 honorable mentions will each receive RiffWorks Standard, inspirational recording software for songwriting.
Enter USA Songwriting Competition Now through May 29, 2009

100 musicians fired up RiffWorks guitar software, including RiffWorks T4 (free), and recorded prize-fighting songs!

blue4u wins First Prize (AmpliTube® Fender®, AmpliTube® Metal, an iPod touch with FourTrack, and more) because he received the most votes from RiffRumble 15 competitors for his outstanding song:

mickeymix came in a close second! He wins T-RackS 3 Deluxe and more for his fantastic song:

Coul10 received 3rd Prize (T-RackS 3 Standard) for his satchy song that received the most public votes:

The FourTrack 1.3 update is now available.

• Improved launch time.
• Reduced memory usage.
• Improved seek behavior.
• Localized descriptions in the German, Spanish, French and Dutch iTunes app stores.

Later this spring, look for added features like bounce, metronome and duplicate song in FourTrack 1.5.
About FourTrack

RiffWorld.com traffic has quadrupled in less than one year, now receiving over 7 million hits per month. In order to handle the immense growth that has occurred over a short period of time, RiffWorld.com is receiving speed enhancements. Phase 1 is complete, the current RiffWorld system has been optimized, and page loading is faster. This should keep RiffWorld feeling snappy long enough for us to complete the next phase.

Phase 2 is a much more involved upgrade, recreating the entire website in another database platform that will increase speed and stability. We are carefully testing to make sure that it will actually handle the traffic that we are getting now as well as a year from now and beyond.

The performance improvements to RiffWorld should also help stabilize RiffLink online collaboration. You may continue to use the RiffWorld and online collaboration features for free during this time, but keep in mind that RiffWorld and RiffLink are being upgraded, so your patience is appreciated. We are proud to say that a record number of collaborations and songs continue to be created every day by amazingly talented musicians!

RiffWorks T4 plus 4 bonus InstantDrummer Sessions ($40 value) in:

• IK Multimedia's new AmpliTube® Fender® guitar/bass amp and FX software suite & AmpliTube® Fender® Studio
• IK Multimedia's new StealthPedal audio interface/controller
• Line 6 PodStudio line, including the new POD Studio KB37
• 200,000 specially marked Dean Markley string packs worldwide