RiffRumble 19 Song Contest

RR19 Songs Winners Thanks to Sponsor & Judge

In June 2012, musicians around the world recorded "Road Trip" themed songs with RiffWorks (Mac/Win) or FourTrack (iPhone) on their own, or collaborated with up to 4 friends worldwide using RiffLink. Over $1500 in road trip prizes were up for grabs, like a Taylor GS Mini™ guitar, iPod touch, GuitarJack and more!
All RiffRumble 19 Entries

1st Prize
Judge's Choice

RiffRumble 19 Song Contest Judge is John Rabbit Bundrick of The Who

John "Rabbit" Bundrick, The Who's keyboard player, choose one song from the top five Contestants' Choice songs. Congrats to musicmayn, the creator of the winning song:

“Road I Travel Down RR19”

"Road I Travel Down" was a RiffLink online song collaboration by musicmayn, pooterpatty, mickeymix and meesh See the RiffRumble Forum for Rabbit's comments about the top 6 contestants choice songs, and community responses.

musicmayn says, "This is simply unbelievable! I'm speechless...almost! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who voted for my song, the folks at Sonoma, and our guest judge. Special thanks to my collaborators. You're all incredible musicians, great friends, and an inspiration to work with. This was a special song, written for a friend, so winning the RiffRumble with it is extra special!

musicmayn receives these road trip prizes worth over $1000:

• Taylor GS Mini guitar * ($499)
• Taylor ES-Go pickup ($98)
• iPod touch 8GB ($199)
• GuitarJack iOS Interface ($149)
• FourTrack iPhone App ($4.99)
• RiffWorks T-Shirt (Any up to $25)
• RiffWorks Trucker Hat ($11)
• RiffWorks Messenger Bag ($19)
• RiffWorks Sigg Water Bottle ($22)
• RiffWorks Bumper Sticker ($0.25)
• RiffWorld Bumper Sticker ($0.25)

2nd Prize
Contestants' Choice

Contestants voted for their favorite 3 songs that were not their own. The song that received the most votes from contestants was "Crosstown Traffic" by pooterpatty.

“Crosstown Traffic”

See the RiffRumble Forum for the top 6 contestants choice songs and responses from participants.

pooterpatty had this to say, "I was glad to have the chance to enter my song in this Riff Rumble. The initial idea came from sitting in traffic in a Jeep which had no air conditioning. Needless to say, tempers are quicker to flare in 100-degree heat, so that angered, frenetic pace seemed like the ideal inspiration for an up-tempo guitar instrumental. Thanks to Sonoma Wire Works for holding these RiffRumbles, they're a lot of fun to compete in, and it's awesome to see everyone bringing their A-game and using RiffWorks to it's fullest potential to create such wonderful music. Long live the Junkies!"

pooterpatty wins these prizes worth over $400:

• iPod touch 8GB ($199)
• GuitarJack iOS Interface ($149)
• FourTrack iPhone App ($4.99)
• RiffWorks T-Shirt (Any up to $25)
• RiffWorks Trucker Hat ($11)
• RiffWorks Messenger Bag ($19)
• RiffWorks Sigg Water Bottle ($22)
• RiffWorks Bumper Sticker ($0.25)
• RiffWorld Bumper Sticker ($0.25)

3rd Prize
Public Popularity

The public voted by leaving a shout on each of their favorite songs June 12 - July 2. The song that received the most shouts was "Road2Nowhere" by MACDADDY1.

“Road2Nowhere”

MACDADDY1 says, "I wanted to write about the sad epidemic of heroine use. I've seen many people through the years spiral out of control and ruin thier lives as well as their family's trust in them. I'm sure I'm not the only one to see this but wanted to write my true feelings thru song. I thank all of you who shouted me and listened to my story of a sad lost soul...May the coming days bless them...to see other wise....Thank You All."

MACDADDY1 wins these prizes worth over $75:

• RiffWorks T-Shirt (Any up to $25)
• RiffWorks Trucker Hat ($11)
• RiffWorks Messenger Bag ($19)
• RiffWorks Sigg Water Bottle ($22)
• RiffWorks Bumper Sticker ($0.25)
• RiffWorld Bumper Sticker ($0.25)

THANKS TO THE RIFFRUMBLE 19 SPONSOR AND JUDGE

Thank you to Taylor Guitars for sponsoring this contest. The prize guitar is a Taylor GS Mini guitar with a Taylor ES-Go soundhole pickup.*

Thanks to Rabbit for judging this song contest, and for commenting on the top 6 Contestants' Choice songs, which you can read in the RiffRumble Forum. Rabbit is now accepting Online Session work. Let him know if you'd like The Who's keyboardist to play some keys on your tracks!

* PRIZE DISCLAIMER

The guitar color and specs may vary from the one pictured. Delivery of prize may be subject to delays due to production schedules. All prize price values from Taylor and Sonoma are estimates and subject to change without notice.