The initial winners from our September contest  applicants are in.   You say, What contest?  We are talk about our "12 Winners" contest that we announced last issue.   The industry veterans of developing artist productions are taking several lucky winners (up to 12), analyzing their specific product and musical efforts.  With this the winner is trained, advised and coached toward making serious progress on the road to a hit record.   For a more complete picture, visit www.produceahit.com.  

Winner #1:

Our first winner is the drummer Rico Malizia from the alternative rock group "itzjunk:" 

Go to the developing artist productions November '02 itzjunk sample page and see our rating on this group.

Our second winner is Christi Hall from the hip hop / rap group "Strong Arm Society."

Christi is still in the middle of posting her tonos site and we expect to add her group to the dap monthly featured group pages by the end of the month.

A Note About Entering The Contest:

You'll find the application form for the contest at the dap site (www,produceahit.com). In addition to filling out the application form, you must evaluate the Dave Newland postings linked at the site.  Without the evaluations being done, you haven't finished entering the contest.  We've had a respectable number of readers filling out the application form and remarkably few finish the application by doing the required evaluations.  Being able to evaluate productions, in varying styles, is a key to being a good producer.