David Cordero
Brothers David and Daniel Cordero, of the Lakeside rock band Psychostasia, have received notice that one of their original song compositions has been selected as a finalist in the 2010-2011 Great American Song contest. The song, You Must Find Me, is one of over 100 originals written by the Corderos, who are originally from Colorado but have lived in Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos for the past 17 years.
Dan Cordero
More than 1600 songwriters from 45 countries were evaluated by 15 music industry professionals such as Dennis R. Sinnott, London-based director of EMI Music Publishing; Rob Wright, radio host and talent scout at Sony A&R Department; and Brett Perkins, head of the National Academy of Songwriters.
In evaluating the song You Must Find Me, judges wrote, “Your heartfelt, emotional melody and your performance reflect your passion and conviction. Along with your impressive poetics, this is a wonderful composition.”
Rating nine categories related to lyrics and melody on a scale of 1 -10, the judges said songs which scored in the 5.0 range indicates that the composer “is clearly a good songwriter.” A score of 8 or above “indicates a great songwriter.” The Psychostasia song scored a combined 8.8. with three categories rated 10.
Because Great American Song judges focus only on lyrics, melody & song structure — NOT on vocal performances, instrumentation or recording quality, the Cordero brothers forwarded a “demo” (not the final recording) version of You Must Find Me. The demo version of the song can be heard at the Psychostasia MySpace.com site.
This is not the first time Psychostasia’s talent has been singled out. They were:
- grand prize winners in the worldwide “Best of Bands” contest in 2008
- named “One of the 10 best rock bands in North America“ by Black Mountain Productions
- voted Indie Rock Music’s “Band of the Year” for 2009
- voted Rock Music’s “Video of the Year“ for 2009 (Jonesin’)
- named winner of the “Most Original in Rock” by GarageBand.com in 2010
- called “A band headed for stardom” by Vegas Rocks magazine
- chosen as one of five finalists for a major motion picture soundtrack in 2009
- called “The best rock group in Mexico!” by Televisa’s Beno Albarrán
- featured in a two-page spread in the Mexico magazine Leyendas del Rock (Rock Legends)
To date, all of Psychostasia’s songs have been written by David and Daniel Cordero. “It isn’t easy to reach out to the world music scene from a little pueblo like Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos,” says the songwriting duo, “but we’re trying,”
Psychostasia is currently finalizing songs for their second CD, still to be titled.
Resources
trying to find you, you got myspace?
MySpace = http://www.myspace.com/psychostasia