Bay Area Songwriter Recognized By International Contest Avery Stafford is a winner in the SONG OF THE YEAR Christian/Gospel category.
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San Jose, CA (May 9, 2007)
Bay Area native Avery Stafford recently received the honor of being named WINNER by the Song of the Year (http://www.songoftheyear.com/winners/2007/032007.htm)Songwriting Contest.Song of the Year is an international songwriting contest supporting VH-1’s Save the Music Foundation. The Song of the Year judges are some of the biggest names in music, including Norah Jones, Sheila E., Wayne Watson, Jon Bon Jovi, Kevin Max (DC Talk), and many others.
Song of the Year is excited to recognize Mr. Stafford for his exceptional songwriting ability for the song “Eyes of a Child”in the Christian/Gospel category. Avery competed against songwriters from all over the world for this honor. When asked what inspired the song, Stafford was quick to respond: “My own kids!Their laughter and passion for life is the very reason why ‘Eyes of a Child’ was written.They bring me great joy.”
Along with his songwriting and recording pursuits, Avery serves as Pastor of Worship Ministries at Trinity Church of Sunnyvale, CA (http://www.svtrinity.org)where Dr. Fred Wilson serves as Senior Pastor (http://www.reachingforlife.org).In addition, his independent release Undignified helped Avery to earn two nominations for the 2006 Los Angeles International Music Awards (www.lamusicawards.com/2006.pdf)in the categories of Christian Contemporary Song of the Year and Male Vocalist of the Year.
The term WINNER refers to songwriters with the #1 rated song in their category in a given month.These songs will compete at the end of the year in their respective category to establish the yearly winner. The yearly winner from each category will then compete for the Grand Prize and status of “song of the year.”
