Songwriter On The Rise

Leon Newton is considered a au courant songwriter while in truth he has been writing songs for over ten years. It was single a couple of caducity ago that he confident his aptitude for writing could lead to commercial success.

It all started when he began entering songwriting contest and the recognition and encouragement he received motivated him to seriously accede songwriting as more than a hobby.

Although Leon has written in manifold genres of music; such as folk, blues, rock, rap and Christian, his leading forte is country music. Leon says "I write community air because you can tell stories approximately life and the struggles that we all go through. In fact, provided you accept time to listen, you can con a collection from homeland songs."

Someone must be listening as Leon was named a top finalist in the 2007 SongOfTheYear.com competition in the society music sort with his song, "Love Story." In 2006, he received recognition for two songs he entered in the competition, "Cintia" and "Global Warming."

Leon says of his song "Global Warming," I wrote the song for this is a serious matter not to be taken lightly. I taction that I, as a songwriter, and including other harmony artists, retain a can to relieve hoist regular awareness on such issues. Music is an craft form that can touch us and actually determinant mankind to act."

To Leon songwriting is also than blameless writing words and composing and arranging heavy metal to go with the lyrics, it is the faculty to infuse life into the words and whitewash a picture with the music. He believes it is what we visualize and hear that makes common people want to dance, act for a social cause or sit back and listen to the lyrics and affection the beat.

To emphasize his writing talent, Leon recently scored 8 out of 10 feasible for his song, "Country On My Mind." The apotheosis was for evoking an emotional response from listeners and it was bestowed by CMT's (Country Music Television) 8th Annual Nashville Songwriters Association International Song Contest.

On another note, Leon wrote a song titled "Race Car Junky" out of fear for the drivers of NASCAR and engine sports around the world, and the fans that passion the sport.

Leon's goal is to be a respectable songwriter who can make melody that testament inspire people, bop that will procedure the listener. Music, that when people hear it, will spot it as a Leon Newton song. Samples of Leon's songs can be heard at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/leonnewton and http://www.phonesherpa.com/leonnewt

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