Winner International Acoustic Music Awards
Winner UK Songwriting Contest
Finalist John Lennon Songwriting Competition
Finalist and semi-finalist International Songwriting Competition
FRIENDS - new release October 2014
ANIMAL - NEW RELEASE MAY 2014
"Thank you so much to all the stations that have downloaded my music for AirPlay. It means the world to me." xoxo, Maddy
Maddy Rodriguez Music and AirPlay Direct are PROUD TO RELEASE MADDY RODRIGUEZ
Introducing 20 year old Maddy Rodriguez
Maddy has been working at her craft for several years. She released her debut album (limited physical release and worldwide digital distribution) on March 6, 2012. Since then, she has released a Christmas single "Mama Made Christmas," and most recently ANIMAL, a new song ready for summer 2014.
Some highlights:
1. “All The Wasted Time,” the 7th track on the album won Overall Grand Prize and 1st Place in the Country category at the 8th annual International Acoustic Music Awards competition (Feb 2012).Maddy is the youngest artist/songwriter ever to win the Overal Grand Prize (out of 11,800 entries). The song was also a finalist in the Country Category at the prestigious John Lennon Songwriting Competition and semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.
As part of IAMA’s prize, the song went to radio in the US in April and charted on the US STS radio Charts reaching the following spots as of July 2012: # 22 in the Top 30 Indie charts, #21 in the Country chart, #11 in the AC/Hot AC Main Chart, # 4 in the Top 30 Indies, #24 in the Top 40 Main Chart and # 14 in the top 100 singles in Hot AC/Top 40 formats. All The Wasted Time also reached #174 in the Music Row Country Breakout Chart. Over 22,000 spins as of August 2012.
2. Nettwerk One Publishing placed Maddy’s debut album track “Tahiti” in the American Lifetime/A&E TV Series “Army Wives” Episode 3 Season 6 (aired March 11, 2012)
3. Maddy’s single “Don’t Play With My Heart” was released in January 2012 and got good airplay on Country Radio in Canada, The Netherlands, France, Great Britain, Sweden and Australia.
4. “Un Poco de Ti,” Maddy’s Spanish version of “Some of You Please,” co-written with award winning writer Ryan Stewart, was selected as a finalist in the Latin Category of Nashville’s ISC Competition
6. Her album track “Unspoken” was also a finalist in the 2012 IAMA Competition in the Country Category and
7. Maddy’s music video for “Falling Up,” the 6th song on the album, co-written with Andrea Wasse, Josh Ramsay and Greig Nori and co-produced by Nori and Ramsay, was picked up by Bell Media in Canada and it’s rotating on JuiceBoxTV and CTV.
8. Maddy’s MuchFact supported music video for her song “So Long Diana” directed by award winning director Ben Knechtel starts rotating on Bell Media's JuiceBoxTV, CTV and CTV2 channels beginning September 14, 2012.
9. Maddy was selected from among 7,500 entries as a semi-finalist on the US based talent competition UNSIGNED (June 2012)
10 Maddy won the Best Young Songwriter award at the Barrie New Music Festival – July 2012
11 In September 2012, Maddy won the Vancouver Island Music Business Conference competition (via SonicBids) for a spot on the Great Canadian Songrace and a pass to the conference (October 12 to 14)
When Maddy Rodriguez defines herself, she does so without hesitation, saying simply: “I write songs.” For the Toronto-based singer/songwriter and recording artist, music means everything. “It’s life,” she adds.
On her debut independent record, Don’t Be A Stranger, Maddy shares her musical and personal life with a 12-song set of acoustic guitar based, country/pop that dwells on meeting every challenge and transition in life – large or small – head on and without regret.
In fact, the title track, the final song written for the record, is about a major transition Rodriguez was making during the recording process, graduating from high school and saying goodbye to some of her closest friends. “For the title track to be a song dedicated to my friends was perfect. It sums up the record and where I am right now.”
Produced largely by Greig Nori (Treble Charger, Sum 41, Hedley) – Maddy co-produced 2 tracks with young producer Johnny Simmen - and recorded at various Toronto area studios, Don’t Be A Stranger concerns itself equally with letting go of the past and welcoming the future. In her songs, Rodriguez displays as much gratitude for positive experiences as she does for the knowledge she’s gained during difficult times. “It’s about learning what to leave behind and what to hold on to,” she says, “to get you to the other side, smiling.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MADDY, CONTACT: Maddy Rodriguez Music
Management/Booking/Inquiries: jaime(at)maddyrodriguez.com
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