LOOK: Guitar Center Announces Top 10 Finalists for Singer-Songwriter Contest

Guitar Center --the world's largest retailer of musical instruments and equipment-- announces the top ten finalists of Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter, the artist discovery program which aims to find the nation’s best unsigned singer-songwriter.  Out of the more than 17,000 hopefuls, 10 finalists, hand-selected by Grammy award-winning producer John Shanks, will compete on Feb. 18 at Hotel Café in Los Angeles, where one winner will be selected to win an array of career-altering prizes including a 3-song EP produced by Shanks - whose resume boasts 60 million records sold, 43 #1 singles and 67 #1 albums with artists including Sheryl Crow, Kelly Clarkson, Keith Urban, Bon Jovi and Alanis Morissette, as well as $10,000 cash and gear from Fender, Taylor, Shure, an Ernie Ball.  The 10 finalists will travel to Los Angeles to compete for the grand prize, performing live in front of judges John Shanks and Scott Igoe, music booker for Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Guitar Center Singer-Songwriter finals will be hosted by renowned music tastemaker, and music journalist Nic Harcourt.  Harcourt also hosts Connections with Nic Harcourt on eclectic rock station KCSN, who will also be re-broadcasting the finale on air. Check out the list of the finalists below!

Guitar Center’s Singer-Songwriter Finalists Include:

-  Ashlee Willis (Los Angeles, CA)
-  Josh Doyle (Antioch, TN)
-  Paulina Faith (Durango, CO)
-  Maria Zouroudis (Pembroke Pines, FL)
-  Madilyn Bailey (Boyceville, WI)
-  Jacob Caraballo (Saint Cloud, FL)
-  Sarah Bella (Rochester Hills, MI)
-  Caleb McGinn (Sedgwick, KS)
-  Rocky Gunderson (Troutdale, OR)
-  Jocelyn Scofield (Los Angeles, CA)