New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Maren Morris Official Website) Maren Morris takes home the Grand Prize as the New
Music Seminar's "Artist On the Verge 2012" Winner. Maren was chosen as one of the Top 3 Finalists and was invited to perform in New York City for the top industry experts and tastemakers at New
Music Seminar's (NMS) first ever NMS New York
Music Festival that took place in 17 venues throughout New York City and Brooklyn from June 17-20. NMS, along with their Partners- BMI, eMusic,
Filter Magazine, Folk Alliance, OurStage, ReverbNation and SESAC brought together the best and brightest artists of the next generation for four nights of performances in venues ranging from Irving Plaza to clubs located throughout the Lower East Side and Williamsburg. Maren took the top prize and was awarded with more than $163,000 in marketing, promotion, music equipment and consultations from some of the top industry leaders in their respective fields. Congratulations Maren!
Maren Morris is a 22-year-old singer, songwriter, producer and musician, who is a 12-year veteran of the music scene. Morris' songwriting and music reflect her influences including Country, Folk, Indie and Pop flavors. With three albums under her belt including "All That It Takes", which spawned three
Texas Music Chart radio hits, including the title track that went all the way to number one. Morris' third album, "Live Wire", showcases her maturity as a storyteller, while her soulful vocals draw the listener in to experience her diverse musical background, while she never abandons her rootsy core. Maren's music has garnered international attention leading to tours in England, France and much of the US. She has appeared with such artists as Pat Green, Gary Allan, Marty Stuart, Radney Foster, Bob Schneider, Monte Montgomery, and Eli Young.
Maren relates to folk musicians/singer-songwriters like Patty Griffin, but it doesn't stop there. Maren's country roots and indie spirit have forged a unique alchemy of sound beyond the confines of preset genre molds. No wonder Fort Worth Weekly, who called Maren a "tiny
Texas hurricane of blue-eyed soul," awarded the diminutive songstress "Best Female Vocalist" 6 years in a row and for 2012 the Fort Worth Weekly
Music Awards nominated her for "Best Album" for Live Wire and "Best Song" for "Best Of Me."
About Artist On The Verge
The Artist On The Verge project is designed to break an artist's career by exposing them to some of the most connected leaders of the NEW music business and expose their music to the public. Artists were further evaluated by using an arsenal of analytics from Musicmetric & Next Big Sound. The original pool of thousands of artists were nominated by
Music industry experts, tastemakers and NMS Partners such as iHeartRadio, SoundExchange, BMI, Pandora, ReverbNation, Spotify, and many more.
About the New
Music Seminar: June 17-19, 2012, New York City:
From the co-founder and director of the original legendary New
Music Seminar comes a conference for the Next
Music Business. Rapidly changing music creation, exposure and monetization opportunities coupled with music fans changing music consumption habits are transforming the old "record business" into an entirely new industry. The New
Music Seminar, with over 150 confirmed Players, is the meeting place of music visionaries, upstarts, and disruptors and where the old rules are broken and new ideas will hatch into a vital new music business. For more information, visit www.NewMusicSeminar.com.
