The 18th Annual Asbury Music Awards will be held Saturday, November 13th at The Stone Pony.  A Gala Night of Celebration and a long held tradition for our local music community, hosted this year by ROCKIN’ ROBYN LANE of THE WRAT 95.9, Presented by The Saint, Home of Live Original Music and The Asbury Music Company in Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.

The 2010 AMA’s will host over 12 musical guests plus more performers to be added to the line-up and announced here soon. More than 30 awards will be presented on November 13th, plus more surprises TBA! Tickets are available now on ticketweb.com and at The Saint Box Office, 601 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ for this ALL AGES 21 TO DRINK EVENT, Doors 6pm, at The Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.

We are very excited that Eat Sleep Breathe Music was nominated this year for TOP MUSIC WEBSITE IN SUPPORT OF LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC! Congratulations to all the nominees!

TOP YOUNG BAND (UNDER 21)
Fish Tank Mafia
Lemon Juice
Hollander
The Ocean Heirs
To Kill A Coward
Maderia
Burn The Movement
These Sightless Eyes
Rival
Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why

TOP MALE ACOUSTIC ACT
Keith Kenny
Tony Tedesco
George Wirth
Gerald Edward
Doug Mikula
Mike Cicalese
Joe Miller
Taylor Allen
Carl Chesna
Mike Cuntala

TOP JAM BAND
Turtle Soup
Lemon Juice
Karmic Juggernaut
Mike Montrey Band
Wakah Chan
Midnight Sun
Devil’s Holiday
Loose Fit
Atmosferics
Sunny Daze

TOP MALE VOCALIST
Anthony Walker – Anthony Walker & The Medicine Chest
Michael Depko – Last Days of Empire
Lou Montesano – Status Green
Chris Harris – Like Trains & Taxis
Jeff Cafone – Outside The Box
Alex Brumel – Alex & Janel
Scott Liss – Scott Liss & The Sixty-Six
Anthony D’Amato (Asbury Park) – The Emancipation Proclamation
Captain James Peacock – Captain James & The Pain
Joe Michelini – River City Extension

TOP BLUES BAND
Jo Wymer & The Itty Bitty Band
Eryn Shewell Band
The Afterbangs
Jim Hayes & The Buddha Brains
Poppa John Bug
Juke Joint Johnny
Nine Below Zero
Gary Cavico
The Usual Suspects

TOP FEMALE ACOUSTIC
Amanda Duncan
Joanna Burns
Kelly Carvin
Laura Warshauer
Emily Grove
Sheli Aarden
Cara Salimando
Anjelia & The Boy
Cat Cosentino
Laura Monzo

TOP RADIO/ INTERNET STATION TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC
Thepenguinrocks.com
Blowupradio.com
WRAT 95.9 “The Rat”
90.5 “The Night” “Brookdale Public Radio”
“The X” 88.9 “Modern Rock w/An Edge” “Monmouth University”
88.7 WRSU “Rutgers University”
Shore Alternative.Com
7 “The Hawk”

TOP ADVANT GARDE ACT TOP
The Magnificent Disaster
Chemtrail
Calamity Menagerie
Mothguts
Park Ape
The Sex Zombies
Colie Brice & The New Age
Blues Experience
Lunar Ensemble
Joe Harvard’s Long Weekend
Out Like Lambs

INDIE ROCK BAND
No Wine For Kittens
Scott Liss & The Sixty-Six
Verity In Stereo
Mad Feather Group
Brick And Mortar
Walking With Caveman
The Obvious
Birthwalker
Gimme Drugs
Static Radio
Montagna & The Mouth To Mouth

TOP FEMALE VOCALIST
Janel Elizabeth (Alex & Janel)
Eryn Shewell (Eryn Shewell Band)
Joanna Burns
Jo Wymer (Jo Wymer & The Itty Bitty Band)
Angie Sugrim (The Obvious)
Jerzy Jung (Jerzy Jung)
Cara Salimando
Laura Warshauer
Tara Elliott (Tara Elliott & The Red Velvets)
Kim Pulsive (The F Bombers)

TOP HEAVY ROCK ACT
End Of An Era
Sekond Skyn
Last Days Of Empire
Last[Red]Ember
Dethroning The Tyrant
Filter Effect
Toothgrinder
Ghost In Black And White
Panic Switch
New Theory

TOP PUNK / SKA BAND
Lost In Society
Sex Zombies
The Waffle Stompers
Hrny Worms
The F Bombers
TV Tramps
Black Wine
Blackbirds
The Great Explainer
Tara Elliott & The Red Velvets

TOP GROOVE BAND
Turtle Soup
Echo Movement
Fatback
Xol Azul Band
Universal Tribe
Flight’s Kool
Dub Proof
Underground Logic
The Jack Moves
The Solid Few

POET LAUREATE
Tony Panzica
Mark Baird
Chad Anderson
Nicole Homer
Donald Arrington
John “Lunar” Richey
Katharine Polenberg
Chris Rockwell
Josh Ballard
Alex Savastano

TOP MULTI INSTRUMENTALIST/OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Ken Sorensen (Stringbean & The Stalkers)
Joe Harvard (Joe Harvard Band)
Tanya Peterson (Eryn Shewell Band)
Mark Nettlingham (Turtle Soup)
Hayden Wright (Mike Montrey Band)
Matt Lott (Colie Brice & The New Age Blues Experience)
Mike Noordzy (Mothguts)
Nick Cucci (River City Extension)
John Hopper (Fatback)
Steven “Squigs” Minutillo (The Jack/ Newton Crosby)

TOP LIVE PERFORMANCE
Status Green
Turtle Soup
Outside The Box
End Of An Era
River City Extension
The Obvious
Brick & Mortar
Only Living Boy
Gimme Drugs
Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why

TOP AMERICANA
Michael Patrick & The Suburban Hillbillies
The Barnstormers
Arlan Feiles & The Lone Howdys
Anthony Walker & The Medicine Chest
Joe Harvard Band
The Sunday Blues
Rob Dye Band
River City Extension
Anthony D’Amato (Princeton)
Bob Polding Band

TOP ROCK BAND
The Amboys
The Red Desert
The Black Clouds
Geena & Dragster
Chemtrail
Black Vinyl Radio
Almost There
Only Living Boy
The Black Jesuses
Outside The Box
Scarlet Carson

TOP POP BAND
Status Green
Like Trains and Taxis
Alex & Janel
Jerzy Jung
The Riverwinds
Under New Ownership
Against The Tide
Matt Wade
Anthony Walker & The Medicine Chest
Brian Bisbee Band

TOP LOCAL RELEASE
Eryn Shewell “4th & Broadway”
The Amboys “Everything Between The Moon And The Sun”
Scott Liss And The Sixty-Six “The Blackpool Letters”
George Wirth “The Last Good Kiss”
Laura Monzo “Manic”
Status Green “Cheap Sunglasses”
Jerzy Jung “Hello Desire”
Tommy Strazza “The Model Citizen LP”
Lost In Society “Eastern Empire”
Anthony D’Amato (Princeton) “Down Wires”

TOP KEYBOARD PLAYER
Ben Feld – Turtle Soup
Chris Harris – Like Trains and Taxis
Jerzy Jung – Jerzy Jung
Mark Masefield – Outside The Box
Joanna Burns – Joanna Burns
Kurt Thum – The Domino Effect
Cara Salimando – Cara Salimando
Mike Black – Mike Black
Karlee Bloomfield – Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why
Paul Kates – Dub Proof

TOP BASSIST
Russell Tolas (Status Green)
Gianni Scalise (Scott Liss & The Sixty-Six)
Brian Gearty (Quincy Mumford & The Reason Why)
J.Maggio (Chemtrail)
Mike McDermott (Turtle Soup)
Justin Bornemann (No Wine For Kittens)
Owen Susman (Like Trains & Taxis)
Brett Bamberger (Biclops)
Brandon Asraf (Brick & Mortar)
Nick “Turtle” Paolise (Dub Proof)

TOP DRUMMER
Mike Montalto (Status Green)
Chris Lukens (Chemtrail)
Francis Valentino (Outside The Box)
Brett Smith (Capt. James & The Pain)
Mike Del Priore (Like Trains & Taxis)
Connor Effenberger (The Amboys)
Tommy Spano (Sekond Skyn)
Wills Weller (Toothgrinder)
John Tacon (Brick & Mortar)
Hector Bonora (Lost In Society)

TOP GUITARIST
Dan Ridenour (Chemtrail)
Tommy Strazza (Anthony Walker & The Medicine Chest)
Jeff “Mudd” Mahajan (Turtle Soup)
Keith Kenny (Keith Kenny)
Pat Rue (Eryn Shewell Band)
Joe Harvard (Joe Harvard Band)
James McCaffrey (Karmic Juggernaut)
Doug Mikula (The Domino Effect)
Keith McCarthy (The Sunday Blues)
Colie Brice (Colie Brice & The New Age Blues Experience)

TOP RADIO PERSONALITY TO SUPPORT LIVE MUSIC
Steve Hook (95.9 The Rat)
Lazlo (blowupradio.com/thepenguinrocks.com)
Robyn Lane (95.9 The Rat)
Keith Roth (95.9 The Rat)
Jared Midgen (88.7 WRSU-FM)
Gary Wien (thepenguinrocks.com)
Michele McBride (90.5 The Night)
Mike Merrell (Hawk 2.0 105.7)
Billy O’Brien (Hawk 2.0 105.7)
Pete Lepore (The Punkyard 105.7)

SONG OF THE YEAR
“Dust” Cara Salimando
“Suddenly Saturday” Outside The Box
“Don’t You See” Eryn Shewell
“Not My Day” Lost In Society
”Emily Part 1” No Wine For Kittens
“Raise The Roof” Raise The Roof/Inspired (For Mary’s Place By The Sea)
“Hard To Get By” Matt Wade
“Skeleton Key” Anthony D’Amato (Princeton)
“I Should Begin” Scott Liss & The Sixty-Six
“Too Far (On A Broken Heart)” The Amboys

TOP JOURNALIST IN SUPPORT OF LIVE MUSIC
Stephen Bove (Metromix.com/Jersey Shore)
Chris Jordan (Home News Tribune)
Tris McCall (Star Ledger)
Alex Biese (Metromix.com/Jersey Shore)
Jim Testa (Jersey Beat/The Star Ledger)
Richard Skelly (U.S. 1/Asbury Park Press)
John Pfeiffer (Aquarian Weekly/ECR)
Gary Wien (NewJerseyStage.com)
Danny Wreck (Danny Says!)
Jason Thomson (triCityNews)
Mike Black (The Aquarian/Freelance Photographer)
Dave Christopher (The Coaster/Photographer)

TOP NEWS PUBLICATION IN SUPPORT OF LIVE MUSIC
Aquarian Weekly/East Coast Rocker
Asbury Park Press
The Home News
Jersey Beat
The Islander
triCityNews
The Coaster
Currents Magazine

TOP MUSIC WEBSITE IN SUPPORT OF LIVE ORIGINAL MUSIC
Jerseyshore.metromix.com
Blowupradio.com
Jerseybeat.com
Shorealternative.com
Theaquarianweekly.com
TheJerseyShorepodcast.com
Thenjunderground.com
Eatsleepbreathmusic.com
Thejerseyshorerag.com
Bandsonabudget.com
NewJerseyStage.com

BEST THING TO HAPPEN IN 2009/2010
* Second Life Bikes Finds A New Home And Helps Move More Locals To Go Green To Local Shows
* Paramount Sessions Spotlights Local Music Community At Paramount Theatre And On The Boardwalk
* Jersey Shore Roller Girls: Roller Derby Rocking Convention Hall With Live Music
* River City Extension Goes On National Tour
* Furthur Comes to Convention Hall Feat. Members of The Grateful Dead For Two Shows In December 09
* Russo Music Asbury Park opens up on Cookman Ave. In The Basement of Holdfast
* Support Live Music In Asbury Park – A Facebook Site All About Live Music, Shows and News
* Chico’s House Of Jazz Opens On Lake Ave. Asbury Park
* Revision Theater Brings “Tommy” To The Carousel House On The Boardwalk
* The City Government of Asbury Park Created A New Slogan For Our City and Live Music Scene “Asbury Park, Where Music Lives”
* April Smith’s songs licensed to Weeds (Showtime), Californication (Showtime), Colgate commercial and the NFL

TOP LOCAL CLUB DJ
DJ Prestige
DJ Atom Worth
DJ Rob None
DJ Jim Curran
Negril Sound System
DJ Lenny Lounge
DJ Jack Reina
DJ Sly Foxx
DJ Petey Green
DJ Riff Raff
DJ Dehydrated Pirate

BEYOND ASBURY TOP RECORD/EP/SINGLE RELEASE
Keith Monacchio – “The Long Evening”
Frankenstein 3000 – “They’ll Be Waking Up Soon”
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes – “Pills & Ammo”
The Blackberry Blues Band – “The Blackberry Blues Band”
April Smith & The Great Picture Show – “Songs For A Sinking Ship”
Allie Moss – “Passerby”
Predator Dub Assassins – “Full Qualified”
The Bouncing Souls – “Ghosts On The Boardwalk”
The Gaslight Anthem – “American Slang”
Charlotte Sometimes – “Sideways” (EP)
Last Perfect Thing – “Fifty Meds” (Single)

This is not an open ballot to the public. Only approved Voters, inquire to saintnj601@ aol.com for more info. Ballots must be received by November 8, 2010. Drop ballots off to The Saint, 601 Main Street, Asbury Park, NJ or email your responses to saintnj601@aol.com or mail to Asbury Music Company, PO Box 427, Belmar, NJ 07719

The Asbury Music Awards, originally known as The Golden T-Bird Awards, premiered in Asbury Park in 1993. An annual music scene staple, the first Asbury Music Awards was held at the former T-Birds Cafe on Main Street in Asbury Park, NJ. Scott Stamper, owner of The Saint in Asbury Park & the Wave Gathering Music Festival founder, along with Peter Mantas, Langosta Lounge’s entertainment director, founded, and originally designed the Asbury Music Awards in 1993 as a response to the area’s hardworking musicians, singers and songwriters, and the longstanding, ever-evolving Live Original Music scene in and around Asbury Park, NJ.

Inspired by a strong desire to give something back to the musicians and music community who make up the Jersey Shore’s incredibly diverse music culture, Stamper and Mantas began presenting the awards to the many talented musicians, singers & songwriters who had presented live original music and paid their dues in the various music rooms in the area.