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Greg Federico has been awarded many accolades as a composer from various songwriting competitions. These include such significant acknowledgements as:
* 1st Place in the Instrumental category of the 2006 Portland Songwriter's Association Song Contest for Pacific Coast Highway
* 1st Place (gold award) in the Instrumental category of the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (sponsored by the Songwriter's Association of Washington) for Beneath The Stars
* An impressive Finalist showing for Pacific Coast Highway in the Instrumental category of the 2006 UK Songwriting Contest (top 4% out of over 750 entries in this category alone), an important and highly regarded contest said to be "the UK's leading songwriting event and one of the world's major international songwriting competitions" (Channel Four Television - Ideas Factory)
* 1st Place in the Instrumental category of the 2005 Portland Songwriter's Association Song Contest for Beneath The Stars
* 4th Place (out of over 600 instrumental entries) in the Instrumental/Jazz category of the 2004 Unisong International Song Contest for Beneath The Stars
* In the 2004 Portland Songwriter's Association Song Contest, 1st Place in the Pop category for Here We Are as well as 1st Place in the Instrumental category for The Promise
* In the 2003 Composer's Guild Annual Composition Contest, 1st Place in the Pop category for Postcard as well as 1st Place in the Jazz/New Age category for Beneath The Stars
* 1st Place in the Instrumental category of the 2003 Portland Songwriter's Association Song Contest for Faith
* In the 2003 Mid-Atlantic Song Contest (sponsored by the Songwriter's Association of Washington), 2nd Place (silver award) in the Adult Contemporary/Soft Rock category for Here We Are as well as 2nd Place (silver) in the Latin/World/Reggae category for Postcard
ADDITIONAL BUZZ: "Greg Federico is a philosopher. He also is a musician. It's almost impossible to separate the two facets of who he is - and probably not necessary, because one enhances the other. Whether he's teaching, gathering in more academic knowledge, or composing, playing, or marketing his music, Greg Federico is constantly blending all those facets of who he is into one. It's just that blend of diversity that makes his music so interesting, entertaining and moving." Janet Purcell Piggott, Hopewell Valley News "...this man is very talented in a lot of areas... Federico...concentrates on the groove and creates support for the soloists. He avoids the clich.. of playing predictable, repetitive rhythms...and his timing is flawless." Jack Grassel, Milwaukee City Edition "Federico's Live To Love, Love To Live. . .is a collection of jazzy hybrids mixed with Midwestern folk impressionism, world, Latin, classical and pop. . .the album is astoundingly well constructed. It is a kind of musical motion picture in which each track seems to tell its own story before flowing easily into the next. And like a good movie, it is filled with wonder and surprise." Jack Florek, U.S.1 "It is hard to express the mystical in music, yet Mr. Federico succeeds somehow." Susan Van Dongen, Princeton Packet "I can honestly say that (Greg Federico's) music is pleasantly surprising. While not invoking hard work for the ear to accept, it nevertheless provides an excellent mix of the expected and unexpected, rhythmically, melodically, and especially harmonically. I've often said that good music sets you up for the familiar, while consistently delivering the extraordinary. I found that to be true in (this) music." Fred Srock, Fredio.Com
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