Codie Prevost Among Winners of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards

Saskatchewan, Canada’s Codie Prevost is among a diverse group of independent artists named as Winners of the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards (IMA) headquartered out of Clifton, New Jersey, USA.. Prevost’s single “Spin” from his current album bearing the same title was named the winner in the Country Song of the Year category.



“Spin” written by Codie Prevost and OLE MUSIC PUBLISHING writer, Willie Mack, also garnered tremendous accolade at the 2009 Saskatchewan Country Music Association Awards when “Spin” won for Single of the Year, Song of the Year, as well as Album of the Year. In addition to the awards for single and album, Prevost was also honored with Fans Choice Entertainer of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year.



The winners in more than 50 album, song, music video and design categories selected from thousands of submissions from around the globe, were determined by a panel of 80 influential artists and industry pros including Shelby Lynne, Tom Waits, The Black Keys, Ricky Skaggs, Pete Wentz, Mark Hoppus, Aimee Mann, The Apples in Stereo, David Garrett, Suzanne Vega, Bettye LaVette, Judy Collins, Zooey Deschanel, M. Ward and Charlie Musselwhite.



“Spin” will be included in ‘Now Hear This’, the Independent Music Awards Winner CD compilation. Currently in production ‘Now Hear This’ will be serviced to thousands of college, public and commercial radio stations by radio promotion gurus The Planetary Group in early March.

(www.independentmusicawards.com)

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On another Codie Prevost songwriting note, “Quicksand” also from Prevost’s current album SPIN, was recorded by Nashville based Grammy Award winning producer Randy Kohrs for Kohr’s current acoustic CD titled QUICKSAND which recently launched worldwide.



On Friday January 15th Randy debuted “Quicksand” from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry to a packed house including Emmy Lou Harris and Joe Diffie who were also on stage during that performance.



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It was Ellen DeGeneres’ birthday on January 26th, and since she's in the middle of her Quest for World Domination, and it was Codie Prevost’s quest to prove “the six degrees of separation between people” theory is correct, Ellen’s loyal fans sent in some birthday greetings from all across the world.

Included on the front page of Ellen’s website is a special birthday song for Ellen, written and sung by Codie Prevost.

Click on the link and scroll down to Birthday Greetings from Around the World. http://ellen.warnerbros.com/