Fans Create New Winners In The 10th Independent Music Awards Vox Pop Poll
Girl In A Coma, Tripping Lily, Karim Baggili, Melissa Auf der Maur and Zhao Jiazhen Among Those Honored By Music Fans
July 19, 2011 � Music Resource Group (MRG) and The Independent Music Awards
(The IMAs), the international program for independent bands and fans today announced the results of The IMA Vox Pop poll, the fan-determined portion of the annual awards. More than 57,000 music fans from around the world voted online for their favorite self-released and independent label artists culled from the 250 Nominees in more than 70 Album, Song, Music Video and Design categories.

Included in the latest batch of IMA winners are the punk rocker group Girl In A Coma, the folk pop quartet Tripping Lily, and Belgian guitar/oud prodigy Karim Baggili. Among those adding Vox Pop honors to their IMA honors announced earlier this year are former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur, and renowned guqin virtuoso Zhao Jiazhen from The Peoples Republic Of China.

The complete list of winners is below; their nominated work and bios available at www.TheIndependentMusicAwards.com

More than 75 percent of the “people’s voice” selections differed from those named in February by the artist and industry judging panel that included Tom Waits, Suzanne Vega, Ozzy Osbourne, Aimee Mann, Seal, Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Stone), Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour), and Bill Bragin (Lincoln Center) among many other music industry professionals.

“The Independent Music Awards celebrate artists who follow their own muse and the music fans who support them,” said The IMA Executive Director, Martin Folkman. “The Vox Pop award is one of the many ways The IMAs motivates fans to discover and support incredible independent talent, which after all is the purpose of The IMAs,” Folkman said.

“One of the most compelling aspects about the Vox Pop results is the undeniable proof that active bands and motivated fans are a winning combination” said Folkman. In addition to targeted marketing outreach from The IMAs and partners, all Nominees were given a promotional tool kit that included a voting widget to share on their websites and social media pages. “Nominees who posted their widget improved their chances of earning the Vox Pop award by more than 56%,” said Folkman.

Several new performance and marketing programs will be added to The 11th IMAs currently accepting submissions at www.TheIndependentMusicAwards.com/ima/submit

ARTISTRY HAS ITS AWARDS

Now in its 11th year, The Independent Music Awards is a prestigious international program that connects top ranked artists to new audiences and revenue opportunities. The IMAs yearlong promotions distribution and performance opportunities place winners and nominees in front of millions of Fans, Programmers, Talent Buyers, Film, TV & Gaming Music Supervisors, Media and other gatekeepers.

Past winners and nominees include: Holly GoLightly & The Brokeoffs, Cursive, Hoots & Hellmouth, Gemma Ray, The RaRa Riots, The Trews, Dirtfoot, Marco Benevento, Lacuna Coil, Animate Objects, The Cliks, Son De Madera, The Dollyrots, The Flatlanders, The Very Best, God Forbid, Denque Fever, Jamie Lidell, Johnny Dowd, The Apples in Stereo, Joan As Police Woman, Selasee, Tony Trischka, Martin Sexton, Jeff Healey, Speech, Koko Taylor, Ike Turner, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Dan Zanes, Miquel Migs, Oran Etkin, Lionel Louke, Bitter Sweet, Christopher Tin, and Jennifer Nettles.

Music Resource Group producer of The Independent Music Awards and publisher of the Musician’s Atlas has been connecting independent artists and other music entrepreneurs to new marketing and revenue opportunities since 1998.

10TH ANNUAL IMA VOX POP WINNERS

Section	Category	Artist	Winning Work
Album	Adult Contemporary	Victoria Vox	Exact Change
Album	Alt. Country	Moonshine Ramblers	Moonshine Ramblers
Album	Americana	The Black Lillies	Whiskey Angel
Album	Blues	Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps	You Know You Love It
Album	Children's Music	The Monkey Bunch	Power To The Little People
Album	Compilation Album	Hans Mayer	Silly Biz: Hanz Mayer Favorites
Album	Concept Album	Taylor Carson	Defending The Name
Album	Contemporary Christian	Bridget Larson	He Is
Album	Contemporary Classical	Alejandro Escuer	Folklore Imaginario
Album	Country	Logan Mize	Logan Mize
Album	Dance/Electronica	Svoy	Automatons
Album	Eclectic	Diablo Swing Orchestra	Sing-Along Songs For The Damned & Delirious
Album	Folk/Singer-Songwriter	Tripping Lily	The Day Everything Became Nothing
Album	Gospel	Asylum Street Spankers	God's Favorite Band
Album	Indie/Alt./Hard Rock	Melissa Auf der Maur	Out of Our Minds
Album	Instrumental	Incendio	Vihuela
Album	Jazz	Tony Grey	Unknown Angels
Album	Latin	Dislocados	La Salida
Album	Live Performance	Kirsty McGee & The Hobopop Collective	No. 5
Album	Metal/Hardcore	Echoes	Nature|Existence
Album	New Age	Patrick Bernard	Paix Amour & Lumi�re
Album	Pop/Rock	shoe.	Speed of Life
Album	Punk	The Revelevens	Welcome to Baltimore
Album	R&B	Michael Stewart	Where I'm Going...
Album	Rap/Hip-Hop	Eastern Sunz	Corroded Utopia
Album	Reissue	Doug Jenson and the Feel Kings	Nickel and Wood
Album	Tribute Album	The Nu-Utopians	Imagined
Album	World Beat	Karim Baggili	L�a & Kash
Album	World Traditional	Zhao Jiazhen	Zhao Jiazhen: Masterpieces of the Chinese Qin from the Tang Dynasty to Today
Album/EP	College Label Release (Album or EP)	Birdie Busch	Everyone Will Take You In
EP	EP	The Paper Shapes	Be Vigilant
Song	Acoustic	Tripping Lily	High
Song	Adult Contemporary	The Speedbumps	I Come From A Town
Song	Alt. Country	Lera Lynn	Bobby, Baby
Song	Americana	Hymn For Her	Grave
Song	Blues	Sunday Wilde	That Man Drives Me Mad
Song	Children's Music	Joanie Leeds & The Nightlights	More Cowbell
Song	Contemporary Christian	Canopy Red	All Around Me
Song	Country	The Steel Wheels	Nothing You Cant Lose
Song	Cover Song	Girl in a Coma	Walkin After Midnight
Song	Dance/Electronica	Svoy	Automatons
Song	Folk/Singer-Songwriter - tie	Ginas Picture Show	Don't Be Mad
Song	Folk/Singer-Songwriter - tie	Megan Slankard	The Happy Birthday
Song	Gospel	The Steel Wheels	Working On A Building
Song	Holiday Song (Any Holiday)	In A World...	Halloween Masquerade Waltz
Song	Indie/Alt./Hard Rock	Midnight Spin	Trigger Finger Itch
Song	Instrumental	The Marc Atkinson Trio	Vorizo
Song	Jazz	Halie Loren	Thirsty
Song	Latin	Manicato	Familia
Song	Love Song	Scrapyard Lullaby	Baby
Song	Metal/Hardcore	Stone Crusher	Sea Witch
Song	New Age	David Clavijo	Promises
Song	Pop/Rock	Quiet Company	Its Better To Spend Money Like Theres No Tomorrow Than Spend Tonight Like Theres No Money
Song	Punk	Berri Txarrak	Folklore
Song	R&B	Bobby Bookout	Broken Promises
Song	Rap/Hip-Hop	Animate Objects feat. Maggie Vagle	Jesse Jackson
Song	Sing Out For Social Action	Tom Neilson	Solstice Morning
Song	Song Used in Film/TV/Multimedia	Tony Chen	Righteous Marching
Song	Story Song	Alex Berger	Snow Globe
Song	World Beat	Tosi Brooks	Been So Long
Song	World Traditional	Vandana Vishwas	Badara Re
Video	Music Video, Short Form	Yann Perreau	L'amour se meurt
Video	Music Video, Long Form - tie	Various Artists	Music of Central Asia Vol. 7: In the Shrine of the Heart: Popular Classics from Bukhara and Beyond
Video	Music Video, Long Form - tie	Various Artists	Music of Central Asia Vol. 8: Rainbow
Video	Music Video, Long Form - tie	Various Artists	Music of Central Asia Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur
Design	Album Art	Geninne D. Zlatkis	Jubal's Kin - Jubal's Kin
Design	Album Packaging	Keystone Designing Co.	Xue-Shi You - The Steadfast Palm Grass
Design	Artist / Band Publicity Photography	John Mazlish	Rachael Sage - Delancey Street UK
Design	Band Venue Poster	Matt Skoog	The Paper Shapes - Official Passion Pit Aftershow
Design	Concert Photography	Doug Seymour	Hoots And Hellmouth - Live Photo
Design	Music Website (Artist, Band, Record Label, etc.)	Dorotea & Madlenne Kramer	Old Wives' Tale - Official Site (band)
Design	Swag [Merch]	Sonya Cohen Cramer (drawing by Woodie Guthrie)	Sarah Lee Guthrie & Family - Go Waggaloo T-Shirt