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Band Chris Cleveland (lead vocals), Joey Avalos (guitar), Michael Wittig (bass), Lester Estelle (drums) Three of the four SGD members were 2008 Grammy nominated musicians for their contribution on an outside project, Pillar. Current Currently nominated for the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Rock category for the song “Get Over It” Self-titled EP available for pre-order; releases on iTunes Oct. 21, 2008 Single “Come Around” has shipped to radio stations nationwide and will begin vying for airplay Highlights For their musical debut, SGD was selected as the opening act for a stop on Switchfoot's Up In Arms tour. Shortly after, SGD opened for American Idol-er Chris Daughtry. While producing the initial batch of songs, SGD offered visitors to its MySpace page a look into the creative process via video clips of the band in the studio. Through those snippets, and in just a few months, the band amassed a fanbase of more than 13,000 MySpace friends without ever posting a song. SGD tunes are currently playing throughout Buckle retail stores nationwide via DMX Music The band spent several months on the Top 20 singles chart on AlternativeAddiction.com, which is one of the largest websites dedicated to Alt Rock, serving the 18-24 year-old crowd. Radio giant ClearChannel is currently streaming SGD tracks on its New Music site. Accolades SGD has received numerous awards, both fan and industry based, echoing its popularity in the songwriting and online communities: Lead vocalist Chris Cleveland's Top 5 Vocalist nod for Singer Universe Group runner-up slot in the 2008 Singer/Songwriter Awards for "Come Around" Top 5 finalist position in the popular fan-voted online Famecast contest Won the Country Music Television (CMT) and Nashville Songwriters Association International's (NSAI) 8th Annual Listener's Choice Award for the song "Come Around," the only non-country entry that advanced to final round. The group was voted number one out of 3,000 submissions. Nominee spot for the Independent Singer Songwriters Award (ISSA) Contest Song of the Year contest for "Get Over It" won the May Rock category Best AC Song “Come Around” for The International Singer Songwriter’s Contest Nominated for Hollywood Music Awards for “Crazy”. Nominated for the LA Music Awards. Stars Go Dim won First Prize in the pop category for the Upstate New York Songwriting Contest hosted by Blackdog Recording Studios "Come Around" chosen as the grand prize winner in The 11th Cooch Music Amateur Songwriting Contest Stars Go Dim recently finished as a semi-finalist in the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest in the Adult Contemporary category for "Come Around." The contest is the leading international annual songwriting event that has been noticed by music community members including Sir Paul McCartney and American Idol's Simon Cowell. Chris Cleveland, winner of Oct Singer of The Universe for the song Love Gone Mad. Media Several features in Tulsa's media market including: TV Good Morning Tulsa New 9 This Morning Fox 23 UpLate with Ben Sumner (CW) Radio Tulsa's 104.5 The Edge 94.7 The Buzz ABC radio Meer Music Radio Free USA www.radiofreeusa.com NAB radio (North American Broadcast) Ichannel www.ichannel.fm The Lazer 105.9 Kansas City. KS KSCF 103.7 San Diego, CA www.abcradionetworks.com Enjoy the show now airing on* KGHP-FM 89.9 Seattle, WA WFNX-FM 101.7 Boston, MA KFFG-FM 97.7 San Jose, CA WRVE-FM 99.5 Albany, NY WZEW-FM 92.1 Mobile, AL WXEG-FM 103.9 Dayton, OH KWMT-FM 92.9 Tucson, AZ WKRH-FM 106.5 Syracuse, NY KENZ-FM 101.9 Salt Lake City, UT WVOD-FM 99.1 Norfolk-Portsmouth NC KVSF-FM 101.5 Albuquerque, NM KPTL-FM 106.3 Des Moines, IA WCYY-FM 94.3 Portland, Maine WQKE-FM 93.9 Burlington, Vermont KKMG-FM 98.9 Colorado Springs, CO OCI-FM 101.6 Costa del Sol, Spain OCI-FM 94.6 Costa Blanca, Spain Print Urban Tulsa Weekly Tulsa World Tulsa Today Currentland Singer of The Universe Magazine Performances Shared the stage with: Switchfoot Daughtry DFest (Paramore, All-American Rejects, The Roots) Graham Colton Celine Dion Cory Smith