Malaysian-born artist HeyMun earned herself the top spot in a US-based music competition, 2013 Unsigned Only Music Competition.
Winning first place in the Folk/Singer-Songwriter category with her song “By Sea”, HeyMun started songwriting after buying herself a Yamaha guitar, and soon recorded an EP with produce Steeve Body.
On the last day of mixing the EP, HeyMun was about to head out for a burrito but instead sat herself down at the studio piano, and “By Sea” was born.
According to Hype.My, the track is played on Malaysia Airlines, Garuda Indonesia Airlines inflight radio, and even Australia’s Triple J’s Unearthed digital radio.
Founders of 2013 Unsigned Only Music Competition, Candace Avery and Jim Morgan said:
“With more than 9,000 entries from all over the world, Unsigned Only was very competitive, and the judges were really impressed with the immense talent displayed, especially the up-and-coming artist Heymun. She was a unanimous winner with the judges, and we are very excited to see where she goes with her music.”
The judging panel consists of iconic recording artists Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders); Iggy Pop; Neon Trees; Cyndi Lauper; Dustin Lynch; Carly Simon; Brandi Carlile; John Oates (Hall & Oates); Hunter Hayes; 3 Doors Down; Of Monsters And Men; David Crowder; Darryl McDaniels (Run D.M.C.); G. Love; Craig Morgan; Jason Gray; Ryan Bingham; Aaron Shust; and The Mountain Goats. Judges also include a group of influential music journalists and editors from Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, The Washington Post, and Spin.
HeyMun currently resides in Sydney, Australia. Follow her on Facebook here.
