GRAND AWARD WINNER:

 

Z-FLO

Greenville, MS, USA

ROCK/ALT CATEGORY

"Maybe” (read the amazing lyrics)

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CATEGORY WINNERS

CHRISTIAN:

Jen Rose

“Repentance”

(Florida, USA)

 

COUNTRY:

Stephen Amos

“When You Say Jump”

(Kansas, USA)

 

INSTRUMENTAL:

Vincent Pace/Alexander J. Keller

“Stormfront”

(Bossley Park, Australia)

 

POP:

Nicole Eitner

“Witness Of Your Life”

(Lisbon, Portugal)

 

ROCK/ALT:

Z-FLO

“Maybe”

(Mississippi, USA)

 

SOFT ROCK:

Robert Gillies

“Here With Me”

(Stirling, Scotland / Massachusetts, USA)

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Zachary Esters, 21, also known as “Z-FLO,” is an American rapper, musician and filmmaker. Born in Greenville, MS, Esters began to write poems at age 7, a couple of which were published. His mother bought him a keyboard at age 10, with which he learned how to play by ear. It was then that he began to merge the two skills together to make music.


Z-FLO’s catchy-but-clean music was what sold him, and his music got him signed to Major Money Entertainment at age 15, where he collaborated with music producer Don Vito (Capitol Records, Jagged Edge, Lil Wayne, Bobby V, etc.) to create the highly-favored love song “U and Me” and his first hit single “Sholl’ Iz,” which received radio play throughout Mississippi and other parts of the South. At 17, Z-FLO managed to open up for Snoop Dogg at the “Z-FLO/Snoop Dogg” sold-out show at Rick’s Café in Starkville, MS. During his senior year, he took a break from music to focus on graduating from high school.


The love of shooting music videos and filmmaking then persuaded Esters to major in film production at Full Sail University, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. Halfway through his college program, he wrote, produced and performed in a music video commercial called “Go Daddy Go” for a Go Daddy commercial competition, which won $75,000 and placed third in the contest. Soon after that, he decided that music was his greatest hobby, rejuvenated his poetic side, and dedicated his music to causes greater than himself. He uses his music now to tell stories, make people laugh, teach life lessons and most importantly…to have fun.


Upon graduatiing in June 2011, Esters wrote a song that would mark the beginning of this dedication, entitled “Maybe.” The song is a suicide prevention message to the depressed, performed over an instrumental he created, combining rock, hip hop, and R&B genres. With “Maybe,” Esters hopes and intends to prevent more suicides from happening. (Louis Richner, who mixed and engineered the song and introduced Esters to the singers and guitarists who performed on the track, deserves special recognition for his efforts.)


Esters is currently a freelance cinematographer in the film industry and a music hobbyist. In the future, he plans and hopes to have a simultaneous career in both fields. Regardless of what he actually ends up doing, Esters believes that music was, always has been, and always will be his ultimate passion.


To contact Zachary “Z-FLO” Esters: Email   |   Phone: 407.415.5776

 

Congratulations to Z-FLO, and to all of the great Category Winners ... see you in April for the SongDoor 2012 competition!

 

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The 2011 SongDoor Winners!