Competing Artists

I’m a creator from Sweden and the founder of The Leftovers. I don’t come from a music background. The project started with writing. After losing a close friend eight years ago, I began writing a private manuscript as a way to deal with grief. It was never meant to become music. At some point, a fictional band called The Leftovers appeared in the story. I became curious about how they would sound and started experimenting with AI music tools. The book slowly stopped. The band didn’t. Today, I write the lyrics, shape the concept, and lead the creative direction. I work between storytelling, identity and new creative tools. I use AI as an amplifier — not to replace human intention, but to strengthen it. My focus is building a human-first music project that explores authorship, process and imperfection in a time where generative tools are becoming part of creativity.

Ellis Mo is a curiosity-driven kids music project turning big questions into high-energy dance pop for families. Blending education with infectious beats, Ellis Mo transforms topics like dinosaurs, space, and science into songs kids can move to and remember. Built as an AI-native music brand, Ellis Mo uses cutting-edge creative tools to rapidly produce songs, videos, and interactive content, enabling a scalable and globally adaptable approach to children’s media. The project sits at the intersection of music, education, and technology—designed not just as an artist, but as a next-generation kids IP platform. Based in Nashville, Ellis Mo is focused on creating joyful, repeatable content experiences for kids ages 3–9 and the adults who love them, with a vision to expand into live events, digital products, and character-driven storytelling.

Composer, percussionist, and educator crafting hybrid electro-acoustic music where polyrhythm, orchestral color, and modern electronics converge. Drawing rhythmic fire from Copeland and Peart, narrative depth from Gabriel and Sting, and the cinematic sweep of progressive rock, his work balances structural clarity with visceral momentum. Raised in Southern California and trained at UC Irvine in percussion and composition, Schultheiss blends classical rigor, jazz elasticity, and progressive storytelling into a singular voice. As Head of Percussion Studies & Electro-Acoustic Composition at the Middle Tennessee Conservatory of Music, he champions a simple idea with radical implications: the DAW isn’t just a tool—it’s an instrument.

using mostly acoustic stringed instruments and voice(s), simple settings that serve the song

JAY-ME is a Other project competing in Hybrid L1-L2.

V3LLY’s project is rooted in pain, pressure, loyalty, and purpose, turning real-life struggle into music people can feel. His sound blends raw emotion, melodic intensity, and honest storytelling, creating records that are both personal and powerful. What people remember is the truth — the hunger, the heart, and the kind of feeling that gives you goosebumps, raises the hair on your arms, and stays with you long after the song ends.

Our goal is to show up honest everyday. To create what stimulates our Imagination and what we feel in our Hearts. That might show up as a poetic and emotional ballad, a dirty south anthem, or even a rageful expression of the existential dread we all feel. Music has made us feel seen for as long as we've been listening to it, we just want to connect with people in the same way.