Megan Arns
University of Missouri
Rick Astorga
Winston Churchill High School
Alvin Ford
Ed O'Brien, Trombone Shorty, Pretty Lights
Chuck Fields
Terri Clark, Johnny Reid
DeCarlos Davis
Independent
Aaron Trumbore
James Madison University, Shippensburg University
Robert Dillon
Third Coast Percussion
Jonathan Smith
University of Michigan
Ian Antonio
Yarn/Wire, Talujon, Wet Ink
Eiji Kikuchi
THE YELLOW MONKEY
John Wooton
The University of Southern Mississippi
Thomas Spann Jr.
Fisk University
Javier "Tito Furia" Alvarez
Independent