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- // Sal receives an honourable mention, placing as one of the top finalists in the 2008 West Coast Songwriting Competition with his song "Moments They Pass."
- // Songs "Friends Don't Come Around" and "Moments They Pass" chosen to promote Animal Planet's Tiger Week
- // Songs "Rollin'" and "Friends Don't Come Around" requested for use in independent short film being shot in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- // Sal has guest appearance on Fox News Channel’s morning show Dayside on May 12, 2006
- // 2005 GRAND PRIZE WINNER for Cooch's 9th Amateur Songwriting Contest
- // "Humble Heart" and "Friends Don't Come Around" place in Top 500 of 2005 13th Billboard World Songwriting Contest
- // Sal places in the Top 3 in the 2006 New Generation Online Song Contest in Florida
- // "Friends Don't Come Around" selected for the SXSW (South by Southwest, Texas) Tunetank "New Generation 2006" compilation CD which showcases the finest emerging artists &songwriters in the world
- // Top 100 Finalist in The Indie Show's 2005 National Television Competition in Houston, Texas
- // Top 5 Finalist for the Singeruniverse Vocalist of The Month Competition November 2005
- // "Friends Don't Come Around" and "Humble Heart" added to regular rotation on L.A.'s indie radio station IRADIOLA
- // "Friends Don't Come Around" added to Band Radio Live's radio station
- // "Friends Don't Come Around" places in the top 1500 for the 12th Billboard Magazine Annual World Songwriting Competition.
- // "Friends Don't Come Around" receives National Recognition as the most requested song in the province of Alberta for more than 4 months in 2004 on major reporting stations such as ZedFM, Red Deer, AB, and The Goat, Lloydsminster, AB.
- // "Friends Don't Come Around" is runner-up finalist in Canada's 11th Annual Songwriting Competition (2004).
- // "Gimme a Line" and "Friends Don't Come Around" receive airplay on almost every single rock station in Canada (2004).
- // "One Last Goodbye" used in international cosmetics commercial
- // "Gimme a Line/Donne-Moi la Main Diable (French version)" hits #43 on the Palmares Top 50 (songs most played on mainstream radio in the province of Quebec - Fall 2003).
- // Independent video for single "See Me Now" achieves light rotation status on MuchMusic by earning features on Indie Spotlight (2003)
- // "See Me Now" and "Fine" used in the Extreme Bartending Videos Series, of which more than 200,000 copies were sold (2003).
- // Showcased on more than 4 occasions at the Canadian Music Week Festival in Toronto, ON.
- // Only indie artist invited to perform at the legendary Massey Hall in Toronto for "Music Heals" benefit (February 2003)
- // First independent artist invited to perform at Hope Beach in Ottawa, ON, for 30,000 people; showcased on several television programs and legendary venues in Ontario such as The Horseshoe Tavern, The Edge 102.1 Studios, The Hard Rock Cafe, Barrymore's, Zaphod's, and many more...
- // Single "I'm For The Lovin' Now" receives more listener votes than major recording artists - including such as Alanis Morrissette, AC/DC, and others – during Q-92's 8 o’clock Showdown, becoming only the second indie song to ever achieve this status 2002), the first being Sal Piamonte’s single "Stuck Up" (2000).
