It's official -- Boss has announced that the winner of the Boss Loop Station National Finals, the U.S. championship event in a global competition to find that leading looper, is none other than Philip Stendek from St. Louis, Missouri. Stendek will move forward to compete at the Loop Station World Championship at the House of Blues in Anaheim, California, during the 2011 Winter NAMM Show.

At a special event in October, six musicians performed before a live audience and a panel of celebrity judges at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. The six were chosen from hundreds of video submissions received by Boss during a three-month contest held during the summer of 2010, and Mr. Stendek was the big winner at that event. In addition to earning a spot at the Loop Station World Championship, Stendek took home $3,000 in Boss gear.

Each finalist performed an original composition live, which included singing, playing various instruments, and creating live loops with one or more Boss RC series Loop Station products. In addition to Stendek, the looping artists were Tony Smiley from Oregon, Brenna Fitzgerald from Pennsylvania, Micah Beverly from Arizona, Brian Kerr from Ohio, and Jason Olcese from Pennsylvania.

Each performer supported his or her compositions by layering multiple musical parts together with Boss Loop Stations to create enormous walls of sound, notes Boss. Third place went to Tony Smiley, while second place went to Micah Beverly. Both runners-up received $2,000 in Boss gear.

The celebrity judges included The Police guitarist Andy Summers, solo fusion guitarist Frank Gambale, Guitar Player editor-in-chief Michael Molenda, The Tonight Show bassist Derrick Murdock, Guitar Institute director Jude Gold, and Boss Corporation director Paul Youngblood.

The Loop Station World Championship will be held during the 2011 Winter NAMM show at the House of Blues in Anaheim.

For more information on the National Finals and the upcoming Loop Station World Championship, please visit bossus.com/loopstation.