Just a quick post to point you to this competition if you are a UK unsigned band.
I don’t know anything about the people behind this but I do know some of the people involved on the panel, and thought you should get a heads up. In essence, it’s a credible ‘Battle of the Bands’ / talent show for real acts rather than your usual TV only fodder (No more please, Mr Cowell!).
You need to be unsigned, free to travel to the US and able to sell 50 tickets for your round of the knockout gigs.
You also need to sign an agreement that states that you won’t appoint any other management until after the series of knockout gigs. I haven’t seen this agreement, and would always advise that you be careful what you sign and be sure that it doesn’t commit you to anything that you don’t understand. I have asked the organisers to send it to me, and if they do, I’ll update this post with my comments.
If you win you get a paid trip (inc. flights and hotel) to New York, you get to play a gig there and do a photoshoot. You also get to be on a CD of bands that performed in the competition which will get promoted and released.
I like this sort of thing on two levels – obviously all levels of exposure and networking chances depending on how far you get (who knows who might see and hear you), but also just doing it is great experience to learn from how you do and from seeing what the winners do better than you.
If you think this is something that you should try out for, go and check all the details here – New York Gig Competition
Leave us a comment to let us know if you’ve entered. Best of luck if you do.
UPDATE: I spoke to the guys running the competition and looked at the agreements. They’ve dropped the requirement to have an agreement with them about not taking on management during the competition, which I think is a great thing.
Also, the competition will be filmed and broadcast on Propeller TV – Sky 195, so you need to grant them some rights for them to film you play and be allowed to broadcast. That agreement should be limited to just that TV show, but it’s all OK.
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