Battle Of The Bands 30th | May | 2010
Toast Recordings ~ Battle Of The Bands
Bank Holiday Sunday ~ 30th May
Jabez Clegg
Portsmouth Street
Manchester
Toast Recordings, with help from Big Wheel Media, High Voltage Magazine, Karen McBride Photography, ReflexDJSuperstore and Salford City Radio are hosting a good old Battle of the Bands at Jabez Clegg, Bank Holiday Sunday, 30th May.
This one day event gives one band the chance to take their music to the next level, with a haul of prizes for the lucky winner; including:
- £1000 Recording Package, including accommodation.
- 1000 Professionally mastered CDs, with full artwork and casing.
- Photo-shoot with renowned music photographer Karen McBride.
- Radio airplay and magazine coverage.
- A set of our 6 music industry guides which assist in all things from songwriting, recording, performing, promotion, getting a record deal and more. Worth £100.
Entrants must complete and return the application form, available through the link above or www.toastrecordings.com. After which, a shortlist will be made to 16 artist’s. The public will then via Salford radio, choose 8 finalists to perform a set live on the day, one chance to nail it, one chance to impress the independent panel of judges. - Judges TBA
The event is open minded and genre free. All forms of music are welcomed and encouraged.
Further information will be announced throughout the whole process.
How it all works click HERE
What is Salford City Radio? Well, it’s much, much more than a radio station. We are the only radio station in the world that is just for Salford, and the great people of our city. But, we are also different from every other station that you can hear in the city because we are a not-for-profit community radio station. This means that we do not exist to simply attract more listeners than anybody else. We exist to offer our city an exclusively local radio service that promotes local events and focuses on local news and sport. We are also famous for our fantastic taste in music.
More from our sponsor Salford Radio can be heard here www.salfordcityradio.org
“High Voltage has supported new music in Manchester (and beyond) since 2003 via regular live music nights, record releases and a bi-monthly fanzine. The winner of the BOTB will receive a feature in the magazine and our website, www.highvoltage.org.uk.”
Here is what our Karen is going to offer the winning band!
” What I can offer the band is a great set or press images for a press pack.. All bands should be armed with one of these..
A good press shot will make the difference in your demo being dumped in the bin or put aside never to be heard.. So all the hard work in writing recording and not to mention the expenditure will all go to waste.
How many times have a heard a band say ‘well it’s all about the music’ yes they are right.. But great packaging gets it closer to the ears of a label “.
So True! And to see more of Karen’s impressive work visit www.karenmcbride.com
Recording studio prize £1000 worth of free studio time with producer engineer Chris Hamilton.
3 days in the studio::
2 Tracks professionally tracked using either 2” Reel 2 Reel or Pro Tools 8
Mixed on the legendary Trident 80b 54 track analogue desk using outboard effects and dynamics.
Mastered using outboard and computer based software ready to go to press.
Free acomodation and late night session… More info about the studio can be found on the website www.toastrecordings.com
Courtesy of Big Wheel Media a fine sponsor for the event are giving away:
CD replication with up to full colour Offset Litho printing, supplied in Jewel case with black tray, 2pp front inlay printed full colour to both sides and rear inlay printed full colour one side and overwrapped x 1,000 -
More information about BW can be found here www.bigwheelmedia.co.uk
