Indie Band Alert - Soundclash Competition Accepting Submissions April 11 - 25

From a media release - all you indie bands take note:

SoundClash presented by NOW Magazine
Harbourfront Centre’s Music Award


The summer’s hottest music competition happens at Harbourfront Centre!


TORONTO, ON - Harbourfront Centre is looking for Toronto’s hottest independent artists and bands to take centre stage this summer and compete for the SoundClash music award. SoundClash is a new Harbourfront Centre initiative designed to showcase Toronto’s talented, creative and forward-thinking independent musicians.

Toronto has produced some of the music industry’s most influential acts ranging from Broken Social Scene, K’naan and most recently Drake (all of whom have performed at Harbourfront Centre). Now, five independent artists or bands have the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of some of Toronto’s top musicians, play on Harbourfront Centre’s WestJet Stage and compete for three cash prizes totaling $10,000!

While other music competitions focus on specific genres, SoundClash is open to musicians from a wide variety of genres. Artists from diverse, contemporary and cutting-edge music forms including (but not limited to) rock, pop, hip hop, country, reggae, Latin and other global music forms are encouraged to apply.

A panel of music critics, bloggers, artists and music industry leaders will create a short list from the submissions received. The winner of the SoundClash music award will be determined by a combination of jury selections and public votes.

To enter the competition, all artists must be Greater Toronto Area residents (including the municipalities of Durham, Halton, Peel and York). Each artist or band must be completely independent with no attachment or affiliation to major record labels in order to be eligible for the contest. All artists must submit a biography and a link to a website that hosts a minimum of three songs (live performance footage is encouraged). Participants must also be available to perform at Harbourfront Centre in July 2011.

Submissions will be accepted between April 11 (9am) to April 25 (5pm).
• Via email at soundclash@harbourfrontcentre.com - please include SoundClash Music Award Submission in the subject line.
• Or through Sonicbids.com

• Applicants are asked not to attach MP3s or other digital files to their submission.
• Full submission details can be found at harbourfrontcentre.com/soundclash.
• For more information contact soundclash@harbourfrontcentre.com

Picture of Bacchus Les Paul style guitar courtesy of HYPERION

Comments