The Bigger, Better... Jim Beam Band Search
By usu_comms
| Published Tuesday, 1 December, 2009
The Jim Beam Homegrown festival returns to Wellington on February 20th 2010, with an incredible line-up and an amazing opportunity for an up and coming band to open the festival.
Not only will the winning band play at Homegrown with the likes of Shihad, The Feelers, The Datsuns, Midnight Youth and Liam Finn they will also walk away with a $17,500 prize pack including:
· $5,000 cash
· A $5,000 video grant from NZ On Air
· A $2,000 advertising campaign from MySpace
· $2,500 music equipment from Music Works
· A supply of sponsors product from Jim Beam
· Airplay of one of the band's songs on The Rock, Kiwi FM and C4
· Flights, accommodation and all round rock star treatment at Jim Beam Homegrown
· The opening set on the Jim Beam Homegrown Rock or Indie Stage
The Jim Beam Band Search provides a great launch pad into the music industry and is open to any Kiwi band as long as they can play 45 minutes of original songs.
Registrations for the Band Search are open from November 30th to December 21st with bands only needing complete a simple entry form on MySpace. On December 21st 30 bands will be selected to move on to a public voting stage that will take place between January 11th and January 29th when the winning band will be announced.
For all the information click here