Word: contestability
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...North House originally became involved with the IUMA because the website offered to put up MP3s of unsigned bands. IUMA eventually contacted them to ask if they wanted to participate in a college band contest. Beginning in early March with 320 bands, after four rounds, the contestants have narrowed down considerably. North House’s members went door to door in the dorms until 2 a.m., telling people about the band and asking them to vote. When the news came last Monday that they would be going to San Francisco, Sandoval says...
...North House wins the contest, they will receive $10,000 in cash, a feature article in Rolling Stone and most importantly, a record demo deal. The winner is set up with a studio and a producer, who will help create a professional demo to submit to record labels. Already the final four will play at the Fillmore Theater, and “anybody who’s anybody has played there at some point,” says Bennett. “Anybody” such as Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, the Allman Brothers and Oasis. The show will...
...Romantic love versus love of the Game? No contest. The raw energy in the roaring slapshot, the primal urge to throw somebody into the boards, the sheer ecstasy of scoring the beautiful goal—to seek these is all the libido we could ever need. Romance and relationships are noisy and complicated, inevitably fraught with unpleasant difficulties. But a simple, crisp, pinpoint pass from one end of the ice to the other—executed with just a single, silent look—is nothing less than two souls moving in perfect harmony...
Band members were optimistic about the publicity the contest will bring them...
Iuma.com, which offers free websites for independent musicians and helps distribute their mp3s, has already planned a similar MusicOMania contest next year based on the success of the current competition...