INDIE HUNT
One of a few solid independent music sites on the Web today, www.sessionsound.com is once again looking for music talent among the great undiscovered! Indie Hunt found such ear-opening sounds as The Brobecks and Let’s Become Actors in previous competitions and will continue the current search through the month February.
What does the winner get for being recognized as a fan favorite, a "promising act" and a musical act with "significant indie appeal?" Beyond the additional recognition, there is a $1,000 cash prize offered (which may be enough to attract bands, single performers and their fans.)
How does an indie act get involved in this great opportunity? Registration at SessionSound is free to all those with a music profile on the site. A minimum of 50 votes from listeners who hear the music profile on the site makes the band/performer eligible for the prize. IP addresses are registered so that fans can only vote once. Competition ends on February 29.
One Session Sound listener described past contests and the site this way: "Great contest!" "Great exposure for musicians!"
SessionSound is intended to be a music Web site for connecting fans and artists, for "music streaming, downloads and webcasting." Bands and performers set their own retail price. Ownership of music stays 100% with artist. Those interested in the contest and/or www.sessionsound.com may contact Fadi Zeitoune – fadi@sessionsound.com
Tags: indie hunt, music, indie, independent music, indie music
Very interest thing going on here. I think that it is a good way for bands to be able to gain some exposure, while boosting traffic to the site. Being able to get to the fans is a very important thing for any artist and it helps to determine how much in sales will actually occur. I think that most bands today should be offering their music online for purchase, they will make more money that way and can keep more of the money themselves.
Awesome article and website. I will be sending some of the bands and artists that I know of that are undiscovered over there. You never know what can happen. Everyone needs to start somewhere. I think that as mentioned it is interesting that you are boosting traffic and helping bands at the same time. If the artist or band is not already offering their music online they should be as this is a great way to get your music out there while making money which does not have fees taken out by labels or managers.
great article – really interesting
if you are looking for some new talent you should check out eric solomon- he has a website and is on youtube- hes really great!
this is a very interesting article. i think that it is really good that many bands are getting discovered and their talents are seen by many people. many bands who are just starting have a big chance to be popular. and now a days, bands are getting more and more popular in the music industry and i guess this is a very good thing for singers.
yes attagirl, i agree with you. many bands and artists are really engaging on internet exposures for them to get discovered and their names to be talked about by people. companies i think are also searching some internet sites to discover talents. and this is a good way of earning money.
Wonderful site. A must for Indie artists. The 100% ownership is what Indie is all about.
It would’ve been nice though if they designed the site a bit more low-bandwidth friendly. I’ve seen sites plagued with ads load faster. It just made my broadband act like dial-up. :p
There were the times when talented people had to struggle for so long to get recognition. But nowadays internet is a very promising platform for new talented artists.The deserving get to grab work and earn quite well.These new bands work hard and are picked up by the big companies.
This is a great opportunity to those bands and artist who seeks fame and glory. First step to become a successful band having a exposures like this makes them recognize and be love.
Youtube also is an example where they can promote their music and by linking to a blog like this for more information about them.