Behind every great band lies an even greater drummer, so are you that band with a drummer that needs some of the torchlight? Are you the charismatic lead singer or laden with the lyrics? If you fall into the talented musician spectrum and are in need of an outlet, Hard Rock is potentially looking for you with a competition laid out for the unsigned.
Hard Rock Rising 2016 is on a skill search for the best local, unsigned artists to perform on 1st June for its ROCK LOCAL/WIN GLOBAL music showcase. Over 100 Hard Rock locations will be scouting to pluck the best from the best. From here, four acts will be selected as regional winners with one crowned Hard Rock Rising's Artist of the Year.
We'll cut in here with the prizes and tell you that the four regional winners will win a professionally-produced music video ($10,000 USD value) that will be added to Hard Rock Cafe's video system in their region, ownership of 1000 CD/DVDs of their latest recordings and video courtesy of Bison Disc and an equipment package courtesy of Fender. The biggie, Global Artist of the Year, will be named as such and have their video added to Hard Rock Cafe's video system worldwide, invited to perform live at the Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza, Spain in September 2016 and a cash prize of of $50,000. Not bad at all for all involved, get pluckin those guitar strings with your teeth.
For the doubters, Hard Rock has made it clear that this isn't a typical “battle of the bands”. Every act selected to perform on 1st June will be cashing in on $250 and one act from each location will be submitted to a panel of industry judges to determine the regional winners. It's important to know that slots for this contest are very limited, so local artists will be given the opportunity to utilise their social media fan bases for a shot at participation. Forget about the talent shows that aired to sofa sitters in their millions, you're not about to be picked up and dropped as Hard Rock is the nurturing sort and are in this to nurture your careers.
We've already mentioned the importance of social media for landing a gig, but for the social media fiends, one competition slot at each location is reserved for a “Social Media Wildcard”. From 17th March to 23rd March, its website will showcase all artists competing for the Social Media Wildcard slot. The band with the most votes in each location is guaranteed to perform on 1st June. All other performers are selected by Hard Rock and ReverbNation from the pool of entrants.
To get involved, all you need to do is register, upload, share and wait for the votes.
