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7TH ANNUAL M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2008 10/8-10/18 2008 The seventh annual M.E.A.N.Y. Fest (Musicians & Emerging Artists New York) will be held in New York City at world-renowned venues such as THE KNITTING FACTORY, NATIONAL UNDERGROUND, ARLENE'S GROCERY, THE MEAN FIDDLER, REHAB, TRASH BAR, BOWERY POETRY CLUB, and many more. One Grand Prize Winner will receive a JLSC prize package including a recording session on board the John Lennon Education Tour Bus and a Godin guitar. Other prizes include 20 hours of recording time, a radio package from Notorious Radio, a chance to perform live at a Village Voice live music event, eligibility to play at the East Coast Indie Stage at Warped Tour 2009 and and an appearance on Fearless music. The top three finalists in NYC, (chosen by an audience balloting) along with one M.E.A.N.Y. FEST chosen NYC and one national pick finalist will play the finals tba later in 2008. Here the finalists & picks will be openers for a headlining special guest (TBA). Prize winners will be chosen by an industry panel of judges. Sponsors have included JACK DANIELS, THE VILLAGE VOICE, MARSHALL AMP, FEARLESS MUSIC, GOING.COM, ISC, WE ARE LISTENING, NYROCK.COM, THE BUZZARD, and NOTORIOUS RADIO. Produced by GNYC MUSIC COMPANY, Associate Producers David Tanner of Rock'n'Roll Scene and KerriBlackPromotions. 1. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: All applicants must submit through SONICBIDS.COM for M.E.A.N.Y. FEST 2007. Please click the Sonicbids link and follow instructions for submissions. 2. DATES AND VENUES: Dates and venues are subject to change. Bands will be notified of any changes. 3. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Producers reserve the right to change the deadline to a later date. Such changes will be advertised on the festival website ( http://www.meanyfest.com ) and/or print advertising if possible. Applications will be reviewed by the M.E.A.N.Y Fest organization. 4. SPECIAL GUESTS: The producers reserve the right to engage special and featured guests to perform at any performance or venue in the festival in a non-competitive capacity. Special guests shall be exempt from the $39.00 application fee, however, will not be eligible to compete for and/or be awarded any prizes as a result of their participation and performances. 5. VENUES: Final venues will be announced and are subject to change. 6. AUDIENCE BALLOTING: Audience members that would like to cast a vote must choose 2 bands on the bill of the show they are attending on any given night of the fest. Just fill in 2 band entries- it's that simple. The ballot must be stamp validated that evening by M.E.A.N.Y. FEST staff . The ballot is then submitted to the ballot box.
Top three vote getting bands in all of NYC will move on to play along with M.E.A.N.Y. FEST NATIONAL & NYC pick in front of an industry panel of judges. 7. BAND CHECK-IN/LOAD-IN: Bands MUST check-in and load their equipment to the venue prior to their scheduled performance. Bands will be checked in by groups of four in order of line-up. Bands 1-4 must load in at their scheduled venue by 5:00pm; bands 5-8 must load in by 8:00pm; bands 9-12 must load by 9:00pm; bands 13-15 must load in by 10pm. 8. LINE-UPS: All bands will have 25 minutes to perform, with ten minutes between bands for change-overs. A stage manager will be available to assist with change overs between sets. Any band that goes over the 10 minute set up time will have their performance time decreased by minutes over. Please adhere to schedule to assure everyone performs on time. We look forward to an incredible year! Please note: |
