TuneCore.com, the music industry model-changing delivery and distribution service and portfolio company of Guitar Center, announces today a partnership with Solid State Logic (SSL) and Eventful to send one band (up to five people) on a one week all-expenses-paid trip to England to record at Real World Studios, one of the top five recording studios on the planet. The artist or band with the most votes at leading online events site Eventful, will win the competition. This grand prize includes studio time, airfare, ground transportation, food, lodging, an engineer and assistant and 100% unlimited access and complete lockout of "The Big Room" for five days. (Approximate retail value: $25,000.)
Thanks to SSL, TuneCore and Eventful, one lucky band will be able to record at the same studio and use the same state-of-the-art SSL gear as The Cure, Bonnie Raitt, Super Furry Animals, Beth Orton, Goldfrapp, Deep Purple, Robbie Williams, Paul Oakenfold, Sigur Ros and more.
"The Big Room" is world renowned for its 72-channel SSL 9000 XL K series analogue console, its large selection of vintage Neve modules, and its varied array of outboard equipment custom installed to take every advantage of this state-of-the-art facility--all in a room famous for its intoxicating view of the flowing mill pond. Real World's team brings a wealth of experience, passion and commitment to help music artists realize the full potential of the studio.
To enter, bands will register as a Performer at
Eventful and opt-in to participate in the competition. They then need only encourage their fans to vote for them using
Eventful's Demand service. The unsigned band with the most Eventful "Demanders" at 12:00 pm PST, October 31st, 2007 wins the grand prize. Bands with the second and third most Demanders each win a Solid State Logic Duende DSP processing engine (ARV: $1495.00 each). The top ten (10) bands with the most Demanders each get one album, with an unlimited number of songs (not to exceed seventy-four minutes), placed for free into all digital stores they choose to which TuneCore delivers, including the first year's maintenance and storage. (ARV: $45 each.)
"We're pleased to work with TuneCore and SSL to create a phenomenal opportunity for unsigned artists," says Jordan Glazier of Eventful. "Over 20,000 independent artists use Eventful Demand to empower their fans with the ability to influence where they perform, and this contest is a big win for both artists and fans. We hope the winning band will create an incredible album, and that all of the bands that participate in the contest will hit the road and perform where they're most demanded."
Fadi T. Hayek, National Sales Manager for Workstation Partner Products at SSL, says, "With more than 3000 SSL-equipped studios and facilities operational today, the excellence of SSL consoles is universally recognized for unrivalled sonic quality, superb ergonomics, outstanding automation and an international support infrastructure second to none. Our Workstation Partner Products bring that power and innovative proprietary technology to the new breed of computer based Musician. As a leader in the music production market we at SSL strongly believe in providing up and coming artists every opportunity to develop and achieve success. One Key to that success has always been strong distribution. We are proud to be involved with the groundbreaking opportunities that TuneCore and Eventful bring to all music artists at every level."
TuneCore CEO and co-founder Jeff Price says, "TuneCore is all about enabling bands to succeed: helping them make music, get it out into the world and provide them with opportunities for marketing and promotion. SSL makes the equipment and outfits the best studios in the world. Eventful connects fans with artists, and TuneCore gives their music worldwide distribution. I am really excited by this opportunity. Not only does a band get to go to a dream studio to lay down the vision they have in their head, they also get all of the financial pressure taken off by having all their expenses paid."
Complete details about the promotion can be found
here.
About Eventful: San Diego-based Eventful, Inc., operates Eventful.com, the leading events website which enables its community of users to discover, promote, share and create events throughout the world. Eventful users select from nearly 4 million events taking place in local markets throughout the world, from concerts and sports to singles events and political rallies. Eventful's Demand service enables users to influence where their favorite performers appear by creating viral grass-roots campaigns to "Demand" them in their town.
For more information about Eventful, please contact Alex Yenni [
eventful@lewispr.com] at LEWIS PR: 415.992.4422
About SSL: From groundbreaking audio consoles to innovative video production systems, Solid State Logic has evolved to become the world's leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles and provider of creative tools for film, audio, video and broadcast professionals. Founded in 1969, SSL has since expanded to its present 15 acre science park in Oxfordshire, England.The company invents, designs and manufactures technology for the creative manipulation of sound. Users and industry experts from all over the world visit SSL's Oxford HQ to consult with SSL audio experts and evaluate SSL equipment. There are more than 3000 SSL systems in service around the world. Internationally famous classical musicians and popular artists such as Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Whitney Houston, Blur and Sting, choose SSL equipment to extend their creativity and ensure the highest possible quality of their finished product. No wonder that SSL recording consoles are the first choice of leading producers, and are found in the most prestigious recording studios around the world.
About TuneCore: TuneCore.com, the new music delivery and distribution service has changed the 100-year-old rules and model of the music business. It is a low, flat fee service that delivers anyone's music to iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody and many other major download sites while taking no rights and no revenue from the sale of the music. TuneCore's fees are simply based upon the number songs delivered and the number of digital retailers it will be delivered to. With Nielsen SoundScan already reporting almost 200 million digital units sold this year (and those are just the ones they are counting), it is no wonder that artists are building careers, selling significant volumes of music and generating more revenue than most "signed" artists while keeping their rights utilizing the new model created by
TuneCore.
