Bands needed for JD competition!

Hi there everyone,

I'm the Jack Daniels Student Brand Manager for Aberdeen. I'm running a few events this year, promotions in off licences, whisky tastings etc., but my biggest event is the JD Set - unsigned. I'm looking for bands to compete in a battle of the bands style event, hopefully being held in Moshulu late november/early december.

I need student bands to compete, the prize on the night will be a bag with JD stuff in it for each band member, including a bottle of Jack!

I need six bands for the actual night, but I can enter more than six into the JD set - unsigned competition, and, if you win, you will be one of six bands who get the chance to go to london for a few days, spend that time with professionals in the music business (light guys, sound guys, musicians, but promoters and lawyers as well) to give you a real feel for the industry. At the end of the the few days, you put on your own, professional gig for about 200 people.

Only rules are:
1) Has to be a student band!
2) You need a demo tape to enter.
3) You can't already be signed to a label.
4) You need to have a rock/indie sound.

If anyone wants to take part, then let me know!

[black_matter]

By student band is school band accepted? Because that sounds pretty banging.

Check us out at www.myspace.com/blackmatteraberdeen. more quality tunes to come.

[Shaki]

Does the University of Life count?

[Old Gold]

Does it need to be a band? Or could I just enter by myself and win say... 4 bottles of Jack Daniels?

[Iomega]

Originally Posted by black_matter

By student band is school band accepted? Because that sounds pretty banging.

Check us out at www.myspace.com/blackmatteraberdeen. more quality tunes to come.

If you won then surely they would be breaking the law?

[black_matter]

oh shit yeah. Well i'll make a point of not, i repeat, NOT accepting the drink. Christ i'm only trying like you guys are I couldn't give two hoots about a bottle of booze really.

The rules also do not state that bands have to be over 18. So i'll keep my fingers crossed until i'm told otherwise.

[Cloud]

Wow, JD have a "student brand manager" for Aberdeen? That's pretty crazy...

Hopefully their unsigned night will attract a lot of new faces to the music scene in Aberdeen

[black_matter]

i dunno why but i sense a minty hint of sarcasm there cloud

[Cloud]

Nah, no sarcasm...anything, no matter how wanky and corporate that introduces music to new people in Aberdeen is good. It would be great to see more events like this take place here - really, the more big name backing, the more the scene can grow into something sustainable.

[Inkster]

Does 3/4s of a band being students count?