{"id":5714,"date":"2010-08-17T23:31:01","date_gmt":"2010-08-18T07:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.mixmatchmusic.com\/?p=5714"},"modified":"2012-09-10T13:24:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T21:24:40","slug":"the-indie-invites-artists-to-win-25k-in-prizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/2010\/08\/17\/the-indie-invites-artists-to-win-25k-in-prizes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indie Invites Artists to Win $25k in Prizes, Including a Free MobBase App!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you the Ultimate Social Artist<\/a> of 2010?<\/strong>
\nTheIndie.biz<\/a> wants to know and to find out, they just launched a contest for musicians that has up to $25,000 in prizes! Their Ultimate Social Artist Contest<\/a> invites bands and musicians from all over the world to take part and bring their fans along for the ride, who can also win up to $3,500 in prizes<\/a>. The band that signs up the most fans to their TheIndie.biz profiles, while selling the most songs through the site and receiving the highest ratings from the contest’s panel of judges, wins.\u00a0 Contest sponsors include YouLicense<\/a>, Media2Radio<\/a>, and MobBase, who has also partnered with The Indie to create iPhone apps<\/a> for its artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cSocial media has changed the music landscape,\u201d says Damon Cleveland<\/a>, CEO of TheIndie.biz. \u201cWith millions of people online, updating their profiles, chatting, giving status updates, the biggest audience in the world, at any given time, is online. TheIndie.biz gives independent musicians the opportunity to tap into that audience and introduce them to their music, while music fans from all over the world can discover new bands. The rules have changed and we want to help indie bands take advantage of the new opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to Participate<\/strong>
\nTo participate in the contest, bands must be registered artists on The Indie, which is free. There are two phases to the contest: first, bands must have\/sign up 100 fans on The Indie, after which they will be eligible to submit a song and a brief note on how they acquired their TheIndie.biz fan base. The contest winners will be judged based on:<\/p>\n

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  1. The content of the song submitted (production, composition, and lyrics)<\/li>\n
  2. Number of TheIndie.biz fans<\/li>\n
  3. Artist development, marketability, and overall readiness<\/li>\n
  4. Ability of the artist to socialize their music on The Indie<\/li>\n
  5. Creativity of their social media campaign<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The contest ends on October 31, 2010. Registration and participation for fans and bands is free, and all genres are welcome, so why not enter the contest here<\/a>?<\/p>\n

    Prizes and Judging<\/strong>
    \nThe Ultimate Social Artist will be selected through a 25\/25\/50 weighted formula, with 25% of the weight going to the number of fans registered, 25% going to the number of songs sold on TheIndie.biz, and the remaining 50% toward the subjective portion including the song submitted along with the other elements of the band’s portfolio. The Grand Prize includes $25,00 in prizes:<\/p>\n