THE PLAYGROUND UNSIGNED

THE PLAYGROUND UNSIGNED

London creative company The Playground announces a competition with Recording, PR and Distribution prizes worth over £15,000

After years of supporting new and established music acts through its events, online and print magazine, PR and product development, The Playground takes things even further with a competition for bands and their fans with a grand prize of a recording deal.

Rated as the top event in London in November 2010 by the Guardian, THE PLAYGROUND continues to expand and retain its reputation as a leading event in cutting edge music, fashion and art playing host to a long list of great acts including

GARY NUMAN// SEBASTIAN// BREAKBOT// KAVINSKY// YUKSEK// BRODINSKI// ALEX METRIC// THE JOY FORMIDABLE// WHITE LIES// AUTOKRATZ// TEENAGERSINTOKYO// MASON// IS TROPICAL// O.CHILDREN// CRYSTAL FIGHTERS// BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB// MAN LIKE ME// FENECH SOLER// HADOUKEN// TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS
and many more…….

THE PLAYGROUND UNSIGNED will be hosted at PROUD GALLERIES on the first Wednesday of the every month with bands/ artists standing in line to win £15000.00 worth of Recording, PR and distribution prizes along with a slot at KOKO supporting major artists.


TOP PRIZE:

- EP Recording Deal with internationally renowned producer
- Full PR campaign support covering national and regional, online and offline press and radio along with student media
- Management consultancy
- Digital Distribution deal
- Support slot at KOKO

SECOND PLACE:

- Single Recording Deal with internationally renowned producer
- Full PR campaign support covering national and regional, online and offline press and radio along with student media
- Management consultancy
- Digital Distribution deal
- Support slot at KOKO

If you believe you have what it takes you will need to set up a profile on the Playground community with a choice of your best track/ s along with sending an e-mail to events at theplayground dot co dot uk saying “ THE PLAYGROUND UNSIGNED” in the subject line.



TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

The judges will be looking first and foremost at musical ability, originality and performance capability. The act's image must be one that's distinctively individual and original, and they must retain an air of professionalism on and off stage. The judges will be seeking an act that has the potential to be successfully launched in the UK as a major recording artist.

Along with the live performance which will be held at Proud Galleries over a period of 8 months, we will be looking for artists who are consistently self promoting themselves on the PLAYGROUND community. This will come in the form of promoting their music to all social media including myspace and facebook.



LIVE PERFORMANCE

- They vote for that evening's winner by a show of hands at the end of every concert.
- On the basis of the votes cast at the end of the evening, along with the number of people they have brought to the event, the bands position shall be classified from first to last place and winners will go through to final rounds.



DATES:

WEDNESDAY:

- 2nd February HEATS
- 2nd March HEATS
- 6th April HEATS
- 4th May HEATS
- 1st June HEATS
- 6th July HEATS
- 3rd August QUARTER FINALS
- 7th September SEMI-FINALS
- 5th October- FINALS


SHOW at KOKO on 12th November