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| Sonicbids Creates Customized Online Submission Platform for 2005 Zippo Hot Tour Sonicbids creates turnkey artist submission platform for 2005 Zippo Hot Tour for local bands in national competition BOSTON, MA – February 15th 2005 – Sonicbids, the leading online platform enabling musicians to connect with music promoters, has created a completely web-based platform for the Zippo Hot Tour 2005, empowering tens of thousands of independent bands from across the country to electronically submit entries for this nationwide competition. As a result, the qualifying process for the Zippo Hot Tour bands that typically takes months can now be accomplished – paperlessly – at a fraction of the time and cost. The Zippo Hot Tour is a nationwide music competition showcasing independent and unsigned bands. For the tour, bands submit applications online using the Sonicbids Electronic Press KitTM platform, the emerging proprietary standard for trading press kits online. Each qualifying band will have an Electronic Press KitTM placed directly at www.zippohottour.com to maximize exposure. Once selected, a combination of live performance qualifiers and public online voting will determine one grand prize winner. The winning band will receive a prize package from top music equipment partners such as ESP Guitars, Peavey Amps and Tama Drums, an A&R showcase for Capitol Records executives, and an opening spot for a national headliner on the Zippo Hot Tour this November 2005. Sonicbids is also supporting Zippo with a comprehensive marketing plan which includes advertising the tour to their 24,000 artist-member community on www.sonicbids.com. “Working with a proven specialist such as Sonicbids helps us to launch a spectacular music-based program while maintaining focus on our core business,” says Brent Tyler, Manager of Event Marketing for Zippo. The exclusive online submission platform for artists highlights an emerging trend in the music industry. In the past, corporate marketers looking to build branding opportunities using live music had to sort through thousands of hard copy press kits in the mail. For the Zippo Hot Tour 2005, old-fashioned press kits will no longer be accepted. Online submissions for the Zippo Hot Tour will be accepted through to April 14th, 2005. Sonicbids’ key product is the Electronic Press Kit (EPK™). Created as an alternative to bulky and expensive hard copy press kits, the Sonicbids service allows bands to create their own easy-to-use, web-based graphic interface that contains all of the basic information about a musical act such as music clips, biography, photos, and tour dates. Recently, Sonicbids introduced the Supersonic EPK™ that allows bands to include high-resolution photos, up to 10 minutes of streaming video, a PDF version of their stage plot, and twice as many songs. The EPK and Supersonic EPK can either be emailed to a club, contest, or event with the click of a mouse or submitted directly to online promoter accounts through a virtual “Drop Box.” For more information on Sonicbids, go to www.sonicbids.com. About Sonicbids In business since 2000, Sonicbids is quickly becoming the standard way for people in the music business to send and receive press kits online. The company's main product is the Sonicbids EPK™ (Electronic Press Kit), an easy-to-use, web-based graphic interface that contains all the basic information of a musical act such as music, photos, date calendar and riders. The EPK™ can either be emailed to anyone with a click of the mouse or submitted in online promoter accounts through a virtual "Drop Box". Sonicbids currently has over 2,200 exclusive partners, a list that includes prominent North American events and festivals such as MIDEM, CMJ, Summerfest, North By Northeast, Jagermeister Band Sponsorship Program, NEMO, Canadian Music Week, Folk Alliance, Locobazooka!, and the Billboard Song Contest. The rapidly growing size of Sonicbids' network and widening acceptance of its product have helped it quickly become the leading online submission platform for some of the world's best-known m |
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