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| Sonicbids Partners with the Virgin College Mega Tour to Give Bands a Chance to Perform on 20-City Spring Tour with Cake, Gomez, and Robbers on High Street Unsigned bands nationwide have a chance play live in front of thousands of college students on the tour’s Emerging Artist stage BOSTON, MA – FEBRUARY 23rd, 2005 – Sonicbids, the leading online platform enabling musicians to connect with music promoters, was recently selected by the Virgin College Mega Tour to be the exclusive submission platform for bands entering to win a spot on the tour’s daytime “Emerging Artists” stage. The 2005 VCMT, featuring national acts Cake, Gomez, and Robbers on High Street, will visit 20 college campuses this spring. As the exclusive submission partner, bands can submit their music online using their Sonicbids (www.sonicbids.com) Electronic Press Kit (EPK™). The tour is scheduled to begin April 5th in Austin, TX and run through May. The Virgin College Mega Tour was attracted to Sonicbids for its easy-to-use online platform and strong community of over 24,000 active bands who have submission-ready EPKs™. In addition, Sonicbids has a track record of success working with thousands of music events, promoters, and songwriting competitions in its 5 years of existence. “We are excited to have Sonicbids co-promoting our emerging artist stage on this year’s tour,” explains Martin Berman, Co-Producer of the Virgin College Mega Tour. “In Sonicbids, we found a partner that could help us get the number of submissions and quality of talent that we were looking for – in a short period of time.” With over 24,000 members and 2,500 corporate partners, Sonicbids has created the largest online community of independent musicians and music events, promoters, and booking agents, making it easy for both groups to interact and do business in real-time. The company’s flagship product is the Electronic Press Kit (EPK™) that allows artists to build their own online version of their hard copy press kit, complete with biographical information, tour schedule, songs, pictures, and contact information. Sonicbids recently launched the Supersonic EPK™ that allows artists to include twice as many songs, high-resolution photos, streaming video, and PDF versions of their stage plot. The EPK™ can then be e-mailed (instead of mailing a hard copy) directly to a music selection committee, event, festival, etc. or submitted into designated "virtual drop boxes” that are set up for each of their corporate partners. “Sonicbids is about giving independent artists access to the hottest events and opportunities in the industry,” says Panos Panay, Founder and CEO of Sonicbids. “The Virgin College Mega Tour is one of those events, and we are confident that this process will identify talent that matches the objective and will contribute to the success of the tour.” For more information on Sonicbids, go to www.sonicbids.com, and for the Virgin College Mega Tour, go to www.virgincollegemegatour.com. Official rules for the contest can be found at www.sonicbids.com/virgincollegemegatour05 About Sonicbids In business since 2000, Sonicbids has set the standard for the music industry to send and receive press kits online. The company's main product, the Sonicbids EPK™ (Electronic Press Kit), is an easy-to-use, web-based interface that contains everything you’d expect to find in a press kit, including music, photos, press clips, biographies, and date calendars. Sonicbids currently has over 1,800 exclusive partners, including MIDEM, CMJ, Summerfest, North By Northeast, Jagermeister Band Sponsorship Program, NEMO, Canadian Music Week, Folk Alliance, Locobazooka!, and the Billboard Song Contest. The ever-growing Sonicbids' network has made it the leading online submission platform for some of the world's best-known music events. The company is headquartered at 580 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118. Press Contacts: Ted Miller PR Specialist/Sonicbids Max Borges Marketing Solutions 3510 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 208 Miami, FL 33137 (305) 576-1171 ext. 2 tedmiller@maxborges.com Julian Camp |
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