Dell Invites Bands Nationwide to Compete in the Austin City Limits
Festival’s “Sound
and the Jury” Contest, Produced By C3 Presents
The “Sound and the Jury”
Competition, Presented by the Dell Lounge, Offers Emerging Bands and
Artists a Shot at New Fans and Fame
ROUND ROCK, Texas (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) July 1, 2008 --
Microphone, guitar, keyboards, bass, drums? Check. Now the only thing
standing between you and your shot at international visibility are a few
clicks of the keyboard -- and the votes of your passionate fans.
The Austin City Limits
Music Festival’s “Sound
and the Jury” Contest,*
presented by the Dell
Lounge, is a contest open to emerging bands and artists, with the
top prize of a showcase on Dell’s ACL
Festival stage.
Now through Aug. 22, bands can upload their music and create a
profile on the contest
site.
Copy the tag embedded on your profile page into your MySpace profile,
Web site or other online networking pages, which will add a quick link
for fans to hit your Sound and the Jury page.
Voting begins on the Dell
Lounge site July 11, so don’t forget
to e-mail your fans to let them know you’re
in the contest, and exhort them to vote early and often!
Five finalists will receive tickets to Austin City Limits Festival and a
travel stipend, plus a feature on the Dell Lounge.
In addition to opening the Dell Stage on Friday, Sept. 26, the winning
act will receive a Dell laptop PC, special artist passes to ACL and
hotel accommodations.
The top five finalists will face off at the world-famous Antone’s
in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, and the winning act will
open the Dell ACL Festival
Stage the next day,
“More than ever, fans are in the driver’s
seat, determining the music that we all listen to,”
said Lisa Martin-Louro, Dell Lounge Experiential Marketing Manager. “The
Sound and the Jury contest celebrates every passionate fan’s
newfound power as a music influencer.”
Last year’s contest attracted more than 600
bands, and after fans cast approximately 200,000 votes, the last band
standing was Abilene, Texas-based Homer
Hiccolm & the Rocketboys.
Learn more about “Sound and the Jury”
and register now on the Dell
Lounge.
* NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT
INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 50 UNITED
STATES (D.C.), 18 YEARS AND OLDER. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Submission
window: 6/27/08 - 8/22/08. Contest ends 9/24/08. For contest details,
Official Rules and prize description, visit http://www.delllounge.com/soundandjury.
Sponsor: C3 Presents, LLC, 98 San Jacinto Blvd, Suite 430, Austin, TX,
78701.
About Dell
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative
technology and services they trust and value. Uniquely enabled by its
direct business model, Dell is a leading global systems and services
company and No. 34 on the Fortune 500. For more information, visit www.dell.com,
or to communicate directly with Dell via a variety of online channels,
go to www.dell.com/conversations.
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C3 Presents
C3 Presents creates, books,
markets and produces live experiences, concerts, events, and just about
anything that makes people stand up and cheer. C3 produces the Austin
City Limits Music Festival, Lollapalooza in Chicago, and the Big State
Festival. Along with these multi-day, multi-stage festivals, C3 books
and promotes more than 1,000 concerts in arenas, theaters, casinos, and
clubs across the US. In 2007, C3 earned Independent Promoter of the Year
honors from Billboard magazine, and was the number three promoter by
sales in the US, and the number nine worldwide. In addition to event
creation and booking, C3 manages the careers of select artists.
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