It’s harder than ever to break into the music industry.
Everyone and their mum is in a band, with their uncle taking care of remix duties. Competition is immense, which is why it’s nice to get a leg up on the ladder of success.
ClashMusic has teamed up with Xbox to offer one group of unknowns a very special opportunity. Brighton group The Maccabees are set to play London’s Village Underground venue on April 29th – and you could be supporting them!
The Maccabees are riding the crest of a wave right now. Their hugely ambitious second album ‘Wall Of Arms’ bowled over critics and won the hearts of music fans across the nation.
Recently teaming up with Roots Manuva, the band are completely open to new ideas and have agreed to judge this very special competition. The winning entry will get to support the group at the exclusive and intimate Xbox Reverb show at Village Underground in London
Taking place at venues across the country, Xbox Reverb lets fans collaborate with the bands to co-curate a series of gigs, tailor made by the Reverb community. For its next show Reverb is set to give a completely unknown new act a unique chance to support The Maccabees.
Entry is free, with acts requested to upload no more than 3 of their best tracks to SoundCloud – for the luddites amongst you, please feel free to keep it old skool and post in your demo to the address listed below.
A specially trained team of Xbox volunteers will sift through the demos, creating an ultra-limited shortlist.
The Maccabees themselves will pick the final winner, and remember – their judgment is final.
Make sure you join the Reverb community to find out the competition winner and other details – visit:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/xboxreverb
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Xboxreverb
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Terms and conditions
Xbox Reverb is giving you the chance to support The Maccabees at Gig 5 at the Village Underground, London, on the 29th April. All you need to do is submit your music via the upload process on ClashMusic.com and Xbox Reverb and The Maccabees will pick the band they want to perform alongside them on the 29th April!
Get in quick though – the competition runs until 12:00 GMT on Wednesday 14th April 2010.
Terms and Conditions
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 12:00pm
1. This Competition is open to residents of the United Kingdom except employees of Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates, contractors, agents and their families, and anyone else directly or indirectly connected with this Competition. Entrants must be over 18 years of age at the time of entry and Microsoft reserves the right to verify the eligibility of entrants and check their identity.
2. Entry constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these terms and conditions by each person featured in the entry. Microsoft reserves the right to disqualify anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
3. This Competition starts at 12:00 GMT on Wednesday 31st March 2010 and will run until 12:00 GMT on Wednesday 14th April 2010 (the “Competition Period”).
4. No purchase is necessary to participate. In order to enter the Competition, participants must submit up to 3 tracks that are no more than a total of 5mbs in file size each. Participants may upload MP3s to a dedicated area on Soundscloud.com, via the link and instructions on http://www.clashmusic.com/ or post their submissions on CD with a covering letter containing all contact details including name, address, email and telephone number to Neon, 3rd Floor, 6 Ramillies Street, London, W1F 7TY. Entries must reach us no later than 12:00 GMT on Wednesday 14th April 2010. Any entries received after this time will not be eligible for the Competition. Microsoft takes no responsibility for entries lost, delayed or damaged and these will be deemed invalid. Duplicate entries are not accepted. The content of entries must be of a decent nature, and no material which Microsoft considers offensive will be accepted. We are unable to return any CDs sent to us.
5. By submitting your entry you acknowledge that it is your own work, and you agree that you have any and all rights in the submission and that the work does not infringe third party rights, and you hereby grant Microsoft a worldwide, fully paid-up, royalty free, licence to publish, present, feature, display or use your submission in any medium it sees fit, including publication on www.xbox.com and Xbox LIVE. Xbox Reverb will be filming the winner throughout the event and has a right to include their music and image as part of a promotional film related to the event which may be shown by Microsoft without limitation and without royalty. Microsoft reserves the right to exclude any entry from the competition which it has reasonable grounds to believe infringes the intellectual property or other rights of any third party, and to disqualify any entry which is subsequently notified to us as doing the same.
6. There will be 1 entrant selected to win the prize. This can be a band or a solo artist. The prize is to perform as a support act at Xbox Reverb Gig 5 at The Village Underground, London on 29th April. The prize doesn’t include transportation to and from the gig or accommodation or any other cost not expressly stated as part of the prize.
7. Xbox Reverb will provide the winner with all sound and lighting support, a rider up to the value of £100, a full production schedule that will be sent to the winner by Tuesday 27th April with event timings including soundcheck and onstage times, and a guestlist of 10 spaces for the winner’s friends and family. Guestlist names will need to be received by Xbox Reverb no later than Tuesday 27th April to guarantee spaces. The winner will need to provide detailed specifications of what equipment and instruments they will be bringing and provide all details of any further equipment or assistance (backline requests) to Xbox Reverb by 20th April.
9. No cash alternative to the prize will be offered. The prize is subject to availability and Microsoft reserves the right to vary or amend the prize for prize of equal or greater value in its sole discretion. Prize is as stated and is non-transferable.
10. The winning entrant will be judged based on the best entry as decided by The Maccabees and Xbox Reverb. Xbox Reverb in conjunction with Clash Magazine will create a shortlist of 5 entries for The Maccabees to judge and decide the winner. The judges’ decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
11. The winner will be contacted by Xbox Reverb using the contact information supplied within 7 days of the end of the Competition Period.
12. Personal data which you provide when you enter this competition will be used by Microsoft and its agents for the purposes of administering this competition and for future Microsoft marketing activity.
Microsoft cannot guarantee the performance of any third party and shall not be liable for any act or default by a third party. Participants in the promotion agree Microsoft will have no liability whatsoever for any injuries, losses, costs, damage or disappointment of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly from acceptance, misuse or use of a prize, or from participation in this Competition. Nothing in these terms shall limit Microsoft’s liability in respect of death or personal injury arising out of its own negligence or arising out of fraud.
These terms and conditions, the conduct of this Competition and the interpretation and enforcement of these terms and conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the participant’s country of residence.
13. Promoter: Microsoft Limited, Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1WG, United Kingdom.
