Tuning Up
A grassroots music talent search via TouchTunes jukebox plays is currently underway on-premise. NEW MUSIC EXPERIENCE TouchTunes is also currently running the second installment of its Breakout Band contest, which will give unsigned artists a chance to win a live audition with an A&R executive at Warner Bros. Records, $3,000, and a national music promotion on TouchTunes. In addition, Warner Bros. recording artists Duran Duran, Dwight Yokam, BB Rixa, and Adam Lambert will lend their expertise to help determine the winner.
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Bar Business Magazine February 2016
Breakout Band puts a modern twist on a “battle of the bands,” reviving the classic live music competition through TouchTunes’ #1 social jukebox mobile app and its network of location-based digital jukeboxes. The contest gives unsigned artists the opportunity to have their music promoted across 60,000 social venues nationwide, as well as opening the door to be heard by a major label. “Some 300 independent artists and bands are in the program this year, competing for a cash prize of $3,000 and the chance to audition in front of Warner Brothers Records and their A&R person,” says Felsen. “A lot a bands would do anything to have that opportunity. “ The Breakout Band contest is a grassroots “jukebox battle of the bands” program that creates brand enthusiasts in venues across the country. “They want to get as many people as they can to play their music,” says Felsen.” TouchTunes has seen a million Twitter impressions from bands promoting their entries, plus half a million Instagram impressions and almost 100,000 page views of the bands on the TouchTunes site, “Plus lots of plays at the jukeboxes,” adds Felsen. For more information, visit www.attractmedia.com , and www.touchtunesbreakoutband.com .
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