Online opportunity for Unsigned band
If you’re an unsigned band the chances are you are looking for exposure, a way to gain industry advice, and some way of earning money out of what you’re doing.
Building your online presence is essential if you want to get recognized and taken seriously by labels and industry professional. This means developing a large following on Myspace, Facebook and getting your YouTube videos as popular as possible. If you manage to get a label to check you out taking these steps will ensure they will have no option but to take notice and give you a chance.
One new platform to help British musicians get noticed is a site called 1Click2Fame. This site acts as a online competition for unsigned bands to compete for popularity, big cash prizes, and industry advice. The last winner of the quarterly boot camp competition was a band called Euphoria Audio. They took home a cool £25,000 which helped them record an album at a top recording studio in Norway. Yearly winner Lucie Evans won £100,000 which helped her record an album and video in L.A, build a website and start making her way in the industry.
1Click2Fame has a number of star coaches within the site that interact and support competitors. They also provide one to one coaching sessions with the top performers.
These include:
- Kate Prince – Founder of ZooNation and choreographer for ‘Into the Hoods’
- Stevie Lange – Vocal coach to The Sugababes, Girls Aloud, Jamie Cullam and many more
- Alex Donelly – Former senior president of EMI.
If you are in an unsigned band and are looking make your big break maybe this is the opportunity you have been waiting for. The site is completely free to sign up to. Simply upload your best video, promote yourself like mad and wait for the votes to pour in.