CLIC Battle of the Bands 2010

This successful competition is back and this year will be even bigger! The winner of CLIC BOTB 2010 will play at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday 18 September as part of skillscymru, Wales’ largest ever skills and careers event.

Five BOTB finalists will take to the stage in the 250-capacity Presidents Lounge at the stadium to be judged by a panel of industry experts. The winners will then play a 20-minute set on the main stage on the stadium’s pitch, in front of all event attendees. With 20,000 visitors expected over the three-days of skillscymru, the winners are bound to gain plenty of new fans amongst Saturday’s sizeable audience!

As well as the title of CLICK BOTB champions, the winning act will also bag a list of prizes that currently include:

• A week’s studio time with an established producer
• The recording and pressing of a demo in both CD and MP3 formats
• Digital distribution to 100+ outlets worldwide (including iTunes), courtesy of EmuBands
• A professional music video shoot with Seraphim Pictures
• A professional photo shoot by ALX MLS Photographic
• A professional website by Burning Red Studio
• Gig slots at Wales-wide CLIC events throughout the year
• A press release to go out with the demo
• An artist profile with pictures in CLICzine which is distributed to every school, college, university and youth provision in Wales

Entry is simple. Just email a link to your MySpace page to [email protected] and CLIC will do the rest. Remember to include a return email address if not the one you’re sending your MySpace link on.

The closing date for entries is Friday 30 July. Voting will take place online from 2- 31 August.

Finalists will receive expenses for travel to and from the Millennium Stadium.

Check out the official CLIC BOTB page for full information.

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