UBER.COM LAUNCHES
"YOU BRING THE TALENT"
AN ONLINE SEARCH FOR
THE WORLD'S HOTTEST NEW MUSIC TALENT
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A&R WORLDWIDE'S MUSEXPO,
ATLANTIC RECORDS, PEER MUSIC, REBEL/ADA AND THE AGENCY GROUP
Winner gets the musician's dream:
Major Label demo, Complete promo package, and House of Blues concert
Uber.com, in conjunction with A&R Worldwide's MUSEXPO, Atlantic Records, Peer Music Publishing Rebel Group/ADA Distribution and The Agency Group, announced the launch of "You Bring the Talent," an online search for the hottest new music talent.
"You Bring the Talent" is an opportunity for undiscovered musicians and performers to win an unsigned band's proverbial 'dream come true'. The winner gets a major label demo deal, publishing, distribution and booking opportunities. The prize package also includes booking assistance from The Agency Group, a guaranteed distribution arrangement with the Rebel Group at ADA Distributors, and a chance to have their material licensed through the Peer Music Publishing, who is donating the studio and engineer for the demo. The competition will all culminate at MUSEXPO, one of the most important media convergence conferences in the entertainment industry, gathering together influential and innovative minds from music, media and technology communities around the world. The winners will be flown to Los Angeles to perform at the world renowned House of Blues for the attendees of MUSEXPO in April 2008.
“This is the chance of a lifetime for up-and-coming artists to jumpstart their career and get their music heard by music industry decision makers from around the world at MUSEXPO,” said Michael Steele, head of Uber.com’s music offering. “We can’t wait to see how the entrants use the Uber platform to get out there and be heard.”
Musicians and recording artists join the contest by creating an Uber.com profile and submitting a song for consideration at the "You Bring the Talent" contest page youbringthetalent.uber.com. Online votes will narrow the playing field down to the Top 100 for the music industry panel of judges to review. Judges will include representatives from Atlantic, Uber.com, Peer Music Publishing, Rebel Group/ADA, The Agency Group and A&R Worldwide, as well as some special guest music celebrity judges.
Uber.com, a boutique, online social network, has established itself as a tasteful and remarkably inspiring alternative to other networking giants. Uber.com enables musicians to express themselves and connect with and the industry by creating whole and unique websites, as opposed to garden-variety user profiles. Uber.com has quickly attracted a strong, artistic user-base, due, in large part, to their unlimited storage, user-friendly publishing tools, highly customizable pages, and built in syndication, marketing and distribution tools that make finding fans and reaching a broader audience an intuitive and enjoyable process.
Labels have also been taking note of the shift within the user-generated, Web 2.0 world, to smaller, richer- content networks like Uber.com, where the entire focus is on creativity and self-expression now providing a perfect platform for labels to scout new talent. "I'm very excited to work with Michael and his fantastic team at Uber.com," said Andy Karp, Executive VP/Head of A&R for Atlantic Records. "This is a unique opportunity for upcoming artists to interact with very experienced music people and to build their careers."
For more details, please visit http://www.uber.com and http://youbringthetalent.uber.com
About Uber.com
Uber.com is a next-generation social network dedicated to creativity and self-expression. Combining community and sophisticated technology features built on a Web 2.0 platform with a host of innovative and easy-to-use web publishing tools, Uber.com enables users to express themselves and connect with like-minded people by creating unique web pages. The free service offers unlimited ways to discover, publish, collect, store and share all forms of media content, empowering creators to personalize and build their online presence in a way that no other site can. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Uber is a privately held company founded by Scott Sassa and Glenn Kaino in 2006.
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