LAST YEAR'S WINNERS
First Place - Sigma
Second Place - Humming Sand
Third Place - The Difference
The Difference----Ft. Madison
• Profane Humor----Burlington
• Humming Sand---Ft. Madison
• Mortally Enslaved--Burlington
The Hollow------Cedar Rapids
• Sigma----------------Burlington
• Sparland---------------St. Louis
• Tainted------------------Keokuk
Cavitation----------Ft. Madison
• Skin Deep---------------Warsaw
The 2006 TRI - STATE BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!
15 Bands Competing for $2500.00
Come Support Live Music at Sidelines
RULES:
- All entry packets must be received by Aug. 24th, 2006 . 15 groups will be selected by a listening group of judges, sponsors and other associates to play on August 27th as part of the live competiton. The selected group will be notified by telephone for confirmation.
- Incomplete entries will be disqualified. Entry packets must be accompanied by a band bio, photo and an audio (cd or cassette) of at least one of your three songs to be performed. Video of a performace is highly encouraged.
- f your group is elected to compete in the Battle of the Bands, you must be available to perform on August 27th between the hours of 2 pm and Midnight.
- Battle of the Bands is open to amateurs only. For the purpose of this contest, an amateur is somebody without a major-label recording contract.
- Entries must be completed in English, but the band may perform their songs in any language.
- Sidelines is not responsible for any damage or theft of your musical equipment during or after the Battle of the Bands. Please watch it closely.
- Their will be Heats in groups of 3 with each band having 15 min. to show the judges they deserve to be in the finals. We will only pick 1 band out of the 3 to move onto the finals. After the Heat's we will move to the finals with our 5 winning bands where each band will play for a min. of 3 songs and a max. of 20 minutes. Points may be deducted by the judges if you exceed the time limit
- Bands must play a min. of 2 original songs written by the band in the heats and the finals.
- Bands, whose fans attempt to disrupt the competition to help their band win, may end up causing their band to be disqualifed.
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Bands who are in any doubt as to whether they will be able to play in their allocated slot in the heat or the finals should let Sidelines know as soon as it is apparent that there may be a problem with their performance on the night. This will not prevent you playing in the slot chosen for you, if you are still able to. However, it will enable us to have another competing band ready to take the potentially vacant slot at the last minute if you end up not being able to play. This would avoid a band missing their chance of playing as a replacement.
EQUIPMENT:
All bands need to provide all of their own amps, and instuments except for drums. We are suppling all sound, lights as well as a drum kit. This is a very nice drum set sponsored by our freinds at THURMAN MUSIC here in ft. madison. Although you will be allowed to bring your own pedals. We will not be furnishing sticks, picks, or any other equipment like that. You will need everything ready 15 minutes before you are to be on stage, so there is a min. delay between the competion. All you should have to do is throw your amps into place, do some small adjustments to the equipment, and play the best you can. You can visit Thurman music at http://www.thurmanmusic.com/
THE JUDGES VOTING:
The band will be judged by the following criteria and marks will be awarded in the ranges shown and totaled to give the overall score for each band.
- MUSICAL ABILITY AND MUSICIANSHIP: Marks out of 10
- ORIGINALITY AND IS IT NEW: Marks out of 10
- STYLE AND PRESENTATION / STAGE PRESENCE: Marks out of 10
- SONG WRITING ABILITY AND STRUCTURE: Marks out of 10
- AUDIENCE VOTE : Marks out of 10
- LASTLY, the all important OVERALL GUT FEELING / DID IT MAKE AN IMPACT: Marks out of 20
AUDIENCE VOTING:
The audience will be issued with voting forms as they arrive ( No forms will be handed out after the first band is halfway through their set - you will need to be there by 3 pm if you wish to vote). The audienc will be asked to indicate their picks for the winners of each heat on the first form. Which can only be handed in at the bar after the last band has finished their set. There will only be 2 forms per audience member ( 1 for the heats and 1 for the finals). In the finals the audience will be choosing the top 2 bands they fell should win. Please remember to get down early if you wish to vote in the competition.
COMPETITION FEE:
There is only a minimal $10 per member documentation and entry fee due with entry form. Any entry forms without fee included will not be accepted. Entry fee is non-refundable (The entry fee will help supply prize money, help pay for paperwork and man hours involed in this competion, and we just want to make sure you are serious about this competion.) if you do not make it into the competition or can not for any reason make it to the competition.
PRIZE MONEY:
Prize money will be a total of at least $2500.00 in cash and Prizes
We will see you all on the 27th for a great competition. We're really looking forward to it. The 2005 Battle of the bands was a great competition. And we would like to thank all of our sponsors as well as the fans and the Bands for making this such a great evert. If any one has any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.
Entry Forms are available at Sidelines in Fort Madison. We will have rules and entry forms at our sponsors locations in 2006.
If you need entry forms or more info. please either call sidelines at 319-372-7810 or email me at sidelinessportsbar@yahoo.com
Thanks again, Jason
