Music festivals take place in major cities all across the country, everywhere from Chicago, IL to Austin, TX. They also can take place is off-the-map locations, like deserts in the Southwest or forests in the East and Midwest. The amount of music festivals on both a local and national level has grown exponentially over the past five years alone. But no matter the size of the festival, they always seem to be attract massive audiences, which creates an amazing opportunity for lesser known bands and musicians. Many record labels and A&R representatives take special note of these events and the bands that perform well on them, for local bands lucky enough to earn a timeslot on them.
When a group gets to play with a bunch of other bands and for lots of new fans, like on one of these music festivals, they have the opportunity to network with more people than they would on a regular local show. Music fests can also be a great opportunity for bands to sell more CDs, T-shirts, and other merchandise - the more merch they can push at a music fest, the more the people attending will take interest in the band as they see other concert goers wearing their T-shirts. For a band at a local level, a T-shirt with the band's name or logo on is the single most effective way for them to get their name out into their music scene.
As these music festivals gain popularity, and more and more cities host these events, more and more bands and musicians will be discovered as time goes on. There are already a number of success stories that start at music fests on both a national and local level. For example, at Gorilla Music's Cleveland Music Festival in 2011, the A&R representative who discovered Linkin Park - Jeff Blue - discovered guitarist Lance Dowdle. Jeff would later help Lance get signed to Atlantic records.
For local bands, playing on a show where a scout or label representative is attending is an amazing opportunity to get discovered sooner rather than later. Today, Jeff Blue himself is once again in search of undiscovered talent, this time by collaborating with Gorilla Music for The Jeff Blue Contest Tour in cities all across the United States. On this city-by-city tour, bands will compete for a chance to write and record with Jeff himself in his studio in Los Angeles.
Gorilla Music music fests, like The Cleveland Music Festival for example, have always been great opportunities for local or unknown bands to get attention in their city. Unlike most other music festivals across the U.S., Gorilla Music's fests have National headliners but are really designed to showcase local bands and musicians as much as humanly possible. This differs from most house-hold name festivals which book almost entirely regional and national bands, leaving very little chance for local bands to get much notice. The next chance bands working with Gorilla Music will have to play on one of their music festivals will be The Dallas Music Festival, taking place at Deep Ellum venues this summer.
When a group gets to play with a bunch of other bands and for lots of new fans, like on one of these music festivals, they have the opportunity to network with more people than they would on a regular local show. Music fests can also be a great opportunity for bands to sell more CDs, T-shirts, and other merchandise - the more merch they can push at a music fest, the more the people attending will take interest in the band as they see other concert goers wearing their T-shirts. For a band at a local level, a T-shirt with the band's name or logo on is the single most effective way for them to get their name out into their music scene.
As these music festivals gain popularity, and more and more cities host these events, more and more bands and musicians will be discovered as time goes on. There are already a number of success stories that start at music fests on both a national and local level. For example, at Gorilla Music's Cleveland Music Festival in 2011, the A&R representative who discovered Linkin Park - Jeff Blue - discovered guitarist Lance Dowdle. Jeff would later help Lance get signed to Atlantic records.
For local bands, playing on a show where a scout or label representative is attending is an amazing opportunity to get discovered sooner rather than later. Today, Jeff Blue himself is once again in search of undiscovered talent, this time by collaborating with Gorilla Music for The Jeff Blue Contest Tour in cities all across the United States. On this city-by-city tour, bands will compete for a chance to write and record with Jeff himself in his studio in Los Angeles.
Gorilla Music music fests, like The Cleveland Music Festival for example, have always been great opportunities for local or unknown bands to get attention in their city. Unlike most other music festivals across the U.S., Gorilla Music's fests have National headliners but are really designed to showcase local bands and musicians as much as humanly possible. This differs from most house-hold name festivals which book almost entirely regional and national bands, leaving very little chance for local bands to get much notice. The next chance bands working with Gorilla Music will have to play on one of their music festivals will be The Dallas Music Festival, taking place at Deep Ellum venues this summer.
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