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If you are an unsigned band
If you want to play live in major venues
If you want to gain experience and have a lot of fun...
then Emergenza is what you need!
You can play whatever music style you want. From original material
to cover songs, you can play whatever you want. You can even sing
in any language you choose, or not sing at all! Any kind of music
is welcome at Emergenza. Emergenza will provide you with the stage,
the technical organization and the promotion; what happens next is
up to you.
There’s three ways you can register:
By phone: call their staff, you can find the number in their website
(click on enrolment points)
Online through Emergenza's website
(just fill out the application form)
At the registration point: you can also register in person at
selected music shops in your city, a list of which you can find
in the website
(again click on
enrolment points)
A few days after you will be contacted by Emergenza's local manager,
to book the meeting in which you will learn all you have to know
about how Emergenza works and confirm your inscription (you will
be given the date of your first concert). After that, the local
manager is your landmark, do not hesitate to contact him for any
question!
And remember that all the members of the band MUST participate at
the meeting!
The sooner you pay the registration fee, the sooner you have your
spot in the festival guaranteed. When the local manager calls to
arrange the first meeting, priority is given to the bands who have
already paid. Anyway, you can also pay at your fist meeting. Unlike
other contests, once you pay Emergenza's one-time only fee, you
are guaranteed to play at least one show in the eliminatory round
in your city. The bands will never be required to pay other fees
if they advance further in the festival. Moreover, enrolled bands
will receive a FREE string set for guitar and bass courtesy of our
main sponsor, Ernie Ball, as well as a pair of Regal Tip drumsticks
and a Remo snare drum head: these gifts somewhat make up for the
fee, and will be given at the technical meeting which takes place
before the show.
You do not have to send a demo or a press kit, because there is
no pre-selection of bands before the concerts. They work on a ‘first
come, first served’ basis, they want bands to show what they
can do on stage!
So all you have to do is enroll, and then keep on playing!
In last year's Chicago finals, the Ghettobillies
were the overwhelming favorite in this year's Emergenza Festival.
Check out their song "Hiding Out" right HERE.Read
an interview about their experience with the Emergenza festival
right HERE.
