| The Music and The MadDness, Is your Band Ready to Rock the Roman Empire? Enter to Win Hard Rock Rising 2014. Emerge victorious and your band will play on the main stage in front of 40,000 fans in the heart of the Rome, just a stone's throw from the Spanish Steps and the Roman Colosseum. Hard Rock is looking for the best emerging band in the world and it could be you! This is your official invitation to enter Hard Rock Rising 2014: THE Global Battle of the Bands! The Grand Prize winner gets an all expenses paid trip and guaranteed spot to play this summer's Hard Rock Live music festival in Rome's Piazza del Popolo. Two Runners up will win $10,000 (or the equivalent) in band gear. If you're good enough to conquer Hard Rock Rising 2014, your chariot awaits. Submitting for this opportunity is FREE and only takes a few minutes. Scroll down for submission guidelines and then click the SUBMIT NOW button to get started. What's this about?
Hard Rock Rising 2014 is searching the world for music's next rising star. Participating Hard Rock Cafes worldwide will host local live music battles to decide which band will represent their city in a global competition. Bands in 82 participating Hard Rock locations will compete but only a few will win. The band who ultimately comes out on top wins the coveted Grand Prize: An all expense paid trip and guaranteed spot on stage to play Hard Rock Live, a once in a lifetime live music event in Rome's Piazza del Popolo. In addition, two runner up Bands will win $10,000 in new gear. EVERYONE who performs wins a prize. The Details: Application Process
By receiving this email, you've already begun the process. This is your official invite to apply for participation. Please complete the application process by choosing your local participating cafe and submitting a track for review. Once the application process is complete, you'll move on to the first competition phase, where you'll need to gain enough votes to participate in the live battle events at your participating Hard Rock Cafe. Voting for the local phase will take place online between Feb 3-Feb 17. Hard Rock will announce the start of the online voting program, so fans can vote by downloading your submitted track for free on the local Hard Rock Cafe Facebook page. Fans will be required to "Like" the local Hard Rock Facebook page. There is no registration or fee required for fans. To enter the competition, your band's "home" location as indicated on your ReverbNation membership profile must be within one of the countries listed in the Official Rules. For all physical Cafe locations, bands must live within 100 miles (or the equivalent) of the participating cafe. Bands outside of this radius are invited to participate by entering into the "virtual cafe" opportunity. Local Battle Events
Once local voting is complete on Feb 17, each participating cafe will invite the top voted bands to perform at live battle events hosted from Feb 24 - Apr 22. (See official Rules for number of bands participating in each market. Number of bands varies per market. See Official Rules for details specific to the 'virtual' opportunity). Those bands who received the most votes, along with the Wild Card band (see rules for details), will be chosen to participate in the live battles. During the live battle, bands will perform for fans and judges, who will choose a winner to move on to the global competition and represent their city as the Local Finalist, competing for the Global Prize. The Local Finalist in each market will win $250 (equivalent in local currency), a $250 Hard Rock Cafe Gift Certificate and move on to the global vote round; one step closer to winning the Grand Prize. Global Competition
The Local Finalist from each market and 'virtual' winning bands will move on to compete globally via online judging and determine the Top 25 bands. Those 25 bands will be reviewed by an industry panel to determine the Grand Prize Winner and 2 runners up. Global votes will only be accepted from April 28-May 7, so use your time wisely to promote and gain votes. The Grand Prize and 2 runner-up bands will be announced on (or about) May 12. What's the Catch?
There is no cost to participate. Hard Rock Rising 2014 Battle of the Bands is designed to support up-and-coming artists while providing new music to fans and ultimately, to show Hard Rock's appreciation and connection to its musical roots. See the Hard Rock Rising 2014 Official Rules for more details. Basic Submission Guidelines: - Legalese - To participate, you must read and understand the terms and conditions.
- It's important that you, as band representative, as well as the other members of the band, read and understand the rules. If you are chosen to participate, prior to your performance each band member will be required to sign an additional document stating they are also in agreement.
- If you do not qualify, please don't apply. There are hundreds of bands who want this, so please step aside if you don't fit the bill.
- You must hold the copyright laws (or permission from the rightful copyright owners) to all the content submitted on your behalf.
- We can't say it enough. Please review the Hard Rock Rising 2014 Official Rules for more details.
- Please don't make us kick you out.
- We're as irreverent as they come, but if you are outright offensive, we'll be forced to give you the boot. Whether it's your song lyrics, song title or your band name, we'll be keeping an eye/ear out for anything that might be uncalled for. So please, be cool.
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