There will be no Band Quest in 2011. However Unified Sounds will still be holding the Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses heats as usual. More information can be found in the Bloodstock Metal 2 The Masses (Kent/Essex/Brighton) section.
Band Quest and its partners are looking to deliver a full set of services that enhance a bands profiling, promotion and bring down the costs of taking music to audiences.
The team behind Band Quest will continue to negotiate and develop partnerships on behalf of its participating bands to ensure that the music you care about has the best chance of being recognised. By recognising areas in which bands struggle to find the best services and value we can select partners who are passioniate in realising bands potential and how they can contribute to a bands future success creating a win win situation and a basis for an ongoing working relationship.
Services and opportunities are being developed to cover all genres and levels of artist. Below are some examples of our partners and their offers:
Provide back line support for Band Quest events. That line consists of 2 half stacks and bass amp which are present in showcase and finals and whenever availability exists for other shows.
A great new system to allow independent and unsigned musicians to sell their mp3s online. The system is great in a number of ways, but there are two major reasons to use Songstall above all others...
Songstall – The online music marketplace.
Details will be added later.
Primarily a festival store/stall and if offering the free selling of merchandise and music at all festivals in 2010. This will ensure whatever retail value your items are worth you will receive 100% return. Darkstore would ask that one unit from each item is offered as a prize draw or charitable donation as an incentive to help drive interest generally in unsigned music and foot fall into the store environment.
Promotes music all over the country. It often generates goodie bags that are passed out at events managed by its subsidaries. Bands can submit at any level up to 500 units of any item it wishes to be presented to recipiants of the goodie bags as a free of charge service. Items could include flyers, demoes, eps, albums, stickers, posters, badges, beer mats.
Double sided glossy full colour flyer - 2500 for £50 - ask adam@rockmatrix.co.uk
We still believe in the CD! We have cleared 5000 copies in the last 5 releases in less than 6 months of each release. It's a sure fire way of getting your music listened to.
It's important to create a level of promotion using the CD, as this gives us instant opportunity to play the music you give us and leave copies with everyone and not just those familiar with modern technology.
Get involved!