After another successful year of Fox Vancouver Seeds, Canada's largest independent talent search for 31 years running, the winners have finally been announced!
With help from the Supernova.com powered Fox Vancouver Seeds interactive community, fans were given the chance to support their favourite music, and voted to determine the Top 20 contenders in this year's competition. From there, the decision was left in the hands of the judges who at last narrowed down the top 3 bands from this year's competition.
Check out your 2010 Fox Vancouver Seeds WINNERS! (and just skip ahead in each video about 30 secs to avoid the intro):
Beyond the Fall
- 5 piece
- Vancouver, BC
- Melodic punk, power pop
- Opened for My Chemical Romance, The Killers, Sum 41, and Billy Talent
Black Hat Villain
- 5 piece
- Victoria, BC
- Alternative, Hard rock
- Debuted with a unique animated video, starring the entire band and written/directed by lead singer
Stars of Boulevard
- 4 piece
- Vancouver, BC
- Rock, Alternative
- Invited by Disturbed’s manager to headline the 2010 Rock Saga Festival in Jamaica
From these three contenders, the Fox Vancouver Seeds executive panel will decide which band will be awarded the Platinum Award at the Fox Vancouver Seeds 2010 Launch Party on Friday August 27th at The Commodore.
At the Launch Party, each of the winning bands will have a chance to play an opening slot for headliners The Arkells, before the judges announce one winner of the 2010 Fox Vancouver Seeds Platinum Award.
The Platinum Winner will receive:
• (i) a 1 year-lease of a Mazda CX9;
• (ii) $5,000.00 Canadian Dollars from The Fox to be used for tour support;
• (iii) a 5-day master class in studio with Producer Bob Ezrin at Nimbus School of Recording Arts;
• (iv) a $5,000 demo-recording deal from Maple Music Ltd.;
• (v) a one-year management consultation agreement with Coalition Entertainment;
• (vi) a one- year agency-consultation agreement with the Agency Group Ltd.
• (vii) a six-week publicity contract from Hype Music Publicity and Promotion(Weeks TBD);
• (viii) mixing of one radio single by musical engineer Mike Fraser.
This phenomenal award will provide the Platinum Winner with the perfect kick start to a serious industry career... not to mention the bragging rights that go along with winning Fox Vancouver Seeds 2010!
In an exciting announcement, this won't be the end of independent music opportunities at The Fox. Supernova.com, who provided both of the Fox Vancouver Seeds interactive music sites, has partnered with The Fox to provide an ongoing community, committed to supporting the BC music scene: the new http://cfox.supernova.com - BC's Home of Independent Music.
