Røde Microphones launches international band competition
Published: ASIA
AUSTRALIA: Røde Microphones has recently announced the launch of ‘Røde Rocks’, an international band competition designed to locate and showcase independent, unsigned talent. To enter, applicants are required to record an original composition of more than two minutes in length and create an accompanying video that features at least one microphone from the Australian manufacturer.
The winner will receive an all expenses paid recording session at the Record Plant studios in Hollywood with experienced producer Alain Johannes. The entrants will be reduced to 10 finalists at the end of June, whereby the remaining videos will be showcased on the Røde website for a two week period in which all visitors will be invited to vote for their favourite performance.
Helping to pick the finalists will be Matt Sorum (Guns n’ Roses, Velvet Revolver, The Cult), David Catching (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal), Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist (The Hives), James Lavelle (Unkle, MoWax), Band of Horses, Gareth Liddiard (The Drones), Har Mar Superstar and Deuce and Warpaint.
Additionally, the competition winner will receive vocal training throughout the sessions from SLS-certified instructor Robert ‘RAab’ Stevenson. The resulting recording will be professionally mixed and mastered, and provided to the winning artist to release as they see fit. Second and third prize winners will each receive a studio prize pack comprising a number of studio and live performance microphones and studio monitors from Event.
‘A quick tour of the most popular independent YouTube artists will show that Røde is already the microphone of choice for showcasing these incredible talents,’ said Damien Wilson, Røde’s global sales and marketing director.
‘We’re very excited about the competition being the connector between these great independent talents and some of the music industry’s finest artists, producers and engineers, as well as offering the winner a once-in-a-lifetime, money-can’t-buy recording experience!’ he enthused.
‘You better have immense talent to win this chance of working with Alain, John, Francis and Røde at Record Plant, because you’ll be involved with the best of the best,’ said guest judge Mr Catching. ‘I wish I wasn’t a judge, cause I’d give my right arm to be recording with these awesome men, on these amazing mics at this legendary studio!’ he laughed.
Click here to enter.