PRIZES

There’s over £75,000 in prizes up for grabs throughout the competition and at every stage there is a chance to win prizes and win big!

Whether you’re competing at the Regional Finals or make it through to the Live and Unsigned Festival, everyone who takes part in Live and Unsigned will have the chance to win prizes. Amongst the goodies up for grabs will be the Exposure Awards – awarded to the acts who generate the most publicity in their region. There will be the chance to win recording time at one of the best professional recording studios in the UK, worth over £250 and the band with the most submitted publicity will win a Marshall MA 50 Combo Amp – worth £548!

There will also be development prizes of exclusive, professional master classes on offer courtesy of ICMP www.icmp.co.uk/masterclasses.aspx. Regional winners will get the opportunity to attend extensive courses and work with some of the best names in the music industry. Master classes from ICMP include song writing development, tuition from world class drummers, music business, guitar, bass and vocal development. We have already, in conjunction with ICMP, provided Master classes with US bass player Reggie Washington and a songwriter’s class with Paul Simm, who has written chart toppers for Sugababes and produced albums for Groove Armada. Other master classes have included time with world renowned vocal coach Dorian Holley who is currently vocal coach for TV show ‘American Idol’. Dorian has worked with the world’s leading artists including: Stevie Wonder, Mary J Blige, Justin Timberlake, Chris Brown and Christina Aguilera. In these exclusive master classes acts are offered advice, guidance and constructive critique.

Those that are into their sports will be pleased to know that another prize that’s on offer is the choice of over 600 Extreme Sports Courses and Outdoor Activity Days. Whether you’re in to bungee jumping, indoor skydiving or quad biking, you’re sure to enjoy this prize. The overall winner in each region who achieves what is considered the most ‘high profile’ publicity will be awarded a prize by Extreme Element www.exelement.co.uk the UK's Leading Sports and leisure Specialist, with a prize of up to £300 from over 600 choices of Extreme Sports Courses and Outdoor Activity Days, across the UK.

Further there will be an award presented by MUZU.TV www.muzu.tv at the Live and Unsigned Festival at the O2 for the act that receives the most views on MUZU.TV for their performance filmed in each region. The winning act in each region will feature as the Unsigned artist of the week, have website homepage coverage and brand advertising (including 50,000 banner impression adverts) on the MUZU.TV website worth £500. The overall winner who achieves the most views on MUZU.TV for their Live and Unsigned filmed footage will be announced at the Grand Final. They will receive an exclusive all expenses paid trip to Dublin to make a music video in MUZU.TV studio, support slot in a leading Dublin music venue and documentary video of the trip, which will all be a main feature on the MUZU.TV home page and Blog for a month.

Extreme State are Live and Unsigned’s Official clothing sponsors and are offering the winners Extreme State clothing up to the value of £1,000. The winners will be allowed to select the clothing that they want from Extreme State’s collection of t-shirts, polo shirts, knits, hoodies and puffa jackets.

MAIN PRIZES

There are two fantastic main prizes for the overall winner of the competition. The first is from Extreme who will also be offering the overall winner of the competition the chance to work with the Extreme Group and their clothing and licensing division Extreme State. The winner will work with Extreme State’s Creative Director and business team to create visuals and graphics that communicate and embody the acts personality. This will help develop the winning act’s brand and help them generate additional revenue streams that both increase income and build a brand! As part of this development work the winning act will work with the team to design a clothing collection that will be sold on the acts website, at gigs and in retail.

The second main prize for the overall winner of the competition is a management and recording contract with Future Music Management, with an investment of up to £30, 000 to release a single. The winning act will also have the opportunity to tour the UK, work on new material and record their debut video. The winners will be crowned the UK's best Live and Unsigned act and will be thrust into the media spotlight through television, radio and print media. Furthermore, the winners will be invited on the UK Live and Unsigned tour, which will expose their music to over 40,000 people. It’s all to play for!

There are also plenty of other prizes up for grabs along the way too but it’s not just the prizes on offer, it’s the opportunities. The competition gives opportunities and exposure to all acts that enter. Live and Unsigned offers competitors the chance to perform live to capacity audiences in some of the UK’s most prestigious music venues. Additionally, the Grand final provides acts with the chance to impress and meet many guests from record labels, agencies and the entertainment industry. Grand finalists also get to play at the 02 in London and share the stage at the Live and Unsigned Festival!