This weekend its The Peoples Music Awards, taking place at Mass in Brixton this Saturday. It's THE award show for the untapped music with amazing acts performing throughout the night.
Here's what they say...
The People's Music Awards is a new website where unsigned music artists, bands and producers can upload their music to be heard and voted for by the public and top industry professionals. We are the first and only global unsigned / new music awards. There are a variety of different categories artist can enter their music into, such as Hip hop, Indie, Rock, Dance, RnB etc... Bands can enter 1 song per awards cycle and there are 3 rounds:
Round 1: The people's vote - where the public vote for their favourite bands and songs. Remember you have to vote for 3 songs for your votes to count in this round!
Round 2: The guest judges round, where music-industry professionals listen to, vote, and give useful feedback on the songs they have heard.
Round 3: The Peoples Vote (Final)
The final round is all up to the people to choose a winner. People simply select their favourtie atists in each category. The top 2 artists in each category will then go head to head until final voting closes, and will have the opportunity to play at the awards ceremony, where the winner(s) will be announced!
The winner of each category will not only receive the People's Music Award trophy and the title 'winner of the Peoples Music Awards 2009!' but will also be included on our 2010 winners compilation album, which is distributed throughout the musc industry and will be made available for sale through The Peoples Music Awards website and associated music shops.
The idea of this site is to give artists and fans the opportunity to:
Showcase your music and take your first steps to making it big!
The chance to perform live at the awards ceremony (which will also be streamed on this website)
Gain exposure and get direct feedback from the public and top music-industry professionals (Guest Judges)
Gain recognition and awards for your hard work
Become part of an international music making network and community
Get Special deals with our associated partners
Connect Fans with the hottest new bands and music on the planet
There are millions of talented unsigned musicians and producers out there and this awards programme gives you a unique opportunity to get yourself heard and create a strong fanbase in the process. As we all know it can be very hard, if not impossible, to get leading industry figures to listen to your music. The People's Music Awards gives you the chance to do just this and get the recognition you deserve, and will be a benchmark by which the music industry will assess your talents.
*Artists can enter up to 2 categories but are limited to one song per per band.
"It is the aim of the Peoples Music Awards to become a benchmark for the next big thing, and to open the world of music up to everyone."