Godalming/Guildford band The Harringtones makes TopTrakz Challenge shortlist

Godalming/Guildford band The Harringtones

makes TopTrakz Challenge shortlist – local fan votes now being invited

(Hong Kong & London, October 2010) The

Harringtones, the Surrey-based rock band, has been shortlisted for the i-Mego TopTrakz Challenge – the new European

competition designed to showcase the best talent amongst European unsigned

bands.  The Harringtones is one of only thirty five entries chosen by the

competition judges to go forward to the final round of the competition. 

The competition, created by global headphones brand i-Mego and unique in its

Europe-wide format, has attracted hundreds of entries across many genres,

including rap, house, punk, electro, R&B, bluegrass, balladeers, reggae,

rock and heavy metal. 

 

The HarringTones,

formerly known as "TrafficSound", is a Godalming/Guildford-based band that makes,

according to themselves, rock music that they write and perform in a catchy,

original way with an optimistic twist. Their entry, Age, can be listened to on their website http://music.nme.com/trafficsound

 

Residents of the Godalming/Guildford area, where The Harringtones originates, are being

asked to support the band by voting for them on www.facebook.com/imegoinfinity

through the Vote4Bands tab.  While the judges decisions are primarily

focused on artistic merit, the volume of votes a band receives will be

influential when differentiating between two contenders judged to be equally

strong.

 

The thirty five shortlisted entries feature top

quality unsigned artists from seven European and Scandinavian countries -

France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and

the UK. All the entries are published at www.facebook.com/imegoinfinity,

and supporters of each shortlisted entry are being encouraged to go and vote

for the band they would like to win. Full voting instructions may be found at http://www.facebook.com/imegoinfinity

via the Vote 4 Bands tab.

 

The TopTrakz judges will pick a winner and ten

runners-up by 29th October 2010, with the winner being announced on

2nd November 2010. The winning entrant will get a professional

studio day while 10 further entries will receive runners-up prizes.

 

Miranda Hudson, Marketing Director for i-Mego,

comments, “We are delighted that the first

in our TopTrakz Challenge series has had such a positive response from around Europe.  This shows that there are plenty of bands

around who could really do with the boost that comes with being a shortlisted

entry, a runner-up, or indeed the eventual winner.  There is a thriving

scene of excellent musicians whose work is not backed by major commercial

marketing campaigns, and they deserve our support.  We’re really looking

forward to highlighting the 35-strong shortlist throughout October, and opening

the facility for fans to cast their votes in support of their local and/or

favourite band.”

 

 

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