The winner of Resonate The Industry Showcase 2008 was 'The Evening Son'. We extend our congratulations and hope the prize pool below helps to further their musical aspirations.

Congratulations also go to 'Sabretung' who recieved the 'Judges Encouragement Award', which is a feature article in 'Reverb' street press.

The winner of the Resonate Showcase wins a prize package, consisting of:

Recording and mixing at Damien Gerard Studios: Value $3,850
3x 10 Hours recording
2x 10 Hours mixing
4 hours mastering at Benchmark Mastering Studio: Value $1,000
100 - 200 CD's to be manufactured for the winner by CD-Genius: Value $1,500
Artwork for the CD cover by Design Reaction: Value $500
The Brewery to provide venue for CD launch: Value $500
EAO to provide 1 month promotional consultation: Value $600
Muso's Corner/Roland prize package: $3,000
1 x hour consultation with Michael Chugg: Value $500
Distribution and manufacturing of 500 CDs by MGM: Value $3,000
Rehearsal time (5 x 4 hour sessions) at The Studio: Value $400
A band photo session with Bettina Allen Photography: Value $1,500
A drum cover from HitandRun drum covers: Value $115
Website design and hosting for 1 year by Logo Pogo and Taylor Initiatives Value: $1350

Total prize pool: $17,455

Also there will be an Encouragement Award handed down by the judges at the Civic Finale.
The prize is a spread in Reverb street press. Value: $500

Heat Allocations

Heat 1

DATE: 7/8/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - Fear of Monsters
9.45 - 10.10pm - Gargamel's Cat
10.30 - 10.55pm - Goodnight Kids
11.15 - 11.40pm - CentreSection

Winner: Goodnight Kids

Heat 2

DATE: 14/8/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - The Jolyon Briggs Band
9.45 - 10.10pm - The Tunstalls
10.30 - 10.55pm - The Blinding Lights
11.15 - 11.40pm - Colliderskopic

Winner: The Tunstalls

Heat 3

DATE: 21/8/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - Stone Harlet
9.45 - 10.10pm - Falling of One
10.30 - 10.55pm - Grandvue
11.15 - 11.40pm - Missing Deltora

Winner: Grandvue

Heat 4

DATE: 28/8/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - The Winter Bloom
9.45 - 10.10pm - Boom Box
10.30 - 10.55pm - The General Managers
11.15 - 11.40pm - The Evening Son

Winner: The Evening Son

Heat 5

DATE: 4/9/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - The Dread Sky
9.45 - 10.10pm - Life After Birth
10.30 - 10.55pm - Enders Game
11.15 - 11.40pm - SoulTremor

Winner: Soultremor

Heat 6

DATE: 11/9/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - The Elevators
9.45 - 10.10pm - SuperImpoze
10.30 - 10.55pm - Crush
11.15 - 11.40pm - Corporate Smack

Winner: The Elevators

Heat 7

DATE: 18/9/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - Chontia & The New Colours
9.45 - 10.10pm - Excuse Fingers
10.30 - 10.55pm - Iridium
11.15 - 11.40pm - One Good Suggestion

Winner: Chontia & The New Colours

Heat 8

DATE: 25/9/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - South Willow Court
9.45 - 10.10pm - Red Letter Project
10.30 - 10.55pm - The Deposits
11.15 - 11.40pm - Memorial Drive

Winner: The Deposits

Heat 9

DATE: 2/10/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - Sketching Cato
9.45 - 10.10pm - Zombies on Broadway
10.30 - 10.55pm - Avenue Of The Allies
11.15 - 11.40pm - Sabretung

Winner: Sabretung

Wildcard Night
DATE: 9/10/08
9.00 - 9.25pm - Gargamel's Cat
9.45 - 10.10pm - General Managers
10.30 - 10.55pm - Sketching Cato
11.15 - 11.40pm - Fear of Monsters

Winner: Sketching Cato

Semi Final 1
DATE: Tuesday 14/10/08
9.00 - 9.20pm - The Deposits
9.40 - 10.00pm - Goodnight Kids
10.20 - 10.40pm - Evening Son
11.00 - 11.20pm - SoulTremor
11.40 - 12.00pm - Sabretung

Semi Final 2
DATE: Thursday 16/10/08
9.00 - 9.20pm - The Elevators
9.40 - 10.00pm - Chontia & The New Colours
10.20 - 10.40pm - Sketching Cato
11.00 - 11.20pm - The Tunstalls
11.40 - 12.00pm - Grandvue

And after all the heats, widcards and semi finals the bands going through to the Civic Theatre Finale are:

Grandvue

The Evening Son

Sketching Cato

and

Sabretung

MEDIA RELEASE
RESONATE - The Music Industry Showcase 2008

Resonate - the Music Industry Showcase 2008 is proudly presented by TAFE NSW Hunter Institute and sponsored by Coca-Cola, EAO Entertainment and The Brewery.
It is shaping up to be Newcastle's biggest opportunity to showcase our vibrant local music scene this year!

Resonate, the Music Industry Showcase 08, bridges the gap between local bands and the national music industry! The Brewery provides the perfect backdrop for young emerging artists to prove themselves to industry judges. They are vying for a spot at the Grand Final at the Civic Theatre come October during Newcastle Music Week.
Newcastle Music Week, now in its sixth year, is produced by the students at Hunter TAFE studying Music Industry Business and Technology.

The 2007 winners of Resonate, Vaudeville, have released their debut EP with the help of the $20,000 prize package,. "Winning Resonate has helped our career in so many ways. We made contacts in the music industry, won thousands of dollars worth of prizes as well as having our next EP recorded for free! It gave us instant recognition and a head start in the industry which we sorely needed" band member Chris English said.

In 2006, competition winners Light Noise won the coveted support slot for Silverchair on NYE at The Brewery. Their self-titled debut EP has also been released through Reign Records with national distribution through MGM.

The Brewery will play host to nine jam-packed heats, plus two massive semi-finals.
Heats will kick off in early August 2008.
The Grand Final will be showcased at Newcastle's Civic Theatre on October 31, 2008.

Winners of Resonate this year come away with not only having performed at the famous Civic Theatre Newcastle, but will perform to Music Industry professionals from top indie companies AND win prizes valued at over $20,000.
Keep your ear to the ground for details of the awesome prizes on offer this year.

WHAT: Resonate - The Music Industry Showcase
FEATURING: Newcastle and the Hunter Region's original bands
WHERE: The Brewery, Newcastle
WHEN: Heats commence early August 2008
ENTRY: Free to public

Here are some tips when preparing your bands press kit:

1. Submit up to 3 songs, and put your strongest song first. If the killer part of any song is the chorus and it takes 30 or 40 seconds to get there, consider re-writing the song, so that the strongest part gets there sooner. Long-winded intro's may cause judges to lose interest.
2. Do not send your songs in the MP3 format. We will only accept CD entries.
3. Include photo's of your band. We require 300 dpi. If we use them for promotion on our web site or posters we want quality results. Consider a separate CD with the photo files on it, so we don't have to chase them up at a later date.
4. Spend some time doing a professional band biography, check it, and then double check it, for punctuation and typo's. Then get someone else to read it, fresh eyes can pick up things that the author has missed.
5. Label everything and include contact names and numbers, there is nothing worse than having a photo or CD and having no idea who the band is.
6. Put at least two contact phone numbers in your press kit in case someone is not available to take the call.
7. Be professional in your approach to doing this press kit, this is the real world, and a half baked presentation of your band will not do you any favours, if anything it could loose you points in the final cull.

For media inquiries contact:
Ian Belcher at EAO Entertainment on 4962 1855
e-mail ian@eao.com.au
Or
Christina Sykiotis Newcastle Music Week on 0425 236 156
e-mail newiemusic@hotmail.com

For all other enquiries contact , Christina Sykiotis
e-mail newiemusic@hotmail.com